Bradbury leads endorsement list for Mac Prichard
In a statement released last night, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury endorsed Mac Prichard for Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon. Bradbury is the first statewide elected official to make an endorsement in the DPO Chair race.
His letter was co-signed by State Representative Jackie Dingfelder, former State Representatives Deborah Kafoury and Jo Ann Bowman, and former Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz Walsh.
It was also co-signed by party activists Paddy McGuire, former Deputy Secretary of State and Executive Director of the DPO; Gavin White, the chair of the Multnomah County Democratic Party; and Jesse Cornett, BlueOregon co-founder and 2006 candidate for State Senate.
The text:
We are writing to urge you to elect Mac Prichard as the state party chair. In a field of strong candidates, Mac stands out as the best choice. Each of us – current and former elected officials, state and county party leaders, and campaign managers and candidates -- has worked with Mac in different ways over the years. Time and time again Mac has shown us and our colleagues in Oregon state government and politics that he has the vision and the skills we need in our next party chair. He understands how to combine the talents of grassroots activists and candidates’ campaigns to win victories for Democrats.
With Mac’s leadership, we believe Oregon Democrats can beat Gordon Smith in 2008, keep the Secretary of State, Treasurer and Attorney General offices in Democratic hands, deliver the state for our presidential nominee and increase our majorities in the Oregon House and Senate. Mac will deliver a 36-county strategy, raise the money to mobilize voters in rural and urban areas, and communicate our Democratic message.Mac offers a record of accomplishment that shows he can deliver on these goals. He is a Harvard-trained manager who chaired the DPO Finance Committee and led grassroots teams that raised more than $650,000 for Howard Dean, John Kerry, and the DPO. He set up a faith outreach effort last year which was so successful that Governor Dean asked for a personal briefing. He is also former speechwriter and deputy legislative director for Governor John Kitzhaber and a City Hall spokesman for Earl Blumenauer.
Because of Mac’s many years of work for Democratic elected officials and candidates he has excellent relationships with DNC staff and Chairman Howard Dean, the leaders of the Oregon Senate and House Caucuses, Democratic state legislators, and rural and urban party leaders and activists at every level.
The Democratic Party in Oregon is strong, but to win in 2008 and make our state permanently blue we need a state chair that can mobilize the grass roots and get results. We believe the person to do this is Mac Prichard and we strongly urge you to support him in this Saturday’s election.
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Posted by: random | Mar 7, 2007 12:13:55 PM
I don't know about the other people on the list, but Bradbury is from Bandon.
Posted by: Teri Mills | Mar 7, 2007 12:43:52 PM
Mac Prichard will be an extremely effective DPO Chair and will work for the following in ALL 36 Oregon counties, just as he demonstrated when he was DPO Finance Chair last year:
1. Mac will fundraise and distribute raised money in all 36 counties (he was instrumental in leading the Carry Oregon house party team in raising over half a million dollars, and this was because he communicated, encouraged, assisted, and led dedicated Democrats in rural, Southern, Central, and Eastern Oregon, NOT just the tri county area, as some would like you to believe.
2. Mac will speak out and attend events in as many counties as is physically possible, and will also attend events critical to the DPO that occur in other states as well. Mac has proven he cares, he participated in the DPO Summit, and central committee meetings and also all the little meetings that took time, but added up to huge results. Mac doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk.
3. Mac will be essential to getting the message out to the media about all Democrats' activities in the state, not just the Tri County area. Mac put together major press releases that went out to the media in Bend, Roseburg, Medford, and Hood River during the Dean House Parties and also for Carry OR and the DPO. I know, because I was right by his side the whole time. Mac has the expertise and knows exactly how to attract the media's attention.
4. Mac spends time with everyone expresses a need and does everything he can to promote the values of the Dem. Party, not just in electing our future leaders, but in promoting issues we all care about as Democrats--END the WAR, health care for all, an education system second to none.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR MAC PRICHARD ON SATURDAY.
It is always the right time to do the right thing. MLK
Thank you in advance for your consideration,
Teri Mills
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Posted by: nowhere | Mar 7, 2007 12:46:56 PM
Teri:
That sounds great. I just wanted to know if he had any endorsements from outside the Metro Area.
