[AuH2ORepublican]

Now, why doesn't Mannix run against Ron Wyden for the U.S. Senate? Maybe he can beat that Portland liberal.

[kimoajax]

Cause Wyden (a Dem) and Gordon Smith (a Pub) decided a number of years ago to do a tag team in front of the voters each election cycl...so they would each help each other just a bit on their image with voters from opposition party.

Wyden is bad but he is almost unbeatable since Smith is willing to stick it too all other Republicans in this fashion.

[fieldmarshaldj]

As kimoajax said, there's very slim chance of beating Wyden. Short of him being caught molesting kids on camera, he's in there for the long haul... :-(

We ought to work on winning those House seats, it's disgraceful we only occupy one out of 5 despite having nominal control of the entire legislature.