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		<title>By: Keith Nichols</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-8608</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith Nichols</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Long time committeman&lt;/strong&gt; I have been on three different county central committees since 1976 when I turned 18.&#160; No county chair in the Iowa Democratic Party has the authority to shut out ANY candidate seeking the nomination.&#160; Any one in any county can organize for the candidate of their choice.&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;A good case in point in 1976 most of the Union County Central Committee supported Jimmy Carter.&#160; I didn&#039;t and that didn&#039;t stop me from organizing in Union County for Morris Udall.&#160; If I could do it then so could anyone that supported William in this race in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;I voted for William in the primary.&#160; I thought he had a compelling story and had the best chance to beat Latham.&#160; But he lost now is the time to join Becky Greenwald and work to put a Democrat in the House.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now Mr Meyers is throwing a temper tantrum and going to run as an independent.&#160; He only got 13% of the vote.&#160; He only escaped coming in last by about 200 votes.&#160; He will get money from Republicans as they try to drag votes away from Ms Greenwald.&#160; All he will end up doing is supporting Tom Latham.&#160; Alot of the 2300 votes he got in the primary will not stay with him in the general election&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;If William wants to run then run.&#160; But this will be a decision that he will regret if he ever decides to run again as a Democrat&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Long time committeman</strong> I have been on three different county central committees since 1976 when I turned 18.&nbsp; No county chair in the Iowa Democratic Party has the authority to shut out ANY candidate seeking the nomination.&nbsp; Any one in any county can organize for the candidate of their choice.
<p>A good case in point in 1976 most of the Union County Central Committee supported Jimmy Carter.&nbsp; I didn&#39;t and that didn&#39;t stop me from organizing in Union County for Morris Udall.&nbsp; If I could do it then so could anyone that supported William in this race in 2008.</p>
<p>I voted for William in the primary.&nbsp; I thought he had a compelling story and had the best chance to beat Latham.&nbsp; But he lost now is the time to join Becky Greenwald and work to put a Democrat in the House.</p>
<p>Now Mr Meyers is throwing a temper tantrum and going to run as an independent.&nbsp; He only got 13% of the vote.&nbsp; He only escaped coming in last by about 200 votes.&nbsp; He will get money from Republicans as they try to drag votes away from Ms Greenwald.&nbsp; All he will end up doing is supporting Tom Latham.&nbsp; Alot of the 2300 votes he got in the primary will not stay with him in the general election</p>
<p>If William wants to run then run.&nbsp; But this will be a decision that he will regret if he ever decides to run again as a Democrat</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-8609</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;counties&lt;/strong&gt; First of all, I am not your &quot;dear.&quot; Secondly, my point was that I see no evidence that he did significanly worse in the counties he was suposibly &quot;shut out of&quot; then the ones he wasn&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>counties</strong> First of all, I am not your &#8220;dear.&#8221; Secondly, my point was that I see no evidence that he did significanly worse in the counties he was suposibly &#8220;shut out of&#8221; then the ones he wasn&#39;t.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-8610</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;What is your county?&lt;/strong&gt; Before you spout off with nonsense.&#160; You should declare your county.&#160; How many ballots were cast there?&#160; Do you live in one of the counties Mr. Meyers cited?&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Could be your county didn&#039;t play into the bigger scheme of things my dear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;I believe in using integrity to keep a business or party in check.&#160; Good for him, the future candidates of his district depend upon strong willed individuals to ensure integrity is maintained!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What is your county?</strong> Before you spout off with nonsense.&nbsp; You should declare your county.&nbsp; How many ballots were cast there?&nbsp; Do you live in one of the counties Mr. Meyers cited?
<p>Could be your county didn&#39;t play into the bigger scheme of things my dear.</p>
<p>I believe in using integrity to keep a business or party in check.&nbsp; Good for him, the future candidates of his district depend upon strong willed individuals to ensure integrity is maintained!</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-8611</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;central committee meetings&lt;/strong&gt; Meyers seems to suggest that he didn&#039;t win because didn&#039;t go to the central committee meetings in some of these counties. However he did come my county&#039;s central committee meeting. Yet he got only 12% of the vote here. Greenwald got almost 56% of the vote and she did not come to a central committee meeting in my county. &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Greenwald won because she was a stronger candidate and more importantly because the voters prefered her. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s good that Meyers doesn&#039;t care about his political future because he isn&#039;t likely to have one if he runs as an independent.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>central committee meetings</strong> Meyers seems to suggest that he didn&#39;t win because didn&#39;t go to the central committee meetings in some of these counties. However he did come my county&#39;s central committee meeting. Yet he got only 12% of the vote here. Greenwald got almost 56% of the vote and she did not come to a central committee meeting in my county.
