March 19, 2008 - 3:14pm
The Dems start to throw down on Walden
By Wally EdgeCongressman Greg Walden has one of the safest Republican seats in the country. For years Democrats have ignored his record, his seat and primarily his strong ties to the NRCC. That is until the whispers of a potential run for governor began and the Dems discovered Walden sitting on nearly $900,000 in campaign cash.
The sudden boost of anti-Walden press releases by DPO Chair Meredith Wood Smith and Executive Director Trent Lutz comes as no surprise now that Walden has expressed a mere inkling of desire to run for the top seat in Oregon. They see Walden as a legitimate challenger for a seat that has remained in Democratic hands since 1986. They also see few challengers of their own who can rally quickly to catch up to what will likely be over $1 million in the Walden campaign kitty.
With Sen. Kurt Schrader running for Congress and Sen. Betsy Johnson under federal investigation, the Democrats must do all they can to beat up Walden now until they find a candidate with some real fundraising prowess.
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Walden
The DPO is discussing Congressman Walden's failure of oversight and leadership for the same reason The Oregonian, The Bulletin, OPB, Blue Oregon, The East Oregonian and other outlets are discussing his failure of oversight and leadership.
Because he failed in his duties as audit chair for the NRCC and his failure of oversight and leadership resulted in criminal fraud. It took his successor to fix the problem. A problem Walden could not even identify.
You can read about it here:
http://www.oregondemocrats.org/easy_greg
http://www.oregondemocrats.org/accounting_scandal_mars_waldens_gubernato...
And you can see PolitickerOR's own cartoon about Walden's absence of leadership, here:
http://www.politickeror.com/greg-walden-dots-and-crosses-ts
It'll be Kitzhaber, and he'll eat Walden alive
Kitz would get over 60% of the vote against Walden, and would rake in money like there's no tomorrow. Count on it.
Walden can't shift his money
Walden can't shift his money from his congressional campaign to his gubernatorial campaign, can he?
Money shift
The money can't be shifted directly, but it demonstrates a healthy database of contributors.
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