Posted by: lestatdelc | Mar 7, 2007 1:25:05 PM
Posted by: nowhere | Mar 7, 2007 12:46:56 PM
Deborah Kafoury was the Rep for District 18, which is a rural district (Molalla, Silverton, Donald, Mt. Angel, Hubbard)
Posted by: nowhere | Mar 7, 2007 1:38:35 PM
lestatdelc, thank you. I know she lives in Portland now.
Posted by: Jill Thorn | Mar 7, 2007 1:42:29 PM
Rep Kafoury represented a district in North Portland and the Dist 18 number is before redistricting occured in 2000.
Posted by: lestatdelc | Mar 7, 2007 1:52:07 PM
Posted by: Jill Thorn | Mar 7, 2007 1:42:29 PM
Mea culpa. Forgot about the renumbering.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 2:17:43 PM
Ack. We had Jackie Dingfelder listed twice up there - and forgot to include former Rep. Jo Ann Bowman. It's fixed now.
Posted by: nowhere | Mar 7, 2007 2:21:28 PM
Kari, Jo Ann Bowman is also from Portland, right?
Thank you for fixing it.
Posted by: Portland's Guy | Mar 7, 2007 2:31:06 PM
Okay, so now we know who the Official Multnomah County candidate is, brought to us by Gavin White, Deborah Kafoury, Serena Cruz Walsh, and Jesse Cornett.
Nice way to slam that urban-rural split wide open.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 2:39:34 PM
That's right. Portland isn't actually in Oregon. Phooey on Portland. Phooey I say!
Posted by: David Sweet | Mar 7, 2007 3:05:26 PM
I had the great good fortune to work with Mac Prichard on the Carry Oregon House Party Team. I came away vastly impressed with his leadership. I have been involved in hundreds of cooperative volunteer efforts over the years. Mac made this one particularly effective.
He broke down a complex process into well-defined tasks that could be delegated, always provided clear direction, and followed up to ensure that everything was done with excellence. It was due to Mac's guidance that we were able to involve thousands of people and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from all over the state.
We are fortunate to have someone of Mac's unique abilities offering to give his time to our party. I look forward to a dynamic DPO under Mac's leadership.
Posted by: Steven Maurer | Mar 7, 2007 3:46:06 PM
Portland's Guy Nice way to slam that urban-rural split wide open.
I think it's more subtle than Urban vs Rural. After all, Meredith Wood Smith, another leading candidate (perhaps the other leading candidate), is also from Portland. The difference is that people from outside Portland know her. She's earned many people's support because she's met them.
Rather, it seems this election is more of a Look-Up vs Look-Down choice.
What do I mean by that? Managers who Look Up are very good at pleasing their bosses, and other Very Important People who can help the organization they represent. They're usually very good money-men, exactly what you need when you're trying to win influence and support among established leaders.
The weakness of managers who Look Up is that they often have no interest in (or clue how to) manage the actual organization they supposedly lead. At best, they delegate.
Managers who Look Down identify with, and try to inspire great things from, the people who report to them. They build the organization, and hope that people of influence will be smart enough to recognize it, and sign on.
Mac Prichard seems like a classic Look Up manager. He's great in person with VIPs. He's got endorsements from many of Portland's most important Democrats. His prodigous fund raising proves he's comfortable sweettalking major donors with money. He's probably a decent delegator. But clearly he's too busy to actually meet the volunteers who make up the bulk of the DPO, or else people outside Portland would know him.
Meredith, on the other hand, is a classic Look Down manager. She spends most of her time on the road, talking to and inspiring the volunteers who make up the party. As such, she's not as practiced in the art of the Grand Visionary Speech in the Portland Ballroom as she is in just making sure that the shipment of campaign signs to the rural counties don't don't somehow get forgotten in the back room of the Portland DPO office for two weeks, which does nobody any good.
As a practical matter, any successful organization needs both types. The question is, who should lead the DPO?
