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• SD-17: Elizabeth Steiner Hayward appointed to Oregon Senate:
  Representative Hoyle, To be clear, I'm not trying to suggest that you are organizing a vast and sinister conspiracy to prevent contested primary elections around the state, and perhaps "clamp down" is thus not the right phrase to use. All I'm pointing out is what you say above ...
• SD-17: Elizabeth Steiner Hayward appointed to Oregon Senate:
  Please, let's not act naive here. While my intent here is not to discredit the legitimacy of Steiner-Hayward's place in office, everyone here is well aware that being reelected next year won't exactly be a challenge for her. The benefits of incumbency are far too great. For ...
• SD-17: Elizabeth Steiner Hayward appointed to Oregon Senate:
  With all due respect, there are perfectly valid reasons to question the appointment process. I have been a critic of how we fill vacancies in the past, and I think yesterday highlighted some serious flaws with having vacancies filled by appointment. My concern is not the disparity between the PCPs ...
• Wyden's Twist on Medicare:
  A couple more notable quotes: TPM:

  “For starters, this is bad policy and a complete political loser,” this [Democratic Congressional] aide said. “On top of the terrible politics, they even admit that it dismantles Medicare but achieves no budgetary savings while doing so — the worst of all worlds. Thanks for ...

• Wyden's Twist on Medicare:
  New York Times:

  A senior Democratic Congressional aide said, "This plan gives bipartisan political cover to Ryan and other Republicans against whom we have been waging a very successful political offensive."

  Huff Post:

  "We are concerned that Wyden-Ryan, like Congressman Ryan’s earlier proposal, would undermine, rather than strengthen, Medicare ...

• Pressure building on Nike to rename "Joe Paterno Child Development Center":
  What a ridiculous argument. First of all, nobody is saying that Paterno needed to hunt down Sandusky himself. He didn't need to because in our society it turns out there's a group of people called the "Police" who are responsible for investigating possible criminal activity. If you were ...
• Oregon meets the Jetsons: voting by iPad:
  I didn't realize that preference of consumer electronics had become so politicized! This is particularly bad news for me as I am liberal but dislike Apple. I guess I will be forced to choose between the two... Seriously though, it's been simultaneously funny and disheartening to watch how ...
• Final Federal Election Of 2011 A Big One For Women (TPM):
  And, really, Nick, show me where I encourage people... ...you go from what I wrote... Actually Timi I was responding to TA since he, you know, wrote the post. This is the second time that TA has made the argument that the candidates are identical and thus voters should choose ...
• Final Federal Election Of 2011 A Big One For Women (TPM):
  I completely understand and agree with the desire to see more representative numbers of women in office. That said, I think the argument that voters should choose Bonamici specifically and solely because she is a woman is not constructive or helpful to that cause. If anything, it's harmful. I ...
• House District 48 Deserves New Representation:
  That's a really tough standard you're setting arguing that elected officials' behavior only becomes inappropriate when it's illegal. The bar has been set high. I actually don't remember David Wu ever being sanctioned by an ethics committee or charged with any crime. Since you, as a ...

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