<p>Greenwald won because she was a stronger candidate and more importantly because the voters prefered her. </p>
<p>It&#39;s good that Meyers doesn&#39;t care about his political future because he isn&#39;t likely to have one if he runs as an independent.</p>
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		<title>By: desmoinesdem</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-8612</link>
		<dc:creator>desmoinesdem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;offensive&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;She doesn&#039;t have any real ideas,&quot; he said. &quot;She&#039;s just saying what she&#039;s been told to say by the party, and we are already represented by a rubber stamp. I don&#039;t want to elect someone like that again.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;She has achieved a lot in life for a woman who apparently has no ideas and has to be told what to say.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;That kind of insult doesn&#039;t reflect well on William Meyers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is unfortunate that he feels the process was unfairly stacked against him, but the course he&#039;s taking now is destructive, especially for any future aspirations he may have.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>offensive</strong><br />
<blockquote>&#8220;She doesn&#39;t have any real ideas,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She&#39;s just saying what she&#39;s been told to say by the party, and we are already represented by a rubber stamp. I don&#39;t want to elect someone like that again.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>She has achieved a lot in life for a woman who apparently has no ideas and has to be told what to say.</p>
<p>That kind of insult doesn&#39;t reflect well on William Meyers.</p>
<p>It is unfortunate that he feels the process was unfairly stacked against him, but the course he&#39;s taking now is destructive, especially for any future aspirations he may have.</p>
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		<title>By: Keith Nichols</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-5525</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith Nichols</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Long time committeman&lt;/strong&gt; I have been on three different county central committees since 1976 when I turned 18.&#160; No county chair in the Iowa Democratic Party has the authority to shut out ANY candidate seeking the nomination.&#160; Any one in any county can organize for the candidate of their choice.&lt;p&gt;
A good case in point in 1976 most of the Union County Central Committee supported Jimmy Carter.&#160; I didn&#039;t and that didn&#039;t stop me from organizing in Union County for Morris Udall.&#160; If I could do it then so could anyone that supported William in this race in 2008.&lt;p&gt;
I voted for William in the primary.&#160; I thought he had a compelling story and had the best chance to beat Latham.&#160; But he lost now is the time to join Becky Greenwald and work to put a Democrat in the House.&lt;p&gt;
Now Mr Meyers is throwing a temper tantrum and going to run as an independent.&#160; He only got 13% of the vote.&#160; He only escaped coming in last by about 200 votes.&#160; He will get money from Republicans as they try to drag votes away from Ms Greenwald.&#160; All he will end up doing is supporting Tom Latham.&#160; Alot of the 2300 votes he got in the primary will not stay with him in the general election&lt;p&gt;
If William wants to run then run.&#160; But this will be a decision that he will regret if he ever decides to run again as a Democrat</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Long time committeman</strong> I have been on three different county central committees since 1976 when I turned 18.&nbsp; No county chair in the Iowa Democratic Party has the authority to shut out ANY candidate seeking the nomination.&nbsp; Any one in any county can organize for the candidate of their choice.