I personally think the 50 state strategy is more of a Look Down type strategy, than what it replaced. So I prefer a DPO chair whose managerial style matches that. But others may differ. And no matter who wins, I'm sure the DPO will be well served.
Posted by: paulie | Mar 7, 2007 3:52:24 PM
I am curious about the decision making process that led to the posting as "News" that Mac Prichard received some endorsements. Each DPO candidate has endorsements, yet one candidate was singled out. If I were Meredith, Carol, or Dan reading BlueOregon this morning must have been a real shock!
The potential manipulation by BlueOregon of the DPO Chair race smells like freshly dumped manure. Granted, the race became very interesting when delegates realized that Neel and Jim were both leaving the DPO. Those resignations opened the door for all 4 candidates to realign their strategies if they wished to do so, given the abrupt change in the organizational climate of the DPO.
I want to believe Mac was unaware of Kari's decision to flip the race rather than to just run impartial introductions to the questions asked of each DPO Chair here on BlueOregon. As a county Chair I am prepared to support the new DPO Chair whom ever is elected. I had hoped a straight vote by the 120 to 135 delegates. I had hoped delegates would vote for the most qualified candidate in their eyes, not based anything other than the proper skill set to help every county in Oregon grow their county organizations.
I am incredulous after reading Kari's juvinile comment, "Phooey on Portland." The entire state of Oregon elects Democrats. The sterotypical reputation of "inside Portland thinking" simply does not resonate, even in Washington County or Clackamas County where I lived before relocating to Jackson County last June.
This is a dark and shameful day for Blueoregon. Playing favorites so transparently is dirty politics plain and simple. Now we have 4 candidates pointing fingers at one another, all because Kari and his buddy Jesse cooked up one large self-important smeary vat of manure.
Way to go BlueOregon.
Paulie Brading
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 3:55:47 PM
His prodigous fund raising proves he's comfortable sweettalking major donors with money. He's probably a decent delegator. But clearly he's too busy to actually meet the volunteers who make up the bulk of the DPO, or else people outside Portland would know him.
Steven, before you go making things up, you should get your facts right.
From Mac's "Why I'm Running" post here on BlueOregon:
Leading house party programs as a volunteer for Howard Dean, John Kerry, and the DPO that raised $650,698 at 969 events with 21,117 guests.
The whole point of Mac's fundraising efforts was that it was grassroots and volunteer-driven. Just because you haven't met him, doesn't mean that thousands of other volunteers haven't.
You owe Mac an apology.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 3:58:08 PM
Paulie... I've been daily email contact with all four candidates for chair. So far, I've gotten exactly one press release from a candidate with endorsements. Here at BlueOregon, we can't report what we don't know.
As far as I know, Bill Bradbury is the only statewide elected official to endorse in this race. Dan, Carol, and Meredith all know my email address and are welcome to send their news to me.
I'm working very hard to be an honest broker here, not "flip" the race to anyone. Would you rather that there be no coverage at all?
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 4:07:04 PM
p.s. It's also worth noting that that GLBT Caucus endorsement of Meredith Wood Smith was previously reported here at BlueOregon.
Bradbury's endorsement is newsworthy. As I told all four candidates this morning, if you make news, we'll report it. It's really that simple.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 4:09:45 PM
One last comment, and then I'll shut up.
I am incredulous after reading Kari's juvinile comment, "Phooey on Portland."
Yeah, I was being sarcastic, and for that I apologize. But I do get tired of all the comments around here that seem to imply that Portlanders aren't entitled to also have opinions -- that Portland residents are somehow less worthy than non-Portland residents. Are Portlanders supposed to just keep quiet about their views? How does that help anyone?
Posted by: Steven Maurer | Mar 7, 2007 4:17:36 PM
No, Kari. I stand by my statements. Mac seems like a stand up guy, and I'm glad he's on our side, but even the statement you copnsider a refutation merely strengthens my point. A Look Down manager would not say they Lead a "program". A Look Down manager leads people.
I'd also point you to David Sweet's endorsement - written simultaneously while I was writing my letter - that states that Mac's chief role in the grassroots effort was that of delegation to the people who actually did the grass roots work. That is again to be commended, but it does nothing to change my opinion of his managerial style.
