According to the Oregonian's Jeff Mapes, Oregon AFL-CIO's political committee met today and while they decided to take a position in some down ballot races, postponed making a decision on the Governor's race until March 2010. From Mapes:
The unions have two Democrats with a strong pro-labor record in former [...]
With the possible exception of Nanny Pelosi and a very few others, Democrats are quaking in their collectivist boots. With good reason: one year into a "new Washington" born of optimism and ambition, the mantra of "hope'n'change" has been clearly shown for what it was - just words. The "transparent" [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
As Dave noted the other day Self-preservation is not a Democratic instinct. In the comments section of that post I wrote the following:
People voted for the Democrats and Obama for change and they have gotten damn little of it. The danger in 2010 is that millions will simply [...]
38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. Nearly 20% more than that oppose it, and BO's numbers are keeping up with the free-fall. That whole Hope'n'Change thing sure had a short shelf-life.
Things are dire when even left-oriented folks like those [...]
It is astonishing to see what the Democrats are doing to America. It is astonishing to see that they are not afraid to show their total corruption so openly by "buying" the votes they needed on...
[...] By Dave Anderson:
Democrats don't want to be in the majority. They don't want Republicans in the majority either, but the Democratic elected elite has minimal interest in being part of an effective governing majority. The healthcare bill is the best example. They have managed to shed their left flank, Ron [...]
Senator Reid tonight:
Today we vote whether to even discuss one of the greatest issues of our generation - indeed, one of the greatest issues this body has ever face: whether this nation will finally guarantee its people the right to live free from the fear of illness and [...]
Over at the Cook Political Report, they've done their baseline report on the U.S. Senate race in 2010. Key excerpts:
Oregon is very difficult terrain for Republicans. Democrats hold an 11-point advantage in voter registration, 43 percent to 32 percent, while another 26 percent are unaffiliated. Republicans lost a Senate' [...]Ouch, this will leave a mark as Democrats try to explain how Oregon's budget has been exploding, while taxpayers are losing jobs and earning less.
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[...] Commentary By Ron Beasley
It has become obvious that the Republicans will attack and try to obstruct anything - anything the Democrats and the Obama administration try to do even if it was something they might have agreed with a few days before, In yesterday's New York Times Oregon's Representative Earl [...]
