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August 5, 2009 - 12:23 pm
NEWS FEED: OregonGuy

We Are The Mob You Were Looking For

By noreply@blogger.com (OregonGuy)

By all means, call.

I called. Asking for "mo' mob". What I got was an auto-answer that asked me to press "1". Then I was re-directed to the DNC.

Bad move.

I want my party to be stand-up. I was pretty disappointed to find that the RNC was auto-forwarding calls in response to the above ad to the DNC. If the DNC wants to jam up phone lines for the RNC, okay. That's what stand-up guys do. They listen. They take their hits. They move on.

I called the RNC on their "other" phone line and explained that as a Republican, I was not happy with their decision to forward the calls.

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Fri, 11/14/2008 - 16:45

Oregon Republicans look to expand tent, focus on fiscal issues

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Oregon Republican Party is coming off an election where sentiments against Republican elected officials at the national level may have led to the defeat of incumbent state reps, qualified  statewide candidates, and U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton).

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Tue, 09/23/2008 - 22:28

Oregon Republicans want to know about Merkley’s rental income

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2851|title=Senate candidate Jeff Merkley|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=left|width=175|height=175]The Oregon Republican Party is still looking for answers from U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) about disclosure forms they are saying he should have filled out for 12 rental properties in the Portland area.

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Thu, 09/18/2008 - 14:01

ORGOP accuses Merkley of not reporting rental income

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2796|title=Senate candidate Jeff Merkley|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=left|width=220|height=220]The Oregon Republican Party is accusing Jeff Merkley of violating state ethics law by not reporting rental income he earned on twelve properties throughout the Portland area, but Merkley's campaign says that rental income did not merit reporting.

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Sat, 08/23/2008 - 15:51

State parties react to Biden announcement

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Oregon Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Oregon had different reactions to Saturday’s announcement that U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) will be Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) running mate.

 “Joe Biden is uniquely suited to serve as Barack Obama’s partner for the change America needs,” said Marc Siegel, spokesman for the DPO.

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Fri, 08/01/2008 - 17:30

Haugen: Support from ORGOP is like 'holding our jewelry while we get water boarded'

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

First Congressional District candidate Joel Haugen (R-Scappoose), who is battling Republican officials in that district, called support from Oregon Republican Party officials a farce after they refused to rectify a situation where local county officials would not support his candidacy.

“ORGOP's help is likely to be of the order of holding our jewelry while we get water boarded,” Haugen said in an email to PolitickerOR.com sent from Minnesota, where he was attending a wedding.

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Mon, 06/09/2008 - 13:37

GOP state convention: ‘No major changes’ to platform

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The Oregon Republican Party held their biennial state convention this weekend, but the nine committees made only minor changes to the state party’s platform.

In an interview with PolitickerOR.com, ORP spokesperson Brianne Hyder said there were “no major changes to the Oregon Republican Party’s platform,” though there were “a few words here and there.” Hyder noted that more information regarding the changes would be released within the next few days.

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Tue, 02/19/2008 - 17:25

Oregon GOP Under Lien

By Lauren Lafaro

The Oregon Republican Party today acknowledged that the IRS placed a lien on it last spring, after the party failed to pay approximately two year’s worth of payroll taxes for its employees.

Brianne Hyder, party spokeswoman, told the Oregonian that the problem originated with an employee—since fired—who wrote checks to the IRS but never sent them.

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