Sarah Mirk Scraping away the 2012 speculation: She’s in. This as good a week as any to finally inaugurate our “Election 2012” blog label. Here’s the best reason why: Amanda Fritz, frequently found on the wrong (yet always admirably principled) side of a 4-1 Portland City Council vote, is running for re-election next year. She’ll […]
Election 2012
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Randy Leonard: Dan Saltzman Is Running for Mayor
Straight talk! The O‘s City Hall blog is annoyingly hard to find without a Google search, but today’s entry is worth the keystrokes. Or at least it would be, except that I’m going to link to it right here. In the post, Randy Leonard, talking to his frenemy Brad Schmidt, sheds a bit more light […]
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Santorum’s Running
It’s on… Dear Dan, You have been one of my long-time supporters, so I wanted you to be one of the first to know of a major step I have taken toward running for President of the United States in 2012. Tonight during an appearance on the Fox News Channel, I announced that I established […]
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Obama’s Budget Speech
The New York Times has the full text of President Obama’s speech on reducing the budget. It’s probably the first real speech of the 2012 campaign, and it’s a crucial one—Obama’s trying to paint himself as America’s responsible dad, without sounding like a Jimmy Carter-style killjoy. He called the recently unveiled Republican budget plan “less […]
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Rumored Mayoral Candidate Also Weighs Council Race
Randy… Last week I wrote about the strong chance City Commissioner Randy Leonard will bow out of a re-election bid in 2012. Since then, in the inevitable discussion over who might run if Leonard doesn’t, one very intriguing name has emerged: Steve Novick, former U.S. Senate candidate and frequently rumored 2012 mayoral candidate. Observers with […]