[Biggirl]

2014 is shaping up to be a BIG wave midterm election year.

[mountainlion]

What is wave supposed to mean? Is this a British term? Is is supposed to mean Landslide? Is it supposed to be a wave by by to the demoRats? Lots of articles loos meaning by being too cute.

[ConservativeDude]

serving in the US Senate? Pfft. it’s not exactly brain surgery. And she ought to know.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

(you all ought to watch that skit...it is very very funny and clean)

[latina4dubya]

i am skeptical... seems we get these polls before elections—hope of a blue state turning red—and it never pans out... not even close... New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota...

[GeronL]

Wehby is much more D than R from what I have read here

[rjsimmon]

Wehby, a Portland-based pediatric neurosurgeon, received the support of 40 percent of respondents, while an additional five percent say they are leaning towards supporting the first-time candidate. Merkley, who was elected to the Senate in 2008, garners the support of just 39 percent of respondents, with two percent saying they lean towards supporting him.

This makes very little sense. Wehby gets 40% + 5%? Merkley has 39% + 2%? Why not just say 45% and 41%? Is the author poor at math? Or are they implying a strong + 'other' support?

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[InterceptPoint]

Interesting poll. Someone should comment on the credibility of polls by Daily Caller/Vox Populi.

I am tracking the current Senate projections by our old favorites and here is how they are currently calling the Oregon race:

Sabato: Likely D
Rothenberg:Currently Safe D
Election Projection: Solid Dem Hold
Cook Report: Solid D

That gives the Dems a +94 on my scoring scale. (+100 is a certain HOLD, -100 is a certain FLIP, 0 is a TOSS-UP).

That +94 puts Oregon tied with two others for 16th place in terms of the likelihood that the party in power will lose the election in 2014. That is well down the list and lower than the current expectation/probability/projection by these 4 “experts” that both Mitch McConnell, at 9th, and Saxby Chambliss, at 11th, will lose.

But, if this poll is credible, Oregon is going to be moving up on that list.

[cdcdawg]

Even if the GOP contender isn’t as conservative as we would like, this is still a good sign. If nothing else, the Dems will have to spend resources to keep OR.

[Salvation]

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed recently, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you were on the previous list.

[Will88]

I hope so, but according to similar early polls, Republicans should have won many other senate seats and Pennsylvania in the last two presidential races.

[Pollster1]

Obama has done massive amounts of harm to our country, and the only two good things about these eight terrible years may be the 2010 and 2014 elections. I just pray there will be enough conservatives to keep the GOP on track if we control both the House and the Senate.

[Salvation]

Conger is the real conservative. I will not vote for Wehby.

[Salvation]

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed recently, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you were on the previous list.