On Wednesday, Chris Dudley announced that he's running for Governor of Oregon. He joins Republicans Bill Sizemore, John Lim, and Allen Alley in the race.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A former NBA center has formally announced he is running for Oregon Governor.Chris Dudley, a 6'11"'" [...]
By BJ Bjornson
At this point I don't give a damn about Obama. If he's going to govern like Clinton or a Republican we might as well have a Republican.
Ron Beasley from I agree with Howard
Sure, Republicans will be worse, but only by degree and not categorically worse.
Dave Anderson from [...]
Senate Republicans offer stranded members of Oregon National Guard a trip home for the holidays...collectively in reserve and carry over funds of individual departments of the state government that have not been tapped. His buddy Russ Walker of Keizer, vice-president of the Oregon Republicans said action by the state Legislature could free up some of those funds rather than raising taxes by passing Measure 66 [...]
There is a new Rassmussen poll out just this morning that shows Republican party candidates (on a generic ballot) losing to "Tea Party" candidates. In the 3-way generic ballot question:
Democrat -...
The House voted today to extend the federal estate tax. But of course, Brian Baird, the supposedly Democratic congressman from the 'Couv, joined all 174 Republicans in voting against it. His good buddy Lars Larson will no doubt be proud.
No estate tax, no stock transactions tax, no health' [...] Just what are our goals in Afghanistan? We as Americans are being asked to cough up billions more in dollars and who knows how many more lives, and yet Obama (and supportive Republicans on the Hill)...
[...] Since I came on board as Executive Director of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters two months ago, one of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked is “What are you going to do to recruit and help elect pro-environment Republicans?” My answer has been "Everything we can! Oregon's'" [...]
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Bill Sizemore has filed to run for Governor - setting up a possible Kitzhaber/Sizemore rematch, pending primary races in both parties. (Kitzhaber beat Sizemore in 1998 by a margin of 64% to 30%.)
What do his fellow Republicans think? At the O, [...]
[...] 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 [...]
The Senate may vote as soon as Saturday on health care reform. The New York Times reports:
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the [...]
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' [...]Commentary By Ron Beasley
No, it's not the dreaded "liberals" who are singing that song to Sarah Palin, it's the Republicans and conservatives who dream of winning again.
First we have Conservative and Evangelical Christian Rod Dreher:
The rap on Palin is that she's too shallow and inexperienced for the presidency — a [...]
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 [...]
