A conversation with Gov. Cecil Andrus


Boise State Radio
February 22, 2010
By Elizabeth C. Duncan

BOISE, IDAHO (idaho) - Cecil Andrus. Regardless of your political leanings if you live in Idaho - you know that name. Andrus was governor of Idaho for fourteen years; Idaho's only four term Governor. Andrus was also Secretary of the Interior in the Carter Administration.

Politics has never been a gentle, white gloved affair but when Andrus was an elected-official things were a little more civil and a lot less - bitterly partisan.

This morning BSR's ED talks with Andrus about the state of national politics, Idaho politics, and how he got that scar on his forehead.

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