[headsonpikes]

"This is an issue of the heart."

What a watery puke this Smith person is.

So that's what they call a Republican, eh?

And these guys are gonna do better than than the other morons. Right!

[Glutton]

He is a Mormon, and has a good working relationship with Democratic Senator Ron Wyden. This is helpful for Smith as this keeps Wyden out of the frey and away from the Bradbury camp.

Smith is a Republican who has to survive politically in Oregon. That is mainly why he is like he is politically.