Our Newest Senator: A Breath of Fresh Air

PoliPundit points out that past behavior by Lt. Governor Jim Risch--and Larry Craig's replacement--has voiced support for two very weird ideas in the past: that illegal immigration is, you know, illegal, and that when disasters happen in Idaho, people here don't wait for the government to show up with toilet paper and designated wipers:

The more I hear about Larry Craig’s likely replacement, Jim Risch, the more I like the guy.
I've already noted that he’s solidly against illegal immigration. Now here's a Risch quote on Katrina:

“Here in Idaho, we couldn’t understand how people could sit around on the kerbs waiting for the federal government to come and do something. We had a dam break in 1976, but we didn’t whine about it. We got out our backhoes and we rebuilt the roads and replanted the fields and got on with our lives. That’s the culture here. Not waiting for the federal government to bring you drinking water. In Idaho there would have been entrepreneurs selling the drinking water.”