The Oregonian calls Senate race for Merkley
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« on: November 05, 2008, 09:59:27 PM »
« edited: November 05, 2008, 10:07:38 PM by TheresNoMoney »
With 82% precincts reporting, Merkley has a very small lead (2,500 votes). But the remaning precincts are all in the deep blue parts of the state, so it looks very likely that Merkley will win by a few percent overall:

http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2008/11/senate.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2008, 10:00:48 PM »
Hooray! Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2008, 10:02:46 PM »
Jeff Merkley will be an outstanding Senator.
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2008, 10:06:59 PM »

Out of all the new Democratic Senators, I'm most excited about Jeff Merkley and Tom Udall. From what I've read, Merkley is very progressive and got a lot a lot of significant legislation passed in the Oregon State House.

I'm least excited about my own state's Jeanne Shaheen. She's not going to be the brightest bulb in Washington, but her voting record will at least be significantly better than John Sununu.
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2008, 10:09:07 PM »
I was cheering on Gordon Smith, and donated quite a bit of cash to his campaign.  It's very sad to see him go. Sad
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2008, 09:15:28 AM »
I'm quite surprised actually.  I was expecting a big win in Alaska and quite frankly an Oregon loss.
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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2008, 12:54:15 PM »
NBC calls it, and Gordon Smith concedes. Yay! Grin
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2008, 01:22:13 PM »
Quote from: Senator-Elect HappyWarrior on November 06, 2008, 09:15:28 AM
I'm quite surprised actually.  I was expecting a big win in Alaska and quite frankly an Oregon loss.

This is an excellent result - we get Merkely, and they get the embarrassing Stevens (we also probably don't get Franken).  If we can only get one of the three, this is the one I'd definitely choose.
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2008, 02:59:43 PM »
I like Merkley fine and would have voted for him.  But I am sad to see Smith go, too.  An intelligent man, he had the right stance on stem cell research and took a thoughtful approach to the Iraq War...though he did and does support it.
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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2008, 03:29:12 PM »
Too bad for Senator Smith, it looks like he will not be serving with his second cousins, the Udalls.
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2008, 08:08:33 PM »
« Edited: November 07, 2008, 08:14:10 PM by Ronnie »
Smith's concession speech was painfully difficult to watch. Sad

That damn spoiler should go to hell.
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2008, 11:57:43 PM »
Quote from: Ronnie on November 07, 2008, 08:08:33 PM

That damn spoiler should go to hell.

Or Smith shouldn't have flip flopped on basically everything (and this is coming from a Smith fan, by the way).
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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2008, 12:21:31 AM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on November 06, 2008, 03:29:12 PM
Too bad for Senator Smith, it looks like he will not be serving with his second cousins, the Udalls.

     That would have been quite funny had it come to pass.
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2008, 08:54:15 AM »
Quote from: Senator PiT on November 08, 2008, 12:21:31 AM
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on November 06, 2008, 03:29:12 PM
Too bad for Senator Smith, it looks like he will not be serving with his second cousins, the Udalls.

     That would have been quite funny had it come to pass.

It'll make the next Udall family reunion pretty awkward.
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