[Vision2020] Rep. Trail Should Switch Parties

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (April 2, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with special
thanks to Bill London por posting it.

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Rep. Tom Trail
should switch parties

This is an open letter to Rep. Tom Trail:

The Republicans have targeted you for political defeat. The hardcore
conservatives and tea-partiers who now control the Idaho Republican Party
want to get rid of you and all the moderate and thoughtful members of
their party.

They are now stacking the deck to require that only the most committed
party members (no independents) can vote in Republican primary elections.

In the last primary election, they got rid of Sen. Gary Schroeder. They
want a ideologically pure party, and they are coming for you next.

Please consider avoiding this ugly primary battle by switching to the
Democratic Party.

Bill London
Moscow

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As a liberal, I couldn't agree with you more, Bill.

Having voted in every federal election since 1972, every Idaho state
election since 1989 and every city and county election here in Moscow
since 1992, I can count the number of Repblicans I have voted for on one
hand.  I can proudly state that I have consistently voted for the T-man,
Tom Trail.  I would like to continue doing so.

However. I may not have that opportunity any longer if Tom Trail were to
remain in the Idaho Republican Party.  The writing's in the tea leaves.

The Idaho I have grown to love needs selfless, constituent-oriented,
honest legislators

Come on over, T-man.  No heavy lifting and the partiers are less demanding.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown