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Obama leads in Oregon

A trio of new polls show Sen. Barack Obama with a substantial lead as voters mail in their ballots in Oregon's May 20th presidential primary.

In a statewide survey taken Friday and Saturday, when both Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton were campaigning in Oregon, independent pollster Tim Hibbitts found the Illinois senator leading 55 percent to 35 percent.

A SurveyUSA poll has it a little closer, but Obama with a 54-43 lead. A third independent poll, by Public Policy Polling, put Obama in the lead by 14 points, 53 percent to 39 percent.

"Obama is sweeping the under-54 voters by a 2 to 1 margin," said Hibbitts, who surveyed 400 voters across the state. "Clinton is winning the over-55 voters, but the contest for their votes is a lot more competitive than other states."

Hillary Clinton spoke Thursay at the Jackson County Fairgrounds outside Medford. Ex-President Bill Clinton spent three days, stumping for his wife at Newport and Astoria on the Oregon Coast, and at Redmond in Central Oregon.

Obama held big rallies in Albany and Eugene on Friday, and spent Saturday courting Central Oregon voters in Republican-leaning Bend.

Both Obama and Hillary Clinton are expected to return to the Beaver State before next week's primary.

Posted by at May 13, 2008 2:57 p.m.
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#128481

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 7:17 p.m.

Go Hillary! Oregon do the right thing! Know that Obama cannot win the GE against John McCain. It'll be all too easy.

Vote Hillary Please!

#128511

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 8:24 p.m.

Here in the PDX area, EVERYBODY I know is voting Obama. If we don't landslide Obama, I'll be very surprised. And, don't worry, we WILL do the right thing. (By the way, keep off your knees, it's just not dignified.)

#128515

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 8:31 p.m.

HRC and her husband have a history of being untruthful. They will promise anything andd say anything to try to get elected.

They are so dishonest. They stole so many valuable things when they left the Whitehouse; told so many lies while they were there; and now want to change the rules in the middle of the game.

I and many others will be so glad when HRC and her fake smile are off of the news casts.

#128532

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 9:17 p.m.

Media biased against Hillary? Are you kidding? After weeks of playing clips of Reverend Write over and over? After making such a big deal of Obama's "bitter" comment, but glossing over Hillary's racist "hard-working Americans, white Americans" remark? "Remember the media harping on "Obama's not black enough," "Obama's a plagerist," "Obama invented NAFTA," and on and on and on. Give us a break. The media was ready to crown Hillary the winner a year ago. Problem was, those darn voters got in the way.

#128534

Posted by Steve E. at 5/13/08 9:24 p.m.

The usual Hillary hysterics. If I wanted to vote for a candidate who who trumpets their chances in the general election based on getting the votes of the oldest and least educated segment of the electorate, I'd vote for Bush. Why settle for second worst?
If you're really for Hillary, donate the amount of gas tax you'd save back to her. If all the Hillary fanatics do this, it still won't be enough to pay her back for the money she "donated" to her own campaign. Really, do we want a president who's self-financing? I consider it the lowest level of buying an election. Obama has shown the power of millions of people each donating a little. Clinton is dependent on the usual fat cats. Enough of that. Its time for change.

#128538

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 9:30 p.m.

Obama's criminal background hum!! And you think the media is biased against Hillary. Well I don't know where you get your information but clearly you cannot distinguish truth from lies. Go along supporting a lying warmonger ("I've been under sniper fire", "we have the capability to OBLITERATE Iran" anybody...). Oh and I think you're the one obsessed with his color...
Hillary will not be a subject of discussion much longer.

#128548

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 10:02 p.m.

Another Portlander here....went to a Ballot Party this Saturday night past....over 120 like-minded others (many over 55) inking in the oval "Obama", sharing a micro brew, and all agreeing to keep enthusiastically spreading the "good news" of a new day dawning, 21st century style, absent the wilting Shrub.

HRC is playing out her hand, collecting favors along the way...I give it to her for that. Still, the inevitable looms, as the reality-based are aware.

Obama stands at the forefront of a movement, not merely a campaign. After nearly eight years of living during the Dark Ages, our time HAS come....Oregon, VOTE OBAMA, already!...jeeze....

#128560

Posted by nptdz1 at 5/13/08 10:46 p.m.

From the Oregon coast. I happen to like Hillary Clinton as a potential president and trashing her is unproductive and foolish but I like Obama more. Both are very smart and have similar ideas so, for me it boils down to potential for leadership. Here I believe Obama has a decided advantage. The next president's effectiveness will be determined by his or her ability persuade others to go along with his or her ideas. Like it or not, Obama's manner and interpersonal skills are superior to Clinton's.

#128566

Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 11:25 p.m.

Whoa! What the h*ll is up with that bizarre, borderline-racist
anti-Obama post? Where are people getting this "information" that
Obama has a "phenomenal criminal background with mob and terrorist
connections"? That's such a plate of BS, I'm surprised they found
someone willing to eat it (and regurgitate it here).

#128583

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 1:25 a.m.

I live in Portland. I am a 42-year-old, white, blue-collar man. I have already mailed in my ballot on which I voted for Barak Obama. I did this despite reports that he is secretly an alien from the Skrull planet sent to prepare the way for their invasion of earth. I figure better a space alien than someone stupid or opprtunistic enough to vote to invade Iraq and then vote to give G.W. Bush authorization to bomb Iran.

Joe

#128584

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 1:44 a.m.

i just have 2 simple words...

LARRY SINCLAIR

Go Hillary!
we need a REAL leader in the White House. Not a phony, pretentious, cocky, arrogant talker.
so F-ing repulsed by that imbecile it's not even funny.

btw, Popular Vote is a wee bit more accurate then the delegate count that included many cheat-filled caucuses. chew on that, brainwashed Obama-bots.

#128592

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 3:23 a.m.

I voted for Reagan in 84, Bush in 88 and 92, Dole in 96, Bush in 00 and 04. My parents voted for Nixon in 60, Goldwater in 64, Nixon in 68 and 72, Ford in 76, and Reagan in 80.

Before 2008, I equated political orgasm to the Republican Party's take-over of Congress in 94.

This year, I have proudly supported a Democrat for the 1st time in my life. I am a proud voter of Barack Obama. I have proudly donated on-line to his campaign.

It's time to change how our government is run.

#128593

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 3:27 a.m.

OUCH!!! Some of these Hillary supporters really are starting to sound desperate, bitter, and clingy. Maybe if she plays nice enough Obama may make her VP. It is a sad state of affairs when it is obvious that some people get their political news from the National Inquirer, no wonder she is winning among uneducated voters.

#128598

Posted by therookie at 5/14/08 4:22 a.m.

Reading between the lines HRC and previous president's who required the most uneducated states to win is another way of saying that our Presidents never wanted anyone too intelligent snooping around the beltway, anyone who might understand something. Notice W VA also went for the gas tax holiday. Obama is not trying to win without the people, as a nation, united, we are stronger than any one president doing deals behind closed doors. Obama brings a national support group behind his transparent government - this is the change we can believe in.

#128617

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 6:47 a.m.

Wake up and read the writing on the wall, people! Clinton is winning in nearly all demographics in ALL the key swing states. Why are you obamabots pretending not to know? Obama will lose against McCain if he is the nominee. That is why his supporters are praying HRC says yes to the VP spot. He cannot win without her white working class following. She is also way more experienced than he is.

Hillary '08!

#128618

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 6:49 a.m.

Favorite anti-Obama comment..."cocky, arrogant talker". Just a 'talker' that guy. God forbid we should elect a confident public speaker. Oh the strange reverse world of the anti-Obama spinners.
Here's a few people who come to mind, cocky, arrogant talkers all...Clinton, Reagon, JFK, FDR, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill.
And Obama has no substance either! Unless of course you go to his website and read it, or review his voting record at the Library of Congress.

#128635

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 8:14 a.m.

Id rather have an Elitist than an Entitlest any day.... GOBAMA GOBAMA Go

#128668

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 9:27 a.m.

HILLARY IS LIKE KOBE BRYANT OF LAKERS IN 2002/2003. YOU THOUGHT THEIR OPPONENT IS A SURE WIN DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE...BUT WAIT KOBE DID A 3-POINT SHOOT SUCCESFULLY AT THE VERY LAST SECOND. LAKERS WON AND HILLARY WILL WIN EVENTUALLY.
OBAMA WAS WRONG ON GAS TAX. HE IS STUPID ON APPLIED ECONOMICS.
http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/politics?type=politicsNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B7tmRCRJt2YFzDsa7MJ1CblL&src=blogBurst_politicsNews&bbPostId=BCPU7bksptwDCz3q7RHPh1SBUAzSrY29vwGiB3iLrNpLtd9D&bbParentWidgetId=B94DflL2bLsuzDPLZYiSAqaT

#128671

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 9:28 a.m.

OBAMA IS STUPID...OBAMA IS STUPID....THAT'S TEH GAS TAX FAILED IN ILLINOIS

OBAMA WAS WRONG ON GAS TAX. HE IS STUPID ON APPLIED ECONOMICS.
http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/politics?type=politicsNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B7tmRCRJt2YFzDsa7MJ1CblL&src=blogBurst_politicsNews&bbPostId=BCPU7bksptwDCz3q7RHPh1SBUAzSrY29vwGiB3iLrNpLtd9D&bbParentWidgetId=B94DflL2bLsuzDPLZYiSAqaT

#128673

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 9:31 a.m.

OBAMA WAS WRONG ON GAS TAX. THAT'S WHY IT FAILED IN ILLINOIS. HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO STUPID ON APPLIED ECONOMICS. HOW MUCH MORE STUPID IS HE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICIES......
http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/politics?type=politicsNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B7tmRCRJt2YFzDsa7MJ1CblL&src=blogBurst_politicsNews&bbPostId=BCPU7bksptwDCz3q7RHPh1SBUAzSrY29vwGiB3iLrNpLtd9D&bbParentWidgetId=B94DflL2bLsuzDPLZYiSAqaT

#128703

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 10:33 a.m.

The writing is on the wall. May 20th is D-day and the state of Oregon along with the remaining superdelegates will send Hillary back to the senate. GO OBAMA!

#128706

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 10:39 a.m.

lol.. mccain is so going to thump obama.. get used to GOP leadership for at least another 4 years.

#128790

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 1:58 p.m.

"Know that Obama cannot win the GE against John McCain."

Shhhhh, you're incorrect.

#128791

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 1:59 p.m.

Stop typing in caps, annoying Hillary supporter.

#129017

Posted by unregistered user at 5/14/08 8:46 p.m.

Well we see that some voters believe the American people are nuts and want four more years of depressiion that will be worse than the 1920s if Mccain is elected. I am a middle class American that believes Obama will change that outcome for the better of us all . You nuts out there would rather suffer than elect a person who believes in uniting America for the common goal are a bigger butt heads than I think you are. Independent voter Curtis Hundley, "GO OBAMA"

#129215

Posted by unregistered user at 5/15/08 11:29 a.m.

Obama sounds good because all he can do is tell us what the problem is and not address the solution. We all know what the problems are in the U.S. 1) too many people thinking that just because W. Virginia and a few other states havs been typecast as being poor and unintelligent, their votes don't matter. 2)Do you guys really want a president who is ashamed to salute the American flag or put his hand on his heart while saying the pledge of allegiance? 3) All the badmouthing about the Clinton's - what shape was the economy in when Clinton left office? The best!!! 4) Do you want a Muslim to be in your White House office? 5) Do you really want a democrat in office this time next year then you had better stop and think about who to vote for because if it is Obama then McCain will be voted in.
6) Does experience not matter? What experience does Obama have? 7) Everyone has made this out to be a racial war - who cares what color his skin in as long as he can be trusted and so far, in my heart, he cannot be trusted. 8) Over 60% of Clinton voters will NOT vote for him if he is chosen 9) Over 70% of Obama supporter WOULD vote for Hillary if she is chosen...

#129388

Posted by Sanity1 at 5/15/08 9:44 p.m.

BRAINS! I am SEEKING BRAINS! Why the hell am I looking here? 1. HRC does not lead the Popular vote, no matter how many times she says it's so, does not make it so. Even if you count Florida and Michigan, she is behind by approximatly 5,000 votes, and BTW, None of the Obama supporters could vote for him in Michigan because he had his name removed from the primary ballot. In Michigan HRC only got 55% of the Democratic vote, running against NO nationally recognized opponent. That sure sounds like a mandate from the people to me. 2. Barack Obama is NOT A MUSLIM. once again, just cause this guy in a bar told you he heard it from a friend, or whereever you get your delusions from, does not make them Facts. 3. What does the economic climate under Bill Clinton have to do with ANYTHING?? or are you assuming that HRC would just be a figurehead for four more years of Slick Willie?( and BTW, the economic boom of the mid-to-late 90's was mainly fueled by the Dot.com boom, probably not gonna happen again)
4. If McSame gets elected PotUS over anyone, then this country really is full of stupid people.
-Later-

#129601

Posted by unregistered user at 5/16/08 3:12 p.m.

Another Portlander here, and the support for Obama is overwhelming here! I haven't seen a single Hillary or McCain yard sign, bumper sticker or any kind of support. As opposed to Obamas is all over the place. Oregon and Washington always make the right choices . . . and if Hillary can't win those states, it's obvious that the majority of democrats don't want her!

#129622

Posted by unregistered user at 5/16/08 4:01 p.m.

Obama showing great Courage in making the right Choices. How he went against the gas tax holiday and answered Pres Bush's comments on foreign relations. We need smart decisions, this is the Great Change America needs now.

Also we can look at his past decision to go after Al Queda in Afganistan rather than sending our troops to Iraq. This is why Bin Laden is still on the loose and we have 4000 dead Soldiers(Sons and Daughters). My brother is in Iraq right now(Army). We need to fight the war on Terror not the Iraq war. Al Queda wasn't in Iraq until we went there.

Smart Americans will vote for Obama!!!!

#129660

Posted by unregistered user at 5/16/08 8:19 p.m.

I really don't know how you could watch that townhall with Hillary and not KNOW she is the only one that has policies and inteligence to get us out of this mess this country is in. Come on Oregon help us out! Give the United States of America a real President, Hillary Clinton.

#129662

Posted by unregistered user at 5/16/08 8:30 p.m.

Hillary is the only Democrat with a clear path to the White House. Obama cannot win the big and swing states needed to get to 270 electoral votes, and would have to completely redraw the electoral map -- a very risky thing to do. But Hillary has enough safe states to win against McCain and then some -- if we want the White House back, vote for Hillary!

#129671

Posted by unregistered user at 5/16/08 9:43 p.m.

Wow, it is tough to read the negative blech from Obama supporters. Sen. Clinton is not a liar, monster, evil-doer or any of the other vicious names attributed to her. She is smart, she works hard, and she cares about lifting up the hard working people of America. She cares about children and veterans and how abused they've been by the policies of the Bush administration.

Sen. Clinton understands that the federal government needs to be a partner with local government...needs to help and support them with monies for infrastructure, police, education and health care. She'll fund special education, a much needed change. If you think she's hateful I'd argue that you don't know her and haven't listened to her -- you're getting your information from a biased press and a disingenuous opposition.

#129679

Posted by unregistered user at 5/16/08 10:44 p.m.

HRC supporters should take some time to research her. I used to blindly support this woman and her husband who've done some good things for the country, no doubt. But have you taken time to learn who they are, as individual human beings, what is the character of them. In terms of qualities of honesty, personal integrity. Nearly every independent biographer of HRC discovered the same fundamental facts: a nasty temper that was so evident from her younger days. A vitriolic person. A narcissist. As people age, they soften but what an act she has pulled. I know what I've read about her has some grain of truth. I can see it in her campaign tactics and the way she speaks. This woman is not fundamentally honest and this is why I won't be voting for her. Obama has flaws, she has flaws, I believe his are fewer and there is more integrity to this individual, a little more than I see in HRC and her husband, a man who was POTUS but was disbarred and whose license to practice law was stripped from him because of the lies he told when he was in office about his affair (yuck) with a 20-year old girl. No question in my mind, BO is the lesser of two evils when it comes down to basic character.

#129817

Posted by unregistered user at 5/17/08 10:03 p.m.

WHEN WILL THIS BREAKOUT? AT THE CONVENTION IN DENVER? . . . . DURING THE PRES. CAMPAIGN? THE NOVEMBER ELECTION?, OR THE JANUARY INAUGURATION?

Take a listen to this bilingual audio from LaKalle Miami radio . . . . . . You be the judge as to the credibility on the tone of voice of the subject being interviewed!

http://www.enriqueyjoe.com/LARRY_SINCLAIR_.shtml

LARRY SINCLAIR ON E&J SHOW (STRONG LANGUAGE) LISTEN TO AUDIO

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