Tag: senator gordon smith

The Oregonian has projected that Jeff Merkley beat incumbent Republican Senator, Gordon Smith. This puts the Democrats at 57 seats now. While we most likely won’t see the magical number of 60, every seat helps and means less help we need from the other side to overcome filibusters.

Well when you are trying to save your career then that’s the case. Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is trying to align himself with Obama in his latest ad: To be fair, Smith has been an outspoken critic of Iraq, but the Obama campaign isn’t buying into this attempt of Smith’s to save his butt: Barack […]