In fact, I see absolutely nothing pejorative in what I wrote. Other than that I have a slight preference for a different candidate who would bring other skills and focus.
Or is that what you really want me to apologize for?
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 4:25:20 PM
But clearly he's too busy to actually meet the volunteers who make up the bulk of the DPO
This is pretty pejorative.
But I'm probably reacting emotionally to the close parallel between your "Look Up, Look Down" phraseology and the more insulting "Kiss Up, Kick Down" phraseology, used elsewhere here at BlueOregon recently.
I don't disagree with you that "Look Up, Look Down" is a valid way to look at management styles. I just disagree that describes Mac Prichard, who has been one of the most accessible grassroots leaders in this party.
I'm staying neutral in this race. I think all four candidates are good people, and I'm personally interacted with all four.
I'm just getting pretty pissed off that people here would rather have this race disappear quietly into the night (one reporter laughed out loud when asked if their paper would cover it) - rather than have BlueOregon report it as hard news.
Posted by: Sheesh | Mar 7, 2007 4:49:44 PM
Paulie beat me to some of what I want to say but I will post anyway. It needs to be said.
Way to run a campaign post for Mac. Wow. A campaign letter is not news. It is advertising. I hope that Blue Oregon is not just a tool for the few like Chisholm's clients and Cornett's friends. The list is weird too. Not statewide. Not Willamette Valley. Not Metro area. Not Multnomah County. Not even all of Portland. But East Portland, and pretty much just inner N/E Portland. (Joanne Bowman represented NE Portland; Jesse Cornett ran to represent NE Portland, Serena Cruz represented NE Portland; Jackie Dingfelder represents NE Portland now; Deb Kafoury represented N/E Portland; Gavin White lived(s?) in E Portland, and I think Paddy McGuire is a NE Portland guy too. Portland's a great and important town, but doesn't represent all of Oregon. (Yeah yeah Bradbury, who should've stayed out of this, but that's just cause his two employees McGuire and Cornett and his good friend Dingfelder.) Funny.
This would be an apalling use of lobbying effort by Blue Oregon, if it weren't such an apallingly narrow list.
The most downstate crosstate candidate is Carol Voisin. Compromise candidates are probably either Meredith Wood Smith who has helped just about every county organize and used to be County Chair in Jackson County and now is in Portland, or maybe Dan Carol who is from Eugene and has national experience. This post suggests that this race is Portland plus the two guys who run Blue Oregon versus the rest of the State. Same with the unnamed hatchets of Meredith Wood Smith which hopefully backfired.
I kind of like Dan Carol for the national experience and intelligence. But Maurer might have convinced me with the top down bottom up idea about Wood Smith. Great post by Maurer by the way. Mac seems like an able worker, but good post still.
Posted by: Jenni Simonis | Mar 7, 2007 4:56:17 PM
I'd like to correct one thing-- the area Jesse ran for this last election cycle.
The state senate seat encompasses State Representatives Merkley and Schaufler's districts (47 and 48). It basically runs from I-205 east to the Portland city limits.
Posted by: Kelly | Mar 7, 2007 5:38:21 PM
A press release? This is a campaign letter sent out to all voters simply pasted on blue oregon.
Of course Bradbuy endored him because of Jesse and Paddy. Shouldn't he have stayed out of this anyway?
This is very strange.
Posted by: Old Tired D | Mar 7, 2007 5:53:07 PM
The running commentary on this race, and especially the paranoid accusations over the initial post, demonstrate why so few people actually get involved in the DPO or their local party. Look at how many empty PCP slots there are. How many people once were PCPs then said "never again" after wasting hours in pointless meetings? I know I'm not alone. Party politics provokes eye rolling more than inspiration. Blue Oregon shouldn't cover this race because it shows the world how out of touch the party hacks are with reality. The Multnomah Party endorsed Sorenson and Hill in the primary. That boneheaded process was emblematic of the entire party experience. Most activitists in progressive politics seem to stay clear of the party structure it seems...must be a good reason, and a reason why we still win. If the party mattered, organizations like meet-up, move on, the Oregon Bus project, wouldn't need to exist. They filled a vacuum, and a place to go for people who want to get involved without having to spend hours listening to crazy people revel in Roberts Rules of Order.
