Posted on 05/06/2008 10:02:25 PM PDT by mdittmar
Now it's Oregon's turn.
With the Indiana and North Carolina primaries concluding Tuesday, presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will turn much their attention toward Oregon, allowing the state's more than 870,000 Democrats their moment in the primary spotlight.
Oregon is one of only a handful of contests remaining, and is perhaps the most competitive of the states that have yet to vote. Clinton is predicted to prevail in Kentucky, which also votes on May 20, while Obama is expected to win upcoming caucuses in South Dakota and Montana.
Most political analysts think Obama has the edge in Oregon, but Clinton increased her visibility in the state in recent weeks, and has already announced plans to return to the state on Thursday and Friday.
Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, recently went on a whistle-stop tour of small towns in the Willamette Valley.
Both candidates are advertising on television in Oregon, and have volunteers making phone calls, holding house parties and knocking on doors throughout the state.
Obama is expected to be strong in Portland, Eugene and Corvallis, but Clinton could chip away at his edge in the populous suburban counties, along the Oregon Coast and in the southern part of the state.
Nick Shapiro, a spokesman for Obama in Oregon, said the Illinois senator will make at least one more visit to the state, and details could be available as soon as Wednesday.
"He will convince people to get those last ballots in; he will meet directly with Oregonians to hear their concerns," Shapiro said.
Voters should expect an aggressive get-out-the-vote effort by both campaigns, since Oregon's unique vote-by-mail system means ballots can be turned in at any point from now until May 20.
Here in Grants Pass I see two Hitlery signs, probably five Obama bumper stickers, NO McCain signs or bumper stickers, and everyone I know is going to either vote third-party or write in a candidate that supports our nation’s Constitution.
Hitlery was supposed to speak at the Jackson County Fairgrounds Thursday (after a $2,000/plate fund-raiser at the Mark Antony Hotel!) and we’re all going to protest her.
But they may cancel after Tuesday’s less-than-stellar Indiana results and the solid whuppin’ she took in North Carolina.
Ed
I’d heard of Ivancie but didn’t know much about him. Apparently the last Republican Mayor was the interim Mayor Connie McCready when the creep/pervert Neil Goldschmidt became Carter’s Transportation Secretary in 1979. 1952 was the last time a Republican won a full 4-year term (Fred Peterson). I wasn’t aware O’Scannlain had run for Mayor, I only knew him for his losing 1974 run for the suburban 1st district U.S. House seat (which had, until that point, gone 96 years without electing a Dem). We’ve never won it back.
B. Hussein took my state’s Dim caucus and he’ll more than likely get trounced in the general.
I'm with you.
Supreme Court Justices and success in Iraq and Afghanistan override whatever shortcomings he has.
President Obama? Commander in Chief of America's armed forces Obama? Obama's appointees to the Supreme Court of the United States?
That's unthinkable.
I didn’t know Potter wasn’t running again. A gay Marxist named Sam Adams ? Well, don’t that beat all. Is the other candidate, Sho Dozono, any better ?
Ferries across the Willamette ? He is aware that they built some bridges, isn’t he ? ;-)
Sort of right.
The gist of this statement is definitely true, but either one will be very, very hard to beat.
Hillary would be impossible for McCain to beat. IMO.
Obama is possible to beat, but barely.
I have zero faith in the American electorate to do the right thing and the MSM is going to go full guns against McCain, 24/7.
The money will pour in for Obama. - McCain will be out-funded and outspent 2 or 3 to one.
And then there is McCain himself, and all of the people who are waiting for the magic independents and moderate Democrats to rush forth with support and votes.
Don't hold your breath.
Watch as McCain makes huge blunders. - I can't bear to watch the train wreck that is going to be played out in slow motion right here, starting with his slobbering pandering to La Raza.
Obama will continue to be ... Obama and that is painful itself, knowing that he is going to have the high track to this election and that McCain will have to slog to prevail in November by one state.
Frankly, I don't see it.
Thank you>>>>Keeping the set off to avoid the sickening Hillary ads
At least Sho has been in business. I think it is time to only elect people who have private sector experience before running for office. Too often those elected only know government which has its own peculiarity in thinking. Also, GOP has been out of power for so long in this state that I consider the GOP bench weak.
Hillary has done McCain the biggest favor.
The McCain team now knows which counties Hillary won. All McCain has to do is target these counties to win over 10% of disgruntled Hillary supporters.
Especially in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio and Florida.
I like your thinking, although I’m fairly sure that Pa isn’t going to stop its red trend, nor it’s two decades of tradition by voting McCain.
Seeing how my old county of Montgomery, Pa. just voted 51/49 Clinton/Obama makes me think that Pa is going to vote Obama in the fall.
But I will go there to see what I can do to help.
Ohio and Missouri are another matter altogether and your point is well taken.
I agree Meg. I sure wouldn’t want to have your choices this year. We finally have a Good Conservative Prime Minister in Canada. It will take for him to win a Majority however, to really clean up the 13 years of dung that the Liberals left. Both of our countries are in serious need of prayer!!! CO
Definitely ..Prayers for our nations.
Good to “see” you, CO!
THANK YOU, Commander Limbaugh, for your valiant and successful execution of Operation Chaos!
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