This is alarming, especially given McCain’s growing strength in Oregon. Smith has recently been running some very negative ads.
I thought Gordon would be okay since he attracted a 2nd tier challenger. I hope he pulls it out. Keep in mind, Gordon has faced nail biters before. He narrowly lose the special Senate election to Ron Wyden in 1996. Gordon then ran to replace Mark Hatfield in 1996 and narrowly won that seat.
If Smith loses, this will be the first time since Senators were popularly elected, indeed, the first time since 1862 (not a typo) that the coastal Western states (CA/OR/WA) will not have at least one Republican Senator out of the 6 they send (that being before WA was even a state).
This poll makes me feel better about the OR presidential poll taken simultaneously. I don’t believe that Smith is up by only 1%, which (if I’m right) means that Rasmussen’s sample must have skewed more liberal than the electorate. Since Ras used the same sample for its presidential poll showing Obama up by 51%-47%, I think that it’s likely that McCain and Obama are at least tied in OR (which would jibe with the recent poll showing McCain within 2% in WA).
Jeff Merkley Talks About Russia and Georgia
Talk about the exposure of a disgusting pig, er, uh rat or whatever. LOL, LOL !