Blue Oregon, stop covering this race.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 5:54:23 PM
It might be strange, but it's news. There is no definition of "news" under which this doesn't make it - at least for progressive political junkies in Oregon.
Posted by: Ruth Adkins | Mar 7, 2007 6:14:17 PM
I'm not up on the ins and outs of party politics, but I am supporting Mac Prichard, based on having worked with him during the Dean campaign and beyond.
To my mind, Mac will be both an effective statewide leader who can work with the big-wigs (including Chairman Dean, natch) as part of the 50-state strategy AND a great grassroots leader who will motivate, organize, inspire, and involve the folks in the trenches such as myself. No matter where we live.
Mac is a great leader and grassroots organizer, period. And that's what we need for our state party.
Posted by: Stephanie V | Mar 7, 2007 7:10:26 PM
Where's the outrage about the GLBT caucus endorsement of Meredith Wood Smith, also posted here as a news item? I don't remember seeing any. Nor should there have been any. It's a newsworthy fact, just like this item.
I take Kari at his word when he says that he would post any similar item he received from Dan Carol or Carol Voisin. It's not as if he were posting Mac Prichard propaganda on a daily basis here.
Posted by: Jesse Cornett | Mar 7, 2007 7:57:22 PM
Sheesh:
Yeah, um the district I narrowly lost this spring bordered Gresham, not inner NE Portland by any count.
Also, by the way, Paddy doesn't work for the Secretary of State any longer and neither do I. In fact, I haven't since August. And I have never talked to him about this Mac. Mac got that on his own. On his own merits.
Posted by: Eric A. Stillwell | Mar 7, 2007 8:15:02 PM
I heard about Bill Bradbury's endorsement of Mac Prichard this morning well before I read it here on BlueOregon, and I certainly thought it was newsworthy.
The Secretary of State endorsed a candidate for DPO chair.
That's news.
I live in Eugene and I support Mac Prichard for DPO chair, but then that's not news, because I'm nobody in Oregon politics. But that doesn't mean nobody outside of Portland has ever heard of him. I've know of him for quite a long while and he has been very encouraging to me as I gradually re-enter the world of Oregon politics after spending 20 years in California.
Mac has always been generous with his time, and freely willing to correspond with me (nobody that I am). In fact, his candidacy for DPO Chair has inspired me to become a DPLC Precinct Committee Person down here in Eugene. I'm meeting with my HD14 chairwoman tomorrow.
Thanks for all your support, Mac! And good luck this weekend.
Posted by: LT | Mar 7, 2007 8:28:17 PM
With all due respect, Mac, you've been endorsed by a statewide elected official (who I first met at a lunch at a State Central Comm. meeting maybe 20 years ago and respect) along with a bunch of people from the Portland area.
You may have lots of friends, but what is your experience with Oregon Democrats around the state? FWIW, Meredith is a DPO officer known for showing up at meetings/ events outside the Portland area and Carol is a former candidate for the 2nd Cong. District seat, certainly a long way from Portland.
A few decades ago, a reporter covering a multi-candidate primary said of one candidate "he is collecting many endorsements, which some people consider an excellent 19th century political strategy" and in the end that candidate came in 2nd.
I would suggest that a good way to win over people outside the Portland area would be to address the very real concerns/ anger expressed by people in the "Neel Pender is leaving(updated)" topic here.
And is anyone willing to discuss the "hot potato" a friend from outside Portland emailed me about?
That now we will have totally new leadership, maybe
"...we can explore the idea of moving our party to where the seat of government and all thing political are located..."
Posted by: Leo Schuman | Mar 7, 2007 8:41:06 PM
Where's the outrage about the GLBT caucus endorsement of Meredith Wood Smith, also posted here as a news item?
