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Over the past week, I've been writing on the Bush Administration's plans to institute new rules that would move funding for reproductive health services and pregnancy prevention over to pregnancy crisis centers. The rules would also broaden the description of abortion, which means the use of birth control pills and other such contraceptives could be labeled an abortion.Take action for women's...

Yesterday I wrote about how Gordon Smith and the Oregon Republican party had released a web ad and website smearing Jeff Merkley's record. Today, the DSCC fired back with a brilliant ad nailing Gordon Smith on the war on Iraq. See more below the jump... First things, first, if you'll recall, Gordon Smith and the NRSC released the following web ad a few days back criticizing Merkley's...

The fact that Democratic registrations have surged in Oregon over the last year or so--boosted in large measure by the army of volunteers for Barack Obama--has already been reported to a certain extent, but over the weekend Randy Stapilus at Ridenbaugh looked into the recent release of June registration totals by party and brings us up to date:Four years ago, Republicans had a narrow lead of about...

Their pundit roundtable is not 100% in love with Merkley, but they see the tide moving in that direction and--just as interesting--see Oregon as a good indicator of whether the Republicans will lose a lot of ground in the Senate this fall or a whole lot of ground. The article is on Salon Premium, so non-subscribers will have to patiently sit through some ads....

Proof that Jeff Merkley is gaining fast in his quest to be the next Senator from the great state of Oregon increases by the day. In the latest, the Oregon GOP goes after Merkley's supposed campaign finance violations and then puts up a pathetic website attempting to smear Merkley's tax record. More below the jump. The first item today is an ad put out by the NRSC opposing Jeff Merkley's...

If you haven't seen it yet, at last week's public comment meeting the school board distributed copies of the draft agreement with the City of Lake Oswego, for easement to the lake for a sewer interceptor project. Along with the deed, the agreement is obviously one of the most salient documents as a starting point for what the terms are, what it allows and restricts, etc. I published the links on...

The following is the latest in my line of Oregon politics blogs and comes at the suggestion of one of my readers. Simply put, I will analyze the current cash situation for major non-federal candidates in Oregon (since I believe that the federal races have been well covered here). For reference, my latest thoughts on the elections are posted at: http://www.dailykos.com/st...