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oregonlive.com - 8/1/2008
Gordon Smith ad has kinder words for John Kerry
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Republican Sen. Gordon Smith is embracing a second Democratic presidential candidate in his TV advertising -- this time a senator Smith once disparaged for advocating "all kinds of socialism." The Oregon senator began airing a commercial Thursday that promotes his work with Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee. The ad also again features Smith's legislative work with ...

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Who - Me a Republican?
Newshoggers.com — By Ron Beasley The Hill reports this morning that the Republicans are telling Republican candidates to run against the party. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told GOP congressional hopefuls on Thursday that they should not be afraid to criticize both political parties – including Republican members of the House. During a conference ...

OR-Sen: Smith Leads By 12 in New Poll
Swing State Project — ... That said, Merkley's 63-28 performance among Democrats in the poll is of concern, as it could reflect Gordon Smith's recent bipartisan bear-hugs of Barack Obama and lately even John Forbes Kerry (whom Gordo once harshly criticized as advocating "all kinds of socialism"). However, I still think this race is closer than SUSA's latest survey suggests. ...

House and Senate Race Roundup, 8/11
Daily Kos — MS-Sen: Lloyd Gray from the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has taken an in-depth look at the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi (pitting incumbent Republican Roger Wicker against Democratic former Governor Ronnie Musgrove), the first remotely competitive Senate race in the Magnolia State since Trent Lott's first election against Wayne Dowdy in 1988. Gray uses that 1988 race as a jumping-off point for his race analysis, noting that the key to the race (for Wicker, at least) lies in the First District of north Mississippi: So what does Wicker need to do to win? A look at that 1988 race between Lott and Wayne Dowdy, both incumbent ...

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