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<DIV>I would agree with you if this Washington, Nevada, Arizona, or any other state that had a two party political system.</DIV>
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<DIV>However, in Idaho, being in the Republican Party doesn't mean you are a Republican, it just means you want to get elected. And being a Democrat doesn't mean you are a Democrat or Republican, it means you don't want to be a member of the Idaho Republican Party. </DIV>
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<DIV>Running as an Independent doesn't work either because you are automatically denied ballot access and/or adequate funding. Both are needed to mount a successful or meaningful gubernatorial bid in Idaho.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sometimes people just have to look past the traditional political party labels and look at what is best for Idaho. This is one of those times.</DIV>
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<DIV>Your Friend,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 12/14/09, lfalen <I><lfalen@turbonet.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: <SPAN>lfalen</SPAN> <lfalen@turbonet.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Keith Allred running for Goverinor<BR>To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com>, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 7:54 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Donovan<BR>I am not objecting to Keith per se. I known him and he is a fine man. What I am saying is that running as a Democrat or a Republican undercuts his and The Common Interest's credibility as being non-partisan. If he ran as an independent he could maintain that credibility. Realizing of course it would be harder to get elected as an independent.<BR>Roger<BR>-----Original message-----<BR>From: Donovan Arnold <A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com</A><BR>Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:51:39 -0800<BR>To: <A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>, lfalen <A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Keith Allred running for Goverinor<BR><BR>> Roger,<BR>> <BR>> I must disagree. By Keith running he can put the interests of the common people on the table.<BR>> <BR>> If he ran for the Republican Nomination he would be ignored because Otter is an Incumbent and will get renominated.<BR>> <BR>> The focus will be on the General Election, and the issues he brings up will be real issues that both Republicans and Democrats, and Moderates are interested in discussing.<BR>> <BR>> The Republican Party has shut out all debate on topics that the People of Idaho, including Republicans, want to discuss. <BR>> <BR>> Otter has not done a good job of managing Idaho's limited resources. He wastes it. The focus of Otter should be education, agricultural, jobs, and health care. Yet, his focus has been on roads. Important yes, but not more
important than education, agriculture, jobs, and health care. <BR>> <BR>> He raises taxes on the poor, and cuts them for the rich. He is slashing health care for the State's most vulnerable. <BR>> <BR>> I have to say, that while I agree with Otter on many topics like opposition to Bush's plans to reduce privacy rights, I do not think he has done a good job as a governor and would like to see someone else in the office, like Andreas, Batt, or Allred. <BR>> <BR>> Otter won with just 52.7% of the vote last election, he is very vulnurable. I think a candidate known for bringing together Republicans, Democrates and Moderates could defeat him and bring items that are important to everyday people in this great State once again on the agenda. <BR>> <BR>> Your Friend,<BR>> <BR>> Donovan Arnold<BR>> <BR>> --- On Sat, 12/12/09, lfalen <<A
href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> From: lfalen <<A href="http://us.mc447.mail..yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Keith Allred running for Goverinor<BR>> To: <A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2:48 AM<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Keith ALLred The Chairman of the non-partisan group "The Common Interest" is running for Goverinnor as Democrat. The Common Interest has been a good group thad does researh on the issues and puts out detailed papers an a factual bases. A lot of legistators have looked to them for information. I think that running for Governor is an
unwise dession on Keiths part. It undermines his credibility and also that of The Common Interest.<BR>> Roger<BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> <A href="http://www.fsr.net " target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net </A> <BR>> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc447.mail..yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> =======================================================<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step
Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A> <BR> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>=======================================================</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>