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By: xblade

xblade — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:18:56 +0000

Would be nice to have 44 seats instead of 41. And maybe 45 if you count liebermann.

Why would we count Liebermann? He’s as liberal as they come. He’s a nice guy, but he’ll vote liberal because he believes in liberalism, even if his party disowns him. He’s not going to start voting for republican causes, other than military ones perhaps.

By: Typhonsentra

Typhonsentra — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:48:10 +0000

And as if to just personally fuck with Ed’s head, Merkley pulls ahead with 76% in.

By: Angry Dumbo

Angry Dumbo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:43:37 +0000

Big tents are only good for growing astroturf.

By: shooten

shooten — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:46:17 +0000

Wow. Having lived in one of the most liberal areas of Oregon, i’m both surprised and elated. I hope it holds through the inevitable challenges.

By: Sign of the Dollar

Sign of the Dollar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:24:57 +0000

He’s not a real republican. Who cares. RINOS are no longer welcome.

HornetSting on November 5, 2008 at 12:42 PM

They’re not welcome on our presidential tickets or as the face of the party, but they’re a lot better than liberal Democrats. I don’t think you can ask for much more from Oregon.

By: Sign of the Dollar

Sign of the Dollar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:20:37 +0000

Hey! I move to a far-left whacko state…. And my vote finally may have mattered in a general election. That’s a minor consolation, considering the fact that the guy’s a RINO and there’s going to be a Marxist in the White House, but a prize nontheless.

By: drflykilla

drflykilla — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:03:49 +0000

I forgot to add that Specter’s religion is Judaism.

By: pukara61

pukara61 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:57:32 +0000

Gordon Smith=Rino
Arlen Specter=Rino
Mitt Romney=Rino
Harry Reid=Idiot
They are all Mormon. I thought Mormons suppose to be conservative?
portlandon on November 5, 2008 at 1:09 PM
The only morons in the USA are stupid left wing liberals.

By: drflykilla

drflykilla — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:48:37 +0000

portlandon,
Specter is not Mormon. Utah’s 2 senators, Bennett & Hatch, are pretty reliable conservatives. Utah is a very conservative so I think the state matters more than the religion e.g. Smith is more liberal because he represents a blue state. I’ve found that Mormons from the NE and Cali are usually more liberal than ones from Utah (like me). We Mormons are not monolithic.

By: unrealcitizen

unrealcitizen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:40:54 +0000

I like to think (hope) so, but these days its getting more and more like CA. Maybe cause Californians are moving into metro-Oregon…I really don’t know.

By: rockmom

rockmom — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:40:37 +0000

Lovely. I see that once again we are more concerned about “hunting RINOs” than rebuilding the party.

I expect Arlen Specter to retire. I doubt he will be reelected if he runs, and there will be pressure for him to get out of the way. The only Republican that stands a chance of winning the seat is AG Tom Corbett, who was reelected last night. Or possibly Tom Ridge, but of course he is just another RINO so we can’t have that. Let’s drag Pat Toomey out of whatever asylum he is in and run him again.

Jim Bunning and Kit Bond will probably retire as well, and should. We will probably lose both of those seats unless Matt Blunt runs in Missouri. Dems will probably run Ben Chandler in Kentucky and he will win easily. He is a very conservative Democrat. Unlike Republicans, Democrats have decided they like having a majority and are not so worried about ideological purity in their ranks.

By: Feedie

Feedie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:39:15 +0000

unrealcitizen on November 5, 2008 at 2:33 PM

Thanks. You must have a better balance of urban vs. rural than CA.

By: unrealcitizen

unrealcitizen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:33:39 +0000

Re. Feedie
Usually because outside of PDX and Eugene Oregon is pretty red.

By: Feedie

Feedie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:26:47 +0000

In red county California, we’re usually swamped by blue county votes. Oregon seems to have a better record of resisting things like tax increases. Can some Oregonians here tell me why that is?

By: capitalist piglet

capitalist piglet — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:23:09 +0000

Crap. Dino is conceding.

By: capitalist piglet

capitalist piglet — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:22:10 +0000

This is an extremely convenient time to experience a flood

broker1 on November 5, 2008 at 1:51 PM

I’ll say. But I live in King County, Washington. Let’s just say I’m jaded.

By: Christien

Christien — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:09:04 +0000

MB4, -015.

By: Christien

Christien — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:03:52 +0000

Yeah, a flood of votes from Oregonians who actually prefer splitting their senate delegation between the two major parties. That kind of flood.

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:58:30 +0000

This is an extremely convenient time to experience a flood

broker1 on November 5, 2008 at 1:51 PM

Particularly as it has not been raining that much in the Portland area.

By: broker1

broker1 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:51:19 +0000

Via RedState

A Senate source informs RS of the following:

Democrats in charge of the building where ballots are stored in Portland are trying to get the press to leave the building – they say there is a flood.

This is an extremely convenient time to experience a flood

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:43:23 +0000

Gordon Smith is cousins with Mark and Tom Udall, new Dem senators from CO and NM respectively. They are all probably cut from the same cloth, moderate, decent men. Maybe the 3 of them can counteract some of the Reid/Pelosi moonbatism.

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:42:12 +0000

Democrat incumbents, on the other hand, take a sex scandal to dislodge.

Speedwagon82 on November 5, 2008 at 1:25 PM

Live boy, dead girl. No, even that doesn’t always do it.

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:40:24 +0000

Rather than blasting away RINO hunting, I’m interested to hear of names of “true” Republicans to replace Smith.

Christien on November 5, 2008 at 1:27 PM

In Oregon, I don’t believe there are any and Smith was certainly better on “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” than you-know-who.

By: MB4

MB4 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:38:17 +0000

Nice to see some fellow Oregonians here this morning.

Christien on November 5, 2008 at 12:53 PM

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