The New Republic

Oregon isn't exactly solid blue.  Multnomah county is solid blue, and it has Portland and most of Oregon's people.  I guess Eugene and maybe Salem probably lean Democratic too, but the rest of the state is fairly conservative.  Which is why Gordon Smith has stuck around.  And, he's also a pretty decent guy, for a Republican.

- ratnerstar

October 13, 2008 at 10:37am

I wouldn't mind seeing Obama pull down the whole state, but I know that won't happen. I do find it most curious that the Republicans are trying to ride on Obama's coat-tails; it really says something about the Republican brand; even if they are just pandering for votes, that they are pandering by backing Obama tells me that Obama is doing something right.

- GSpinks

October 13, 2008 at 11:42am

I concur with ratnerstar.  The northwest (Eugene to Portland) is pretty solid blue.  The further east or south you go the more it leans republican.  This is probably due to the fact that nearly all of the major universities/colleges in Oregon are in the northwest.

- TLaBorn

October 13, 2008 at 11:54am

In Nebraska no less, where Obama hopes to get one of the electoral votes, but is not guaranteed to get any.  When you're too hot to touch in a conservative state, you've really got to be worried, McCain.

- anonevent

October 13, 2008 at 12:33pm

In Minnesota, Sen. Norman Coleman is trying to distance himself from McCain. Trying.

Norm is the Lon Chaney of Minnesota politics, you never know which character he's going to play next. He's currently appearing in a Lamar Alexander costume, and his voice has shifted a bit, more like the narrator from "The Waltons".

Here in Minnesota, we think the clock may be running out for Norm.

"Goodnight, John Boy. Goodnight, Norm."

- fougasseu

October 13, 2008 at 12:39pm