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May 14, 2008 I'm (Still) For Obama and Merkley 43
May 9, 2008 Running scared, Gordon Smith wades into the Democratic primary 39
May 7, 2008 Not If but When 41
April 28, 2008 Why McCain Can't Win 54
April 26, 2008 House Parties for Obama 27
April 23, 2008 Welcome to the Bar Fight 93
April 21, 2008 Measuring Gordon Smith's "Maverick" Record 10
April 9, 2008 Paying Your Unfair Share 38
April 3, 2008 Buzz Poll Follow-up: Nominee Fidelity 7
April 1, 2008 Will You Support the Nominee? 30
March 27, 2008 Questions for the Candidates: China 19
March 22, 2008 Raining McCain 29
March 19, 2008 Five Years Today 22
March 18, 2008 Obama: A More Perfect Union 62
March 12, 2008 DeFazio to Obama and Clinton: Knock it Off 20
March 11, 2008 Mississippi Thread 22
March 6, 2008 SurveyUSA's Electoral Math - Oregon and Coattails 27
March 5, 2008 Giving Hillary a Little Sugar 68
March 3, 2008 Religion in America 40
February 29, 2008 Exegesis of a Session: Why Merkley Matters 33
February 28, 2008 That Oughta Help 7
February 20, 2008 Factoid of the Day 30
February 15, 2008 Dead Zones and Global Warming 20
February 12, 2008 The Turning Point? 73
February 11, 2008 And Esser's Patron is ...? (Wait for it) 5
February 11, 2008 What's the Matter With Washington? 25
February 5, 2008 Domestic Partnerships: Huge Milestone 84
February 4, 2008 Super Tuesday Talking Points 18
January 28, 2008 State of the Union by the Numbers 16
January 27, 2008 Thoughts on Partisanism and Governance 76
January 26, 2008 I am old. Carry on. 14
January 9, 2008 The New Hampshire Earthquake 162
January 8, 2008 Presidential Power Rankings: New Hampshire Edition 70
January 2, 2008 27 Hours to Caucus 18
December 31, 2007 Iowa Horse Racing 22
December 25, 2007 The Year in Review (2007 Edition) 47
December 25, 2007 White Christmas 4
December 19, 2007 Time for a Sales Tax? 199
December 10, 2007 Right on Cue: Oregon Economic Outlook Grim 28
December 10, 2007 Kicking Back at the Anti-Taxers 38
December 6, 2007 Romney, Religion, and the Moral Lessons of Superbad 18
December 4, 2007 Democratic Debate - Most Intractable Problem 26
November 28, 2007 Iraq Improving, Now Get Out 49
November 26, 2007 Horse Racing 36
November 16, 2007 Undocumented Licensing: Good Politics, Bad Policy 60
November 12, 2007 Reading the Tea Leaves One Year Out 19
November 7, 2007 Big Fat Neener Neener 63
November 5, 2007 Low Turnout=Greater Say, So Go Vote! 6
November 5, 2007 New Polls: Smith in Trouble 78
November 4, 2007 Blade Runner, 25 Years Later 19
November 2, 2007 Sonics ... or Sooners? 19
November 1, 2007 Remind me: how did those tax cuts make me rich again? 28
October 29, 2007 Test-Driving a Supplemental Session 18
October 24, 2007 The Bitter Reality: It Is Kids Versus Smokers 67
October 22, 2007 Measure Madness 20
October 17, 2007 An Economic Analysis of Measure 50 0
October 16, 2007 This Passes for News? 26
October 9, 2007 When Evangelicals Fight Meth 45
October 4, 2007 Novick, Merkley, and the DSCC 103
October 3, 2007 The Secret Veto 18
October 1, 2007 New Journalism's New Rules 35
September 26, 2007 Compassionate Conservatism 15
September 23, 2007 Merkley Kickoff Vid 14
September 20, 2007 The Death of TimesSelect 19
September 19, 2007 Last Observations on the Merkley Kick-off 42
September 18, 2007 Merkleyblogging, Day Two 29
September 18, 2007 On the Campaign Trail With Jeff Merkley 6
September 12, 2007 Willamette Week's Weak Expose 43
September 11, 2007 Reflections on 9/11 13
September 2, 2007 The Fundamental Question 11
August 31, 2007 Toward a Liberal Foreign Policy 33
August 25, 2007 How Do You Feel About Hillary? 86
