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Senate '08: New poll from KATU, plus Smith's bizarre attack ad
BlueOregon —
No link online yet, but KATU is reporting that their latest survey - in partnership with SurveyUSA - shows Merkley 49, Smith 42, Brownlow 5. I'll update as more info comes in.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around Gordon Smith's latest attack ad that appeared over the weekend. Apparently, he's so desperate that he's now resorted to attacking minor-party conservative Dave Brownlow as "too liberal" -- a charge that's laughable.
Here's Brownlow's absolutely priceless response:
I can certainly understand his desperation. Smith tried to steal Senator Wyden’s ...
A Night At The Congressional Races
TPM Election Central —
Here's tonight's run-down on the Congressional races;
NRSC's New Mailer Invites Children To Read About Pornography, Rape
The NRSC has this new mailer against Al Franken, presented in the format of a goofy children's book about what an obscene human being Franken is. The mailer invites unsuspecting children to open the pages, and then read about pornography and rape:
To his credit, GOP Sen. Norm Coleman has distanced himself from this one. "A piece of direct mail, dealing with this subject matter, that could be ...
Oregon's Senate Race
Newshoggers.com —
By Ron Beasley
The Senate Race between Republican incumbent Gordon Smith, Democrat Jeff Merkley and Constitution Party candidate Dave Brownlow is gaining national attention and has taken some interesting twists and turns.
-Details and videos below the fold- Obama considers it important enough to cut an ad for Merkley - the ...
OR-Sen: Gordon Smith Attacks Third Party Candidate
Open Left - Front Page —
Down between five and seven points in the polls to Jeff Merkley in a state beset by the Obama tsunami, Republican Gordon Smith is resorting to... attacking his third party rival Dave Brownlow.
Here's Smith defending his approach.
Brownlow is now bragging about how this is helping his candidacy. I don't know why Smith would do this. Presumably Brownlow is taking significant conservative votes from Smith, so he has to go after Brownlow to get those votes back. Or perhaps Smith is playing a double reverse mind game, trying to ...
