John Kitzhaber wins Oregon's governor race !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HuckleB]

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/11/the_oregonians_prediction_john.html

Thank God, and Greyhound, the Dud's gone!!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[jannyk]

1. Hooray!! K&R

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[HuckleB]

2. This is worth some serious party time!!!!

:beer: :toast:

[Arugula Latte]

3. The West Coast is still relatively sane.

Now, let's hope Patty Murray can pull it off! :woohoo:

[HuckleB]

6. Murray is looking better every minute!!!!!

:hi: :dem: :beer: :headbang:

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. She will

and relatively... it is truly relative... my local area is like CRAZEE.

They might get it when the next firestorm hits us and there are NOT enough fire units.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Fire units are Socialistic!

:eyes:

[Divine Discontent]

4. West Coast livin' is sure lookin' good to me....

[HuckleB]

16. If only we had some jobs.

[otohara]

5. Hallelujah

praise a God.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Official for real?

Pack a bowl and do the jig, the idea of Dudley made me physically ill. Yippeee!

[HuckleB]

11. Yup.

Dud would have been dangerous. You might as well have picked some guy off the street. He was a pitiful choice. He wasn't even qualified to run for Lake Oswego city council, for pete sakes.

[travelingtypist]

9. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks be.

:woohoo:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. Yes!

[Greyhound]

12. K&R&LOL.

[Reader Rabbit]

13. Sane Oregonians breathe a sigh of relief!

We have dodged the corporate-pimped bullet!

[HuckleB]

15. And how!!!! -eom-

[Nostradammit]

14. Yay!!!!!!

That was way, way, way too close. How the right-wing can foist any dumb hack
upon the ill-informed population is terrible. It is an insult to the
intelligence and I think they know that.

Poor Kitzhaber, though, he's gonna have his hands full.

[suffragette]

17. Congrats, neighbors!

:)

[HuckleB]

18. Thank you!

Cheers!

:toast:

[suffragette]

19. Back at ya

:toast:

Did you see Cleita's thread?

Looks very positive for single payer down in California.

[HuckleB]

20. I really hope they can pull it off!!! -eom-

[neverforget]

21. Thank God! I was nervous last night.

[HuckleB]

22. Heck, I was just plain depressed last night and this morning.

:toast:

[neverforget]

23. Me too. But I really expected Kitzhaber to win it outright last night.

At least Oregon did their job and kept the Red Menace at bay :toast:

[HuckleB]

24. I wish I had been that positive Tuesday night.

But the end outcome is what matters!

:bounce:

[Permanut]

26. Dudley's a nice guy...

But has no experience in politics, and showed no interest until this race. Lived in Washington, didn't vote. An empty suit (size 108 Loooonnnnng) with some name recognition after his time with the Trailblazers. He would have been dancing to the tune called by Bob Tiernan and Kevin Mannix. This would have been the worst possibility for governor in these times, and kitz is one of the best. Yay for us.