August 20, 2007 Riley Poll: Bad News for Smith, Good News for Measures 49 and 50 20
August 20, 2007 Abandoning Old Economic Dogma 39
August 13, 2007 Karl Rove's Legacy 37
August 8, 2007 Is Health Care the Sleeper Issue? 113
August 3, 2007 Meltdown in the House 17
July 26, 2007 The Complete Guide to the Oregon Brewers Festival 13
July 18, 2007 Could Jeff Merkley Beat Gordon Smith? 130
July 13, 2007 Merkley: Before the Speakership 40
July 10, 2007 Merkley as Speaker 36
July 5, 2007 Don't See Sicko 76
June 30, 2007 Sicko Debate: Public or Private? 67
June 28, 2007 What this Draft Means to Portland 36
June 26, 2007 Supremely Grim 34
June 18, 2007 What Should the Legislature Focus On? 26
June 15, 2007 Altruists and Egoists (Dems and Republicans?) 54
June 5, 2007 And the Wheelie Goes To ... ? 16
May 29, 2007 Supporting Obama: Should Race Be a Factor? 23
May 25, 2007 The Lousy Immigration Bill 17
May 23, 2007 We pay, because the corporations don't. 31
May 14, 2007 I'm For Obama 52
May 9, 2007 The Abortion Scrum that Wasn't 42
May 7, 2007 Gordon Smith in Sizemore's Crosshairs 16
May 5, 2007 Three Steps Back to Sanity 18
May 3, 2007 Congrats to Brandon 4
May 2, 2007 Digging Into The Smith Numbers 22
May 1, 2007 The Accomplished Mission 39
April 27, 2007 Pew's Interesting Findings 19
April 23, 2007 Poll: Worry About Global Warming Sharply Up 31
April 18, 2007 Beer and Taxes 45
April 17, 2007 The Politics of Wyden and Smith 0
April 11, 2007 DeFazio's Elective Strength 30
April 6, 2007 Global Warming: What You Can Do 54
April 4, 2007 Obama's Q1 Fundraising: $25m 27
April 2, 2007 $26 Million - That's a Lotta Kielbasa 45
March 29, 2007 Earlier Oregon Primary: Representing the Liberal Voice 25
March 28, 2007 Gloomy America 6
March 21, 2007 Rowe's Email: Better Than it Reads 16
March 20, 2007 Happy Fourth Anniversary 17
March 13, 2007 What Independent Judiciary? 26
March 12, 2007 College Sports, Race, and Education 14
March 5, 2007 The Socialists Have Left the Building 20
February 25, 2007 Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of an Assault Rifle 149
February 21, 2007 Update the Bottle Bill 27
February 7, 2007 Why Hillary Will Probably Win 70
February 6, 2007 Kulongoski's M37 Proposal 38
February 2, 2007 Global Warming: No Doubt 48
February 1, 2007 No Way, Jose: Health Care Sends the Wrong Signal 27
January 26, 2007 The OLCC's Latest Blunder 69
January 23, 2007 The Eastern Strategy 17
January 18, 2007 Smith: Senate Resolution Too Inflammatory 15
January 16, 2007 Two Year Budget Quiz 11
January 10, 2007 Senator Smith, What's Your Iraq Strategy? 18
January 9, 2007 Parsing "Partisanism" 3
January 6, 2007 Oregon House GOP Shifts Gears 9
January 4, 2007 Oregon Dems: Go For the Low-Hanging Fruit 25
December 31, 2006 2006, Year of Global Warming 30
December 28, 2006 In the Public Interest 14
December 26, 2006 A Post-Christmas Post 4
December 14, 2006 This Is Not My Beautiful Wi-Fi 63
December 8, 2006 Annual Sessions: About Time 9
December 5, 2006 The Burnside-Couch Couplet 55
November 30, 2006 An Octopus Card For Portland? 40
November 27, 2006 America the Afraid 11
November 15, 2006 From the Monastery 2
November 2, 2006 What This Election’s About 3
November 1, 2006 Blazers are Back! 10
October 31, 2006 Slow Voting 18
October 27, 2006 Rural Voters Turning Democratic 14
October 26, 2006 Rove and Reinhard--Fuzzy Math? 13
October 25, 2006 Are You Voting, and Why? 27
October 24, 2006 Room For Agreement 26
October 23, 2006 Taking Sides 45
October 18, 2006 Governor's Race: Sizzle or Fizzle? 42
October 12, 2006 Anthropology of a Beer Ad 26
October 9, 2006 Finding Their Religion 19
October 5, 2006 Salvage Logging: Destructive AND Expensive 18
October 3, 2006 Pattern of Corruption 41