The GLBT Caucus endorsement of Meredith Wood Smith was posted here as a press release by Kristin Flickinger, the Vice President of that caucus. The Bradbury endorsement, on the other hand, was posted here as a "news" item written (presumably) by Kari, BlueOregon's site owner and moderator. The first source was a third party announcing a stand for a candidate, the second source owns the site and maintains a neutral stance.
I believe this is the distinction some folks are concerned about. Likely over-concerned. The "rules" of online, multiple independently authored journalism are still being written. Kari says he would write a similar news item for any candidate sending him a press release, and I'm sure he would. I am also sure any serious third party endorsement announcement would be welcome here, as was the GLBT Caucus announcement (In the interest of full disclosure, I am also closely involved with the GLBT Caucus, and supported Kristin's posting here).
BlueOregon is a valuable resource, no matter how we slice it. I think everyone involved, from Kari to all the candidates, are learning how to use it, and how it truly works.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 9:25:35 PM
Thanks, Leo. Much appreciated.
If it were up to me, I would have preferred that the GLBT endorsement be posted as an "in the news" item -- but only barely, and I really don't care very much.
(Mostly because Kristin is a contributor to BlueOregon because she's the amazing Kristin -- not because she's the VP of the GLBT caucus. She should be posting her own voice, not anybody else's. But whatever. She's fabulous, and can post whatever she wants, whenever she wants to. Our contributors have earned the trust of our editors.)
Posted by: Jules Kopel-Bailey | Mar 7, 2007 9:37:15 PM
I'd like to add my 2 cents if I may:
First, I want relate my experience working with Mac on the houseparty program. As Terri mentioned, I was very impressed with how Mac was able to raise money across the state. My family is from Coos Bay, and I know first hand how critical Democrats outside Portland are to winning. Mac had an amazing ability to engage folks who hadn't been engaged before and help them to raise money. I think he really inspired some of these people and it most certainly wasn't just in Portland. Also, I think his plan for revenue sharing shows his committement to make sure Democrats win across the state.
Second, I think it's great that we have a forum online where we can discuss, no matter how the discussion goes. Thank you, Kari, and everyone else involved in Blue Oregon for making it a success.
Posted by: Kelly | Mar 7, 2007 9:48:35 PM
Yeah, um the district I narrowly lost this spring bordered Gresham, not inner NE Portland by any count.
Congratulations Mac and Jesse for having a local candidate on the endorsement list who is as far from Portland as approaching the eastern border. Parry thrust Jesse! Well done! Brilliant rejoinder!
Hilarious.
Posted by: Paddy McGuire | Mar 7, 2007 10:00:08 PM
Okay, I can't help myself. I've got to weigh in.
Sheesh: Yeah yeah Bradbury, who should've stayed out of this, but that's just cause his two employees McGuire and Cornett and his good friend Dingfelder. So in your estimation, a statewide elected official has no business weighing in on who runs his party (but you do)? And he is clearly incapable of making up his own mind about this? Have you ever even met the guy? This statement isn't even laughable, it's pathetic.
LT: "...we can explore the idea of moving our party to where the seat of government and all thing political are located..." Liz, for God's sake, move on. This was settled by the Central Committee 17, yes, 17 years ago. My daughter is about to go to college. She was born the year we moved the office to Portland. The fact that only one television station in Oregon has a full-time Salem bureau is all that needs to be said on this subject.
Everyone: Let's review all the terrible things that come from Portland: Senator Ron Wyden, Governor Ted Kulongoski, Treasurer Randall Edwards, Attorney General Hardy Myers, Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner, Speaker Jeff Merkley, Majority Leader Kate Brown. Yeah, we suck.
Since I came to Oregon in the late 80s, IIRC we have had 6 state party chairs (Judy Carnahan from Klamath County [though she did move to Portland while chair, becoming forever tainted], Wayne Anderson from Benton County, Jana Doerr from Coos County, Marc Abrams from Multnomah County, Margaret Carter from Multnomah County and Jim Edmunson from Lane County). Again, IIRC of the ten terms served by these chairs, two (maybe it's three) terms have been served by Multnomah County chairs. This is hardly domination. One could certainly argue, given where the Democrats live in Oregon, that Multnomah County has been well UNDER represented among the chairs.
