DGA Congratulates Governor-Elect John Kitzhaber on Victory

The GOP would have won in OR if their base hadn't picked an empty suit (extra tall) in the primaries. Allen Alley was a better more experienced candidate who would have been able to answer questions in the debate without saying "I'll get back to you on that one." The dems picked a much stronger candidate in their primaries...

The final ballot count shows that Oregon is even more divided than the rest of the nation. All one has to do is look at Kitzhabers past record, along with the current governor and see that we are going to have more of the same, a depressed state economy and more requests for higher taxes/fees and of course, a state sales tax, which will never pass. The pick-up of new seats in the state house and senate suggests that things will be rancorous during the upcoming legislature meetings. Watch for considerable anger when the re-drawing of political districts comes up next year. In 2012 the state legislature will become republican dominated and Kitzhaber will once again say Oregon is "ungovernable."