Merkley wins Senate Democratic primary (D-OR)

swag

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Wed May-21-08 12:15 AM
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Merkley wins Senate Democratic primary (D-OR)

Source: Oregonian

Merkley 45% 185,898
Neville 7% 29,588
Novick 41% 168,798

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2008/05/senate.html

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Fenris

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Wed May-21-08 12:17 AM
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1. Damn it! I was pulling for Novick.

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hooraydems06

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Wed May-21-08 12:19 AM
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2. Novick might try...

... running for a House seat for now, and then aim for Senate later after he's got some legislative experience under his belt.

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Pastiche423

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Wed May-21-08 12:30 AM
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3. So was I

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Mojambo

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Wed May-21-08 12:44 AM
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4. Same here. Way more progressive

Ah well.

Here's hoping Smith gets his ass handed to him.

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swag

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Wed May-21-08 01:36 AM
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5. I gave him money, voted for him, put up a lawn sign,

but didn't expect him to win.

I think he is a great policy analyst, but an extreme introvert who has difficulty connecting with people. He would rather be left alone to thing about things than be trying to win people over to voting for him. A great chief of staff, maybe, but not a candidate for an electorate seemingly averaging down every cycle.

Merkley is not so much worse than Novick, and Merkley is so much better than Smith.

Still, I'll be astonished if Merkley can beat PolluterGordonSmith's money machine.

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Quantess

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Wed May-21-08 02:01 AM
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6. I think it's good news.

Novick and Merkley were both great candidates. The best part will be when Merkley takes Gordon Smith's job!

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swag

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Wed May-21-08 08:52 AM
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7. Agreed

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ORDagnabbit

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Wed May-21-08 10:59 AM
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8. sigh...if only Neville hadnt been running a useless campaign... n/t

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Parche

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Wed May-21-08 12:23 PM
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9. SWAGER

Now we ALL pull for Merkeley!!!

Beat Gor Dawn Smith

:woohoo:
:hi:

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