Barack Obama

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have held events and met with editorial boards around the state recently. Obama gave an interview with the Medford Mail Tribune in late March and Hillary Clinton met with the editorial board of the Register Guard as reported yesterday.

Lost in the media attention to the “fundraising race" and record amounts raised by the Democratic candidates for president, is the sheer sleaziness of the big money both campaigns court. In a twist on those “The late dictator of Nigeria, General Sanni Abacha, has died and now his widow wants your help in getting his $80 million out of the country.” e-mails from Nigeria asking you to place money in a bank account, Nigeria has accused Hillary Clinton “Hillraiser” and Texas oilman, Kase Lawal, of forging

Rasmussen Reports has released a poll that shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by 6 percentage points, and McCain leading Hillary Clinton by 6 percent in Oregon.

Obama leads the three candidates in terms of favorability among Oregon voters with 60 percent. McCain has a 51 percent favorability rating, and Clinton brings up the rear with 46 percent.

Barack Obama made four campaign stops in Oregon this week, with a reported 13,000 in Portland’s Memorial Colsium where Gov. Bill Richardson endorsed him, a well-attended forum in Salem, and large turn-outs at Mac Court and Medford. In January polling by Riley Research, Clinton led Obama 36% to 28% among registered Dems. Even with the crowds, the Register Guard reports that the Oregon Democratic primary race may be close.

Barack Obama is conducting a whirlwind barnstorming tour of Oregon tomorrow, Friday the 21st. Here is the time and location of his campaign events in Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford.

Friday, March 21

Portland "Stand for Change" Rally
Memorial Coliseum
500 North Winning Way
Portland, OR 97227
Doors Open: 7:30 AM
Program Begins: 9:30 AM

Friday, March 21

Salem "Stand for Change" Town Hall
Salem Armory Auditorium
2320 17th St.
Salem, OR 97303
Doors Open: 11:30 AM

The media is rightly breathless over Barack Obama's transcendent speech that seeks to tie America ideals of justice, peace, and equality to the realities of the same in our current experience.

by Paul Rogat-Loeb

Suppose someone in the North Korean government released a false story that shifted a key American election. If Bush were negatively affected, we might be bombing Pyongyang by now. But this just happened with what Hillary Clinton called “NAFTAgate” Without it, she might never have won Ohio, or her margin would have been minuscule. But as a Canadian Broadcasting Company story reveals, practically the entire story was a lie, one that played so central a role in Clinton’s Ohio victory as to thoroughly taint any claim she raises about a swing state mandate.