FuturePAC

Someone close to the Oregon House Democrats reminded me the Dem caucus should be applauded for their actual victories and not admonished for failing to reach a 40-seat majority (which would give them quorum abilities where the GOP wouldn't need bothering to show up for work anymore).  Apparently, my previous post reeked of turning a substantial loss by Oregon House Republicans into some sort of victory.  So, in the spirit of the Fairness Doctrine, let's take a look at what state Rep. Dave Hunt, Michele Rossolo and the rest of the folks over at FuturePAC were able to accomplish this election cycle.

The Oregon House Democrats political action committee, FuturePAC, accused Oregon House Republicans of taking a six-figure donation from tobacco giant Reynolds America in the waning days of the campaign as a payback for blocking legislation to raise the price of cigarettes.

House Democrats are questioning state House candidate John Nelsen’s fiscal management skills after his campaign has run up a debt in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and the school board that he sits on reported it would have to freeze its budget.

Jessica Adamson (D-Sherwood) just might be a microcosm of the party identity crisis many HD-26 voters are dealing with.

“I joined the party of Tom McCall; people willing to think big,” Adamson said of being a former member of the Republican Party. “That party left me, and eventually I had to leave it. I became frustrated with an increasingly divided party that became a narrow tent. There was no final straw for me in leaving the party, but I found I was able to me more myself as a Democrat than as a Republican.”

Avoiding the press when running for office can cost you politically.  When you cannot answer questions about why you want to represent constituents one of the highest held offices in the country you end up on PolitickerOR.com's Losers list.  And we're not talking about Sarah Palin.