I have been here in Oregon for a year now. From what I have seen, Smith has some liabilities I tend to dismiss as a duplicitous reality of politics.
On the other hand, I will vote against him in the primary for one reason alone. In the general election I may just leave the space blank if he doesn't vote to confirm Alito...
We had a supposed Republican state legislator promoting the civil union perversion. He is toast on my ballot. I forget his name, it is so easy to do, but I think he is going to run for governor. I like the Republican leader of the lower house, that lady should be our senator or governor.
Kulongowski is a wierdo. Who else is running and what do you know about them?
No argument there. He's not quite in the same league as James Carville, but I sure wouldn't want him around my kids in a "read to the children" photo-op.
In the general election I may just leave the space blank if he doesn't vote to confirm Alito...
Smith is one of those weathervane Republicans who always follow the direction they think the political winds are blowing. Unfortunately, he gets his weather reports from the mainstream media. The man(?) has absolutely no spine or testicles.
He's been on shaky ground for a while, but he permanently lost my support and vote when he voted to extend the Clinton Ugly-Gun Ban.
Kulongowski is a weirdo.
Which is just another way of saying Kulongoski is a democrat.
Who else is running and what do you know about them?
With that rat bastard Mannix running the party, does it really matter?
I strongly suspect the Oregon Republican Party will once again turn my ballot into an exercise in uselessness. Eventually I'll probably have to vote with my feet and remove myself and my company from the state. Relocating would be a major cost, both in dollars and skilled employees (I don't know how many will follow their jobs), but Mannix and the Oregon Republican Party don't seem to be doing anything to prevent the democrats from making staying more expensive than leaving.
On the other hand, maybe it won't be so bad. I did just hire a new employee who left Kalifornistan because he wanted a .50 cal rifle. Maybe the democrats will do my job for me and make it easy to convince my guys to follow their jobs to another state.