<p>
A good case in point in 1976 most of the Union County Central Committee supported Jimmy Carter.&nbsp; I didn&#8217;t and that didn&#8217;t stop me from organizing in Union County for Morris Udall.&nbsp; If I could do it then so could anyone that supported William in this race in 2008.</p>
<p>
I voted for William in the primary.&nbsp; I thought he had a compelling story and had the best chance to beat Latham.&nbsp; But he lost now is the time to join Becky Greenwald and work to put a Democrat in the House.</p>
<p>
Now Mr Meyers is throwing a temper tantrum and going to run as an independent.&nbsp; He only got 13% of the vote.&nbsp; He only escaped coming in last by about 200 votes.&nbsp; He will get money from Republicans as they try to drag votes away from Ms Greenwald.&nbsp; All he will end up doing is supporting Tom Latham.&nbsp; Alot of the 2300 votes he got in the primary will not stay with him in the general election</p>
<p>
If William wants to run then run.&nbsp; But this will be a decision that he will regret if he ever decides to run again as a Democrat</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-5526</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;counties&lt;/strong&gt; First of all, I am not your &quot;dear.&quot; Secondly, my point was that I see no evidence that he did significanly worse in the counties he was suposibly &quot;shut out of&quot; then the ones he wasn&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>counties</strong> First of all, I am not your &#8220;dear.&#8221; Secondly, my point was that I see no evidence that he did significanly worse in the counties he was suposibly &#8220;shut out of&#8221; then the ones he wasn&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: desmoinesdem</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-5527</link>
		<dc:creator>desmoinesdem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;offensive&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;She doesn&#039;t have any real ideas,&quot; he said. &quot;She&#039;s just saying what she&#039;s been told to say by the party, and we are already represented by a rubber stamp. I don&#039;t want to elect someone like that again.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;
She has achieved a lot in life for a woman who apparently has no ideas and has to be told what to say.&lt;p&gt;
That kind of insult doesn&#039;t reflect well on William Meyers.&lt;p&gt;
It is unfortunate that he feels the process was unfairly stacked against him, but the course he&#039;s taking now is destructive, especially for any future aspirations he may have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>offensive</strong><br />
<blockquote>&#8220;She doesn&#8217;t have any real ideas,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She&#8217;s just saying what she&#8217;s been told to say by the party, and we are already represented by a rubber stamp. I don&#8217;t want to elect someone like that again.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>
She has achieved a lot in life for a woman who apparently has no ideas and has to be told what to say.</p>
<p>
That kind of insult doesn&#8217;t reflect well on William Meyers.</p>
<p>
It is unfortunate that he feels the process was unfairly stacked against him, but the course he&#8217;s taking now is destructive, especially for any future aspirations he may have.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-5528</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;central committee meetings&lt;/strong&gt; Meyers seems to suggest that he didn&#039;t win because didn&#039;t go to the central committee meetings in some of these counties. However he did come my county&#039;s central committee meeting. Yet he got only 12% of the vote here. Greenwald got almost 56% of the vote and she did not come to a central committee meeting in my county. &lt;p&gt;
Greenwald won because she was a stronger candidate and more importantly because the voters prefered her. &lt;p&gt;
It&#039;s good that Meyers doesn&#039;t care about his political future because he isn&#039;t likely to have one if he runs as an independent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>central committee meetings</strong> Meyers seems to suggest that he didn&#8217;t win because didn&#8217;t go to the central committee meetings in some of these counties. However he did come my county&#8217;s central committee meeting. Yet he got only 12% of the vote here. Greenwald got almost 56% of the vote and she did not come to a central committee meeting in my county.
<p>
Greenwald won because she was a stronger candidate and more importantly because the voters prefered her. </p>
<p>
It&#8217;s good that Meyers doesn&#8217;t care about his political future because he isn&#8217;t likely to have one if he runs as an independent.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/2436/exclusive-meyers-to-run-as-independent-in-4th-district/comment-page-1#comment-5529</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;What is your county?&lt;/strong&gt; Before you spout off with nonsense.&#160; You should declare your county.&#160; How many ballots were cast there?&#160; Do you live in one of the counties Mr. Meyers cited?&lt;p&gt;
Could be your county didn&#039;t play into the bigger scheme of things my dear.&lt;p&gt;
I believe in using integrity to keep a business or party in check.&#160; Good for him, the future candidates of his district depend upon strong willed individuals to ensure integrity is maintained!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What is your county?</strong> Before you spout off with nonsense.&nbsp; You should declare your county.&nbsp; How many ballots were cast there?&nbsp; Do you live in one of the counties Mr. Meyers cited?
<p>
Could be your county didn&#8217;t play into the bigger scheme of things my dear.</p>
<p>
I believe in using integrity to keep a business or party in check.&nbsp; Good for him, the future candidates of his district depend upon strong willed individuals to ensure integrity is maintained!</p>
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