Joe Lieberman

November 18, 2008 - 1:49pm

Merkley ‘expressed how profoundly disappointed he was with Lieberman’

Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator-elect Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) spoke up in a Senate Democratic caucus meeting on Tuesday regarding whether U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) would be stripped of his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after he supported former presidential candidate John McCain in the November election.

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November 10, 2008 - 12:16pm

Lavey: ‘You’re not going to have Republicans to kick around anymore’

Former U.S Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) staffer Dan Lavey and Democratic strategist Mark Wiener agreed on two things regarding the future of the Republican Party in Oregon at a post-election forum at the Portland City Club Friday.

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September 2, 2008 - 5:37am

RNC: Game on

ST PAUL -- After a brief hurricane hiatus, the Republican National Convention will be back in full swing Tuesday.

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August 20, 2008 - 3:25pm

RNC announces speakers at Convention; Oregon shut out

No Oregonian is slated to speak at the Republican National Convention next month, where U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be officially nominated as the party’s candidate for president, according to a list of speakers released Wednesday.

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