John McCain reaches new national highs and lows while Barack Obama stays solid in Oregon. DNC Chair Howard Dean swings through the state while Gordon Smith has a tough week. Read all about it in this week's Winners & Losers.
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Defend OregonHiding their $2 million contrabution from the Oregon Education Association for a month, the newly created organization out to defeat measures supported by Kevin Mannix and Bill Sizemore has a great deal of dough to play with in the next few months. |
Gordon SmithHe's attacked by the Willamette Week for hiring undocumented workers and then issues a statement that he will not be attending the City Club debate. Did he just take a page from Mike Erickson? |
Jeff MerkleyPutting his cards on the table by showing his internal polling, the Democrat keeps Oregon's US Senate race on the top of everyone's list of races to watch this cycle. |
SEIU Union ActivistsOregon union organizers fell short when they tried to recall their own leader, Joe DiNicola, airing their internal baggage for all to see. |
Howard Dean FansFor those who have a few hours to waste this afternoon, the Dem party head will be speaking at Lewis & Clark college. |
Democratic OperativesRushing to the trough before any slop has surfaced, a few staffers and supporters of the Merkley campaign should learn not to count their chickens before November 4. |
John McCainJust when everyone was starting to count him out (again), the GOP prez nominee gets a big boost in the national polls after the RNC convention in St. Paul. |
John McCainHe attacks Dem opponent Barack Obama for being sexist after Obama uses an expression McCain often uses himself. You're doing well in the polls, please don't make hypocrisy a theme of your campaign. |
Barack ObamaThe latest local GOP polls indicate the Obama team has little to worry about yet in the Beaver State. |
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