How is this possible in Oklahoma?
Democrats lying about what left-wing moonbats they are, and the press not calling them on it.
Lackluster Republican campaigning. To this day, I have not seen ONE Istook ad since the primaries.
They are alive and well...even in OK.
Istook is a horrible candidate for OK Governor. But then I have been saying that for months. You should have seen our primary where OK GOP decided kumbyka was the name of the game and you were not allowed to go after Istook.
His campaign staff is one of the most inept if not the worst I have seen in all my years being around campaigns. Going in his office makes you come out talking to yourself because most don't have a clue. He hired his campaign staff from CA.
He is also Mormon and there is a lot of shall we say less than honorable info coming out on that.
Okla is not like most states. A moderate liberal here is more conservative that many pubs in other states, i.e. Susan Collins. I did not vote for Brad Henry, have not voted for a dem in 30 yrs (give me a break I was a teenager back then). I will probably vote for Brad Henry this time. He is very quiet, non-abrasive & likeable. That's a breath of fresh air. Things are going well and people give him credit, although he probably has little to do with it, so why change. Don't read too much into this, the state is still strongly conservative. I can assure you that Hillary would be lucky, very lucky, to get 35% in this state.
Oaklahoma actually is a majority D state. It's just that they are all Reagan Democrats.
They still like Republicans for national office, but they like D's for State Office.
And in fairness, unlike some supposed conservative D's, many Oaklahoma D's are moderately conservative. It's not like Henry has governed like Jim Doyle.