Category Archives: Oregon Update

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Get Oregon Rolling

This commercial we produced for Bill Bradbury in Oregon started running today.

Bill has MS and has some difficulty walking, so we took the Segway he uses to get around, and used it as a metaphor for finding a solutions to problems.

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Let the campaign begin

Our client for Governor of Oregon, Bill Bradbury, announced his candidacy for office last week and I want to share with you his redesigned website at: www.bradbury2010.com and some of the new coverage. The announcement ended up being covered by 61 news outlets in at least seven cities and… >> More Updates

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Interesting voter registration numbers

The Oregon voter file has just been released. Of the 46,710 new registrants since the election, 17,449 have registered Democrat, 10,647 have registered Republican and the remaining 18,614 have registered non-affiliated.

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The dumbest politician in the Nation

Mike Ericson might the dumbest candidate in the nation. I know that is a sweeping statement but here is a guy who lies about paying for an abortion, lies about his endorsements and now is lying about a trip to Cuba. If he wasn’t rich he would be long… >> More Updates

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Jeff Merkley moves ahead

Despite spending millions of dollars on one off the most negative campaigns in the country, Gordon Smith’s campaign is in a tale spin and Jeff Merkley is building momentum. A Rasmussen Reports Poll puts the race at 41% for Senator Smith and 43% for Speaker Merkley. Over the last… >> More Updates

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Demographics are destiny

This might be the most important political news in Oregon history, Washington County has for the first time in recent memory more Democrats registered to vote than Republicans.

The path to statewide office in Oregon goes through Washington County. If you can’t win there you can’t win in… >> More Updates

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Calling it like it is…

This is not going to make people back in Washington very happy but I think the Governor is right…

Kulongoski: Congressional Democrats ‘sold out’
Posted by The Oregonian January 24, 2008 13:07PM

SALEM – Congressional Democrats “sold out” by agreeing to an economic stimulus package that failed to boost spending>> More Updates

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What is happening to the Republican Party?

What is happening to the Republican Party? As dedicated news junky I have seen several news reports like this one from California in the San Francisco Chronicle. The California Republican Party is forced to give county parties less money:

At the end of the year the state party will>> More Updates

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An Inconvenient Gift

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Elections Matter (Part of a Continuing Series)

The Oregon legislative session ends tomorrow and the Oregonian runs down the major achievements during this session. I wanted to hit a few highlights, first this is the shortest legislative session in twelve years and in my opinion the most productive.

This session is being characterized as the… >> More Updates

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