Posted on 07/28/2014 7:19:17 AM PDT by cotton1706
"Are you kidding?" This is Monica Wehby's amiable response to people who wonder whether she will be able to bear the pressures of office if she wins her race as a Republican Senate candidate. For 17 of her 52 years she has been a pediatric neurosurgeon, holding in steady hands sharp steel and the fate of children's brains.
She probably can cope with the strains of legislative life.
Today, her task is to persuade Oregonians to act on the cogent exhortation of her campaign's bumper stickers: "Keep Your Doctor. Change Your Senator." She is trying to take a Senate seat away from freshman Democrat Jeff Merkley, who was elected in 2008 with 49 percent of the vote when Barack Obama carried the state with 57 percent.
This year, Merkley's task is to run far ahead of Obama's 43 percent job approval among Oregonians, with 54 percent of independents disapproving of the president.
Oregon is one of the 18 states and the District of Columbia that have supported Democratic nominees in at least six consecutive presidential elections. About half the state's voters live in the Portland metropolitan area, which has become emblematic of urban progressivism ("smart growth," autophobia).
But from 1969 to 1995, both Oregon senators were Republicans, and Wehby's pollster says Merkley's two-point lead (41-39) derives from the incumbent's perishable seven-point advantage in name recognition. Wehby is up one point among voters who say they "know" both candidates.
Wehby not only has two X chromosomes but supports abortion rights and the right of states to recognize same-sex marriages, which complicates the Democratic Party's continuing accusation that Republicans wage "war on women."
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Actually there was a conservative candidate who had a much better chance of her getting elected. He was nominated in a solid Dem district and is pro-life and pro-family. Not exactly 30% and you really don’t know what you are talking about in Oregon.
Hi, Salvation,
I’m in Grants Pass, can you please re-add my name to the Oregon ping list?
Thanks!
Ed
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