Carla Axtman

Carla Axtman is a political animal and blogger. She started blogging in 2004 as a response to the malaise and frustration of progressive politics & politics on both the national & local levels. Carla specializes in online organizing and communications. Another politico recently referred to her thusly: "...a cross between a pitbull, a barracuda and a scorpion. ... She's ferocious."


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July 15, 2009Hass: I'm not running for Governor. Quityeraskin.
July 10, 2009The holy grail of bipartisanship might really be an anvil
July 10, 2009Ouch.
July 07, 2009The growing pains of Washington County
July 06, 2009A new hat (maybe) in the Governor's race ring: Brian Clem
July 03, 2009Merkley: The "Public Option" won't get done without the grassroots
July 02, 2009Rock the vote (don't rock the vote, baby)
July 01, 2009Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
June 26, 2009Pondering Monticello and an insight on being American
June 26, 2009Governor's office receives fraudulent veto request letter
June 25, 2009R2000 Oregon Governor Poll: Everything old is new again!
June 22, 2009Victory! If at first you don't succeed, the Metolius is worthy of another try
June 19, 2009Untangling a virtual mess
June 19, 2009Tuesday at the Lege
June 16, 2009A story of contrasting priorities
June 16, 2009Live-blogging the Metolius vote
June 15, 2009Bruce Starr: Government should leave people alone; except when I say otherwise
June 12, 2009Howard Dean, Ron Wyden, the public option, single payer and the kitchen sink.
June 12, 2009(Updated) Metolius protections: One down, one to go
June 11, 2009Foxes guarding henhouses, and other acts.
June 10, 2009Merkley calls out Mitch McConnell on the Senate Floor
June 09, 2009The Lege shows some spine and raises taxes; ORGOP heads explode.
June 09, 2009Word on the street: Wheeler wants Mahonia?
June 07, 2009Behaving badly, live from Jefferson County.
June 05, 2009Bend Bulletin: Not a lightbulb's worth of brain-power between them
June 03, 2009In which Peter Courtney throws down for the Metolius.
June 01, 2009Dr. George Tiller: a physician who helped people under "desperate circumstances"
May 31, 2009Overcoming Footloose
May 30, 2009Penny Lane...County, that is.
May 28, 2009Hardcore political junkie post, part II
May 28, 2009If you're not a hardcore political junkie, skip this post.
May 28, 2009They paved paradise and put up a parking lot...
May 26, 2009...With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot...
May 24, 2009A quick escape from the political
May 21, 2009Awesome kid from Beaverton rocks National Geo Bee
May 21, 2009First there was "teabagging"......
May 19, 2009Novick makes it a real "useful discussion".
May 18, 2009Yeah, we live in paradise.
May 16, 2009Unraveling civil rights enforcement in Oregon
May 14, 2009The ugliness that is Oregon's unemployment data...with a cool widget!
May 13, 2009Righting at least one wrong from Iraq. It's a start.
May 12, 2009This ain't Thomas Paine's "Common Sense".
May 11, 2009Happy Friday extends to Monday: Updating the Norquist "pissed-off" quotient
May 10, 2009Please visit Portland, leave your money and go home. Thanks.
May 08, 2009Happy Friday! Why? Cuz Grover Norquist is pissed off. Thanks, Jeff Cogen!
May 07, 2009The price tag to do the right thing
May 05, 2009Merkley visits Washington County
May 03, 2009A cautionary tale
May 02, 2009Oregon Catalyst is just...sad.
May 02, 2009In which we elect good guys and still get screwed by the U.S. Senate

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