Two old chums vie in race for governor
SALEM John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury go back quite a ways. When Kitzhaber was governor, he appointed Bradbury as Oregon secretary of state when the office became vacant in 1999. They are close friends, so close that Kitzhaber jokingly dubbed the ...
5.7K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 602.0

Unemployment creeps up
WASHINGTON Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowhere close to hiring again. Uncertain about prospects for recovery the economy s and their own employer...
6.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 456.0

Alley wins GOP online poll
SEASIDE Republicans haven t held the Oregon governor s office since the Vic Atiyeh era in the 1980s, and the odds of the GOP recapturing the seat have gotten longer as Oregon has trended more Democratic blue in recent elections. Against that back...
3.5K - Mar. 9, 2009; scored 695.0

Oregon GOP searches for relevance
To hear Bob Tiernan tell it, rumors of the Oregon Republican Party s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Republicans are down right now, but we re not out, says Tiernan, a former state representative from Lake Oswego who two weeks ago won the chai...
3.2K - Jan. 29, 2009; scored 721.0

Chamber convention a success thanks to helpers
Many thanks to everyone who made the 2008 Bay Area Chamber Ambassadors statewide convention a great success. Over 180 ambassadors/greeters attended the event at The Mill Casino-Hotel from all over the state. They will return home and tell everyone at...
2.5K - Jan. 12, 2009; scored 456.0

It s never too soon to go negative
Are you rested up from 2008 s nasty political campaigns? You d better be, because 2010 s nasty campaigns are starting. U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith has kept a low profile since losing a bitter re-election fight with Jeff Merkley. But Smith s political futu...
2.7K - Dec. 23, 2008; scored 543.0

Gordon Smith still has work to do
Life closes doors and opens others. In defeat, Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith has a new opportunity. Many in rural Oregon will interpret the electorate s narrow rejection of Smith as something more than it was. ... It has always been a challenge for an Eas...
1.5K - Nov. 17, 2008; scored 1000.0