Despite the vast efforts of the Barack Obama campaign to register over 30,000 new voters prior to the recent deadline and despite the alleged "huge projected" voter turnout in the Portland area, Oregon is only six percentage points ahead of where we were four years ago.

When John Kerry had the Democratic nomination locked up back in May 2004, the Oregon primary participation totaled 46% of registered voters.  Even with the ongoing duel between Obama and Hillary Clinton we are still at a meager 29% as of last Friday.  Here's hoping the next 24 hours can bring in at least another 20%.