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"Call It" is the first of several issue ads the Merkley campaign will be on running over the coming months.With politicians like George Bush and Go...
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New ads: Merkley takes on trade; and the DSCC hits Smith on Iraq
BlueOregon — Jeff Merkley's latest ad in the U.S. Senate race: And the latest one from the DSCC's independent expenditure team: Discuss.

Will Gordon Smith's Next Stunt Be To Just Leave The Republican Party?
DownWithTyranny! — Gordon Smith (R-OR), on the right... as usual We've been talking about how almost all of the Senate Republicans running for re-election this year are avoiding the St. Paul HateFest. From Susan Collins (R-ME) to Pat Roberts (R-KS) to Ted Stevens (R-AK), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John ...

Oregonian demands issue-based ads (good thing Jeff Merkley already delivered.)
BlueOregon — In the film L.A. Story, Steve Martin's character gets fired from his TV weatherman job for pre-taping a weather report in Los Angeles. (He predicts sunshine, it rains, etc.) In similar fashion, it seems that the editorial board at the Oregonian took last week off. How else to explain the Sunday editorial that complained about the lack of substantive campaign ads from Jeff Merkley (and Gordon Smith) - while ignoring the release of Merkley's first substantial ad buy last week... entirely on the very important and substantive topic of trade. Maybe the Oregonian took the entire week ...

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