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Oregon: Denny Smith

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 16:50

Former Rep. Smith says Obama not ready to lead

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

DENVER -- Former U.S. Rep. Denny Smith (R-Ontario) said Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama I(D-Ill.) may have wowed a lot of people on the campaign trail, but that did not mean he was ready to lead.

“He’s been wrong on taxes, wrong on the surge. And he won’t even admit he was wrong on the surge,” Smith said via conference call from Oregon. “We ought to make him campaigner of the year. But not president.”

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Tue, 07/22/2008 - 19:39

Oregon Veterans gather to support McCain

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

WILSONVILLE - On a day when U.S senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was meeting with military officials on his first visit to Iraq, U.S Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) Oregon campaign gathered 40 Oregonian war veterans at the Korean War Memorial Tuesday to express their support for the Republican U.S senator and Presidential candidate.

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Tue, 07/22/2008 - 16:00

Denny Smith on Gordon Smith: ‘I understand what he’s trying to do, but …'

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Former U.S. Rep. Denny Smith (R-Ontario) expressed his ire at U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith’s campaign on Tuesday for their decision last month to air a television ad showing the incumbent senator working across the aisle with U.S Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

“I disagree with the ad,” Rep. Smith said. “Gordon has an interesting race, and I understand what he’s trying to do, but I don’t think it’s a good strategy.”

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