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February 28, 2009 - 01:26 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Minnesota Senate Update: Two Princes who adore you

By BlueOregon.com

It's been awhile since we checked in on the yet unresolved U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. I suspect that if the situation between the two were reversed, the Republican political theatre machine would have long since beaten Franken to a bloody pulp. As it is, this thing seems to fly under the radar most of the time. The court wrangling seems to me like its reached the point of epically stupid. Here's Senate Guru: From the thousands of properly rejected absentee ballots that Republican Norm Coleman wanted re-reviewed for inclusion in...

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Tue, 08/26/2008 - 13:34

AFL-CIO dismantles anti-labor attack ad against Merkley

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

DENVER--AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker told the Oregon delegation on Tuesday that Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) was getting attacked on the airwaves by anti-union groups because of his support for workers.

“The ads have been particularly vicious and misleading toward Jeff Merkley,” Baker said. “They’re attacking where they think they can do it, but what do you expect from a party that has never supported employees?”

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Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:25

Merkley calls on Smith to return Stevens’ money

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) called on Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) to return the $39,000 in campaign donations that he has received during his political career from Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), who was charged with bribery on Tuesday.

"Ted Stevens has been indicted on very serious ethical charges,” Merkley said. “These charges cast an ethical cloud on money he raised from oil companies and others, some of which he passed on to Gordon Smith."

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