September 28, 2006 The First Gubernatorial Debate 19
September 27, 2006 Oregonian Poll: Saxton Gaining? 36
September 19, 2006 Sesquicentennial Dreamin' 12
September 16, 2006 Ducks Pilfer a W 74
September 13, 2006 Let 'Em Debate 38
September 11, 2006 9/11 - Violence and Other Lessons 56
September 7, 2006 Cost of Oregon Higher Ed Rises, Participation Declines 6
September 5, 2006 The Ownership Society (Revised) 17
August 29, 2006 Economy on the Skids 44
August 25, 2006 Religion and Politics 15
August 20, 2006 Hard Times in Rural Oregon 24
August 10, 2006 At Long Last: the GOP Coalition Splinters 6
August 7, 2006 Lieberman, Loyalty, and Liberalism 29
July 27, 2006 Insiders' Guide to the OBF - 2006 Edition 6
July 26, 2006 Initiative Update 22
July 21, 2006 Toward Ethical Political Blogging 17
July 11, 2006 More on Global Warming 79
July 7, 2006 Global Warming and Fires 27
July 4, 2006 Independence Day 22
June 29, 2006 Gordon Smith Lobbies the Lobbyists 9
June 22, 2006 Smith Votes No On Minimum Wage 11
June 20, 2006 Minnis, The Kicker, and the '06 Election 44
June 17, 2006 Ghana! 13
June 14, 2006 Oregon Homes: Seriously Over-Valued? 42
June 13, 2006 Oregon Crime Down, Crime Reporting Up 6
June 1, 2006 BlueOregon Passes a Million Visits 2
May 30, 2006 Last Throes 25
May 25, 2006 Gordon Smith on Immigration 9
May 17, 2006 Initial Election Reactions 110
May 8, 2006 Why I'm Voting for Ted 19
May 5, 2006 Parsing the Gubernatorial Poll Numbers 62
May 3, 2006 Zingers from the Willamette Week 0
May 2, 2006 The (Five Golden) Rules of the Road 27
April 18, 2006 Oregonian Wins a Pulitzer 4
April 11, 2006 Tom Potter's Blog 4
April 11, 2006 Who Gave to Minnis? 23
March 28, 2006 The Schumacher Scuffle 109
March 21, 2006 Who IS Ben Westlund? 77
March 19, 2006 Three Years of Shock and Awe 5
March 5, 2006 BlueOregon for Best Local Blog 13
March 2, 2006 Minnis and Payday Loan Companies 31
March 1, 2006 Remarkable Numbers 8
February 21, 2006 In Measure 37's Shadow 103
February 14, 2006 The Trouble with Ideological Purity 68
February 6, 2006 Lessons From Boston 22
January 18, 2006 Ripples in the Supreme's Assisted Suicide Ruling 5
January 5, 2006 Sorry, Kari 10
December 31, 2005 The Year in Review 4
December 17, 2005 My Slow Boycott of Regal Cinemas 23
December 14, 2005 Any Fire Behind Mannix's Smoke? 8
December 8, 2005 Can't We Do Better in HD 13? 89
November 24, 2005 No More Plastic Turkey 29
November 8, 2005 BlueOregon Interview: Pete Sorenson 16
October 26, 2005 Who Gets Indicted? 15
October 23, 2005 The Big O on Blogs 25
October 18, 2005 Did Minnis Take Advantage of Kelley Wirth? 38
October 15, 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck 4
October 15, 2005 PAM's New Mark Building 2
October 7, 2005 Democratic Party: Which Direction? 63
October 3, 2005 Bush Nominates Harriet Miers 16
September 21, 2005 Portland: No Republicans? 31
September 19, 2005 Oregonian Redesign: We're Bloggy, Too! 8
September 16, 2005 Are Newspapers Doomed? 17
September 12, 2005 What I Would Have Asked 5
September 5, 2005 Roberts for Chief? 14
August 27, 2005 The Mainstream Media: A Defense 20
August 20, 2005 Behind the Misty Scrim 21
August 13, 2005 Liberal Cities and the Black-White Divide 12
August 9, 2005 Sten Gets the Trib Treatment 13
July 28, 2005 Insiders Guide to the Oregon Brew Festival 8
July 26, 2005 The Maestro's New Place 5
July 24, 2005 Purple Beer 8
July 4, 2005 On Patriotism 8
June 23, 2005 Supremes: City Land Seizure Constitutional 38
June 13, 2005 Michael Jackson Verdict 21
June 10, 2005 Hibbitts' Ephemeral Research 14
June 1, 2005 Civil Unions or Reciprocal Benefits? 30
May 19, 2005 Poisoning the Well 17
May 15, 2005 The Week in Review (May 9-13) 2
