Posted on 05/19/2014 9:16:37 AM PDT by mandaladon
Obamacare's failure in Oregon may make incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) vulnerable this year, and Republicans have two candidates battling for the nomination who will make it difficult for Democrats to frame them in the fall as "cold-hearted" or to play the "war on women" card.
Jason Conger, a pro-life two-term representative in the Oregon State House, has an inspirational life story in a party the mainstream press have lambasted as being the party for rich people who look down on the "47%."
Monica Wehby, the pro-choice frontrunner in the race, as Fox News noted, is a pediatric neurosurgeon who "was the first woman to graduate from UCLA’s neurosurgery program." She also "was an early critic of Obamacare" and even "featured in a 2009 ad opposing the Affordable Care Act."
“It’s a 2,700 page law, 20,000 pages of regulations now -- it’s impossible to work with this law,” Wehby has said. “I think the best way is to repeal and replace with a plan that will actually work.”
The Oregonian notes that after reports that Wehby's ex-boyfriend, Andrew Miller, accused her of "stalking" and "harassing" him last year, Conger said during a debate last Friday that Wehby's candidacy could pose risks. Adding another wrinkle, Miller, the ex-boyfriend, has donated $31,000 to a super PAC that has unleashed negative attacks against Conger.
"We can't afford to take a risk of throwing this election away," Conger said while closing Friday's debate, according to the newspaper.
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No need to look for any other qualifications! When you're the "first woman to..." you should be given any position you want...no questions asked! /sarc
Wehby -
pro-abortion
fights with ex boyfriend; he said / she said
ex boyfriend pays for attack ads on primary candidate
She doesn’t seem clean.
Oregon going GOP ?
Hell will go Methodist before that happens.
She’ll be a Packwood/Hatfield type.
I’ll take ANYONE with an R from the People’s Republic of OREGON. Just to see DEMOCRAT heads explode.
Our new coalition might be, “people wounded by democrats”...
That’s the kind of crap that’s kept Oregon in Dem hands for far too long.
Ah yes good old Senator Hatfield. If I remember correctly he was the deciding vote against the balanced budget amendment when Newt was speaker. He did it because he was retiring anyway. RINO.
Me too...
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