Oregon: Preemptive Karma

February 23, 2009 - 05:25 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Let's Draft Pete DeFazio for Governor

By Ben DuPree of Portland, Oregon. Previously, Ben worked for Jeff Merkley's U.S. Senate campaign, worked for then-Commissioner Sam Adams, consulted with the SEIU, and serves on Metro's Committee for Citizen Involvement. Ben previously blogged at Witigonen and now blogs at Preemptive Karma. Oregon needs Pete DeFazio to run for Governor. To help this along, I have started a blog devoted to the effort: Draft Pete DeFazio. From a purely political perspective, he is the strongest realistic candidate we Democrats can field. By far. Without reading any specific polling, it is fair to say that he has strong name recognition...

January 30, 2009 - 04:41 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Word on the street: Stick a fork in Sizemore, he's done.

I've recently learned through back channels (two sources, both anonymous) that perennial ballot measure racketeer Bill Sizemore has been given the kiss off by his two main benefactors: Loren Parks and Dick Wendt. Sizemore had been hired to do "consulting" (whatever that means) through what Jeff Mapes called a Wendt funded think tank known as Hire Calling. More on that entity from Becky at Preemptive Karma here. The scuttle (read: rumor) is that Wendt has fired Sizemore and that Bill is relocating to Redmond. And what of Loren Parks? Emails exchanged between Parks and Sizemore apparently indicate in no uncertain...