May 12, 2005 Pew's Political Typologies 16
May 9, 2005 Backstage with Karen Minnis 39
May 8, 2005 The Week in Review (May 1-6) 1
May 2, 2005 More Minnis Hijinks? 18
May 1, 2005 Olympia Snowe is a Democrat? 10
April 25, 2005 The Entire Judicial Picture 14
April 24, 2005 Week in Review (April 18-22) 13
April 19, 2005 Oregon Progress Report: Mixed 2
April 16, 2005 The Coming Religious Wars 13
April 14, 2005 Interview with Jim Hansen: PGE, Enron, and the Oregon Mutual Utility 25
April 7, 2005 The $150 Million Snit 46
April 3, 2005 The Week in Review (Mar. 28 - Apr. 3) 13
March 27, 2005 The Week in Review 11
March 26, 2005 The Flag or the Worker? 9
March 22, 2005 More Schiavo Fallout 9
March 16, 2005 Presidential Press Conference Quiz 6
March 15, 2005 Beer Unites them All 6
March 13, 2005 The Week in Review 5
March 6, 2005 The Week in Review 12
March 3, 2005 Splat 0
February 27, 2005 Symbol and Metaphor 7
February 20, 2005 The Week in Review 1
February 18, 2005 Are the Oregon Dems Crooked, Too? 24
February 14, 2005 PIFF: Weekend Round-up 2
February 13, 2005 The Week in Review 3
February 11, 2005 Opening Night: Portland International Film Fest 0
February 10, 2005 Logging and Forests 25
February 6, 2005 The Week in Review 5
February 4, 2005 The State of Our State 6
January 30, 2005 Karen Minnis: Uniter 46
January 28, 2005 The Corruption of the Oregon GOP 59
January 25, 2005 Oscar Nominations 13
January 24, 2005 City Talk at the City of Books 5
January 19, 2005 Oregon Population Survey 4
January 13, 2005 No Apologies, No Mistakes, No WMD 5
January 11, 2005 Which Oregon? 15
January 6, 2005 The New Gilded Age 37
January 5, 2005 New Study About Blogs 12
December 31, 2004 Office Pool, Blue Oregon Version 3
December 16, 2004 Gay Marriage Debate 16
December 15, 2004 Risk 14
December 8, 2004 Budget, Part 2 3
December 8, 2004 Budget, Part 1 2
December 2, 2004 Measure 37: Proof that the Initiative Process is Broken? 55
November 30, 2004 Objectivity 43
November 22, 2004 Greg Walden Update 28
November 18, 2004 Greg Walden and the DeLay Rule 20
November 17, 2004 Blazers 2
November 16, 2004 Beer News 6
November 12, 2004 The GOP Machine: A Blueprint 21
November 9, 2004 Ashcroft News 7
November 4, 2004 Congrats to Oregon's Dems 2
November 1, 2004 Election News, One Day Remaining 19
October 31, 2004 Election News, 2 Days Out 6
October 30, 2004 Election News, 3 Days Out 1
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October 27, 2004 Sox! 13
October 27, 2004 Election News, 6 Days Out 8
October 26, 2004 Election News, 7 Days Out 12
October 22, 2004 Is Ameri Embarrassed by Her Own Attack Ad? 16
October 19, 2004 Newpaper Endorsements 11
October 18, 2004 Journalistic Ethics 32
October 11, 2004 New GOP Ad 2
September 22, 2004 Breaking News - Nader Update 20
September 21, 2004 Incomes Down 18
September 17, 2004 Who's Good for Small Businesses? 19
September 15, 2004 Abdur-Rahim for Kidd? 11
September 10, 2004 How to Read a Poll 13
September 9, 2004 Breaking News: Nader on the Ballot 15
September 8, 2004 Go Register to Vote 8
September 8, 2004 Oregon vs. Pennsylvania 6
September 2, 2004 The Fading Economy 8
August 30, 2004 Say It Ain't So 6
August 27, 2004 Political News Roundup 16
August 24, 2004 Greens on the Ballot 28
August 22, 2004 Rain 5
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August 16, 2004 Death With Dignity Upheld 1
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August 12, 2004 Busted! 3
August 11, 2004 The (Further) Annals of Ralph 4
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July 29, 2004 Wow 13
July 27, 2004 99 Years Ago 8
July 22, 2004 Insiders' Guide to the OBF 6
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