Finally, the group that signed the letter never said that we were anything other than people that support Mac. We did not claim to be broadly representative of anything. My two cents.
Posted by: Jessica | Mar 7, 2007 10:26:27 PM
I just don't feel like the chair of the dpo should be someone who's only endorsements come from Portland. It's not the chair of the multnomah county democrats, it's the entire state.
Posted by: Frank Carper | Mar 7, 2007 10:38:45 PM
OK, Jessica, then I guess you'll have to only chose between the four candidates then.
Posted by: Jessica | Mar 7, 2007 10:43:04 PM
Really? All four candidates have only won endorsements from Portland?
Posted by: Jessica | Mar 7, 2007 10:48:15 PM
Sorry, it posted before I was done. I just think it's interesting that the "press release" that was sent out listed endorsements only from Portland, that it was advertised as a good thing. It just seems like he should at least try to find some outside the metro area and the fact that he didn't do that, but advertised it anyway, seems like a big oversight. Maybe because they didn't realize how important it is to the rest of the state?
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 10:48:21 PM
I think Frank means that all four candidates have won endorsements from outside Portland.
Posted by: Jessica | Mar 7, 2007 10:49:38 PM
I see.
But he was the only one who advertised only his Portland endorsements.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 10:49:40 PM
You do know that Bill Bradbury isn't from Portland and doesn't live in Portland now? He represented Bandon in the legislature - and lives near the Capitol now.
Posted by: Jessica | Mar 7, 2007 11:12:27 PM
Yeah, I understood that.
That's one of a long list of people. Why didn't he mention the other endorsements that came from outside Portland? Or was that the only one?
Posted by: Frank Dufay | Mar 7, 2007 11:16:45 PM
Blue Oregon, stop covering this race.
As someone who votes Democratic, but hasn't been involved in Party politics, I appreciate the coverage you're providing, Kari. Don't stop. I've been consistently impressed with your sense of fairness and fair play.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Mar 7, 2007 11:47:30 PM
Whatever, Jessica. Don't move the goalposts.
I just don't feel like the chair of the dpo should be someone who's only endorsements come from Portland. It's not the chair of the multnomah county democrats, it's the entire state.
And thank you, Frank.
Posted by: Joseph Santos-Lyons | Mar 8, 2007 12:28:35 AM
Please keep covering these developments, I find it newsworthy to see where statewide elected officials stand on internal party politics.
I'm taken aback at the venom and the quick to judge urban-rural split. Whats the point here? If its to remind us that Oregon is not just Portland, okay, and I think we agree on that. They way it comes across though is as a smokescreen to attack a candidate who you don't like. Feels a bit misdirected to harp on the rural-urban piece, and no one seems to be saying that Portland-area endorsements (acknowledging that Bradbury as headliner is Coastal Man) are ultimately sufficient for a good DPO.
Anyway, I'm not voting, nor deeply in touch with the candidates. As an outsider, I appreciate getting to know folks here and learn of their relations. Looking forward to getting back involved after my ministerial internship in the Philippines. Thanks Kari and Jesse for your hard work here.
Posted by: Mike Radway | Mar 8, 2007 12:31:54 AM
Silly me, all this time I thought the Democratic Party was the party of ideals and accomplishments, not the party of whiners who care more about where people live than what they have done and what they want to get done in the future (especially the whiners who post anonymously).
I commend all four of the candidates (whom I think are all wonderful and dedicated people who have done great things for the party) for running positive campaigns focusing on what they have accomplished and what they want to get done in the next two years. I wish I could say the same for their supporters.
If the whiners had spent half as much time campaigning as they have whining, maybe we would have won a couple of more seats in the legislature.
And as for this "Look Up, Look Down" charge. Its just crap, as anyone who knows Mac and has worked with him will tell you. Let's stipulate for the record that all four of these candidates have paid their dues and worked in the trenches, stuffing envelopes, knocking on doors, and organizing at the grassroots.
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Posted by: nowhere | Mar 7, 2007 12:07:06 PM
I noticed the endorsement list is full of Portland people.
Does Mac have endorsements from outside the Metro Area?