Topic: democratic primary

By Steve Novick of Portland, Oregon. Steve received 42% of the vote in the 2008 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. [Editor's note: This guest column originally appeared in an email late last week to supporters of the Merkley for Oregon campaign.] The past few days have brought strong reminders of just how important it is to get rid of Gordon Smith - and just how hard we'll all have to work...

By Candy Neville of Eugene, Oregon. Candy received 7% of the vote in the 2008 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. Earlier this week, she endorsed Jeff Merkley - and is now the chair of the "Merkley Campaign to Bring Troops Home". [Editor's note: This guest column originally appeared in an email to supporters of the Merkley for Oregon campaign.] Let me get this straight. Gordon Smith...

Sen. Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance as a surrogate for Barack Obama on Thursday, in the process made a strong case to the Latino-American audience to which she spoke that the man who vanquished her in the Democratic primary was now the best choice to be elected president....