[Vision2020] Free Tickets Remain for Cheney's Visit

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (October 31, 2006) Spokesman Review -

Out of an initial 2,000 vouchers, there still remain some FREE tickets to
see VP Cheney in Coeur d'Alene 48 hours from now.  This does not bode very
well for the Idaho Republican Party, nor for the entire northwest Republican
population.

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Free tickets remain for Cheney's visit 
Erica Curless 
Staff writer
October 31, 2006

Free tickets are still available for U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's visit
to Coeur d'Alene on Thursday for an "Idaho Victory Rally."

It's unknown exactly how many of the estimated 2,000 vouchers remain, but
GOP officials expect to have some on hand today at the Republican Party
Headquarters in Coeur d'Alene, 1113 Sherman Ave. 

"It's chaos," said Jayson Ronk, executive director of the Republican Party
of Idaho, who was at the Coeur d'Alene headquarters Monday. "People were
coming in constantly. At times there was a line out the door."
 
Volunteers doled out hundreds of tickets Monday, including some VIP passes
to people selected by the local GOP club. Those VIP vouchers will get people
such as "super volunteers" closer to the stage being erected in the Empire
Air hangar at the Coeur d'Alene Airport.

Initially it was reported that the rally was invitation-only and would
include about 500 people. Ronk attributed the report to misinformation and
too many people making comments to the news media.

The vice president's wife, Lynne Cheney, will accompany him for the 5 p.m.
speech.Cheney's visit - his second to Idaho in three months - comes as
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to rally Idaho voters for the Nov.
7 election. 

Unlike Cheney's August campaign call in Boise, this isn't a fundraiser for
any particular candidate. Cheney previously stumped for Republican Bill
Sali, who is vying for the open 1st Congressional District seat against
Democrat Larry Grant.

Ronk said he expects most statewide Republican candidates and many local
Republican candidates to attend the rally.

The Coeur d'Alene stop is one of four quick visits Cheney will make this
week to the Rocky Mountain West. It's an area where Democrats have been
making gains in the past two years, including taking the Montana
governorship and majorities in both houses of the Colorado Legislature. 

Cheney will stop Wednesday in Kalispell, Mont., then head to Colorado on
Friday.

Doors for the rally open at 3:30 p.m. Those who plan to attend are asked to
arrive no later than 4:30 p.m.

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Seeya at the polls, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Politicians are like diapers.  They should be changed frequently and for
the same reason."

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