“Bye, Felicia Cruz.” a katz / Shutterstock.com <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/news/2016/03/09/23681147/it-looks-like-its-going-to-be-clinton-versus-trump”>So here we are, in the same place that we were two months ago: it’s going to be Trump versus Hillary in the general election. And before you get too excited about Hillary devouring Donald in the coming debates, just remember: smugly dismissing Trump is what got […]
Election 2016
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Donald Trump Will Be GOP Nominee; Ted Cruz Drops Out
Donald Trump has won Indiana’s GOP primary, and Ted Cruz has dropped out of the race. It’s hard to keep at the front of your mind that Trump is a national emergency.— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) May 3, 2016 The NYT marvels… Mr. Trump, a real estate tycoon turned reality television celebrity, was not a registered […]
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The Mercury Endorses: Amanda Fritz for City Commissioner, Position 1
WE KNOW, we know. We talk boldly about shaking up the city in the intro to this thing and then tell you to vote incumbent Amanda Fritz back onto city council for a third term. What the hell? It wasn’t a complete slam dunk. Fritz, in her seven years on the council, has at times […]
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Donald Trump Solves JFK Assassination, Mocks Puny Human Concepts of Reality
Is he a man? Or endless Destruction walking the Earth, seeking retribution for the human Age of Reason? a katz / Shutterstock.com Okay, so he’s probably not the Zodiac Killer. But did Ted Cruz assassinate JFK? You’d probably answer “no” if you get all of your information from “the media” and “available evidence” and “the […]
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Here’s Your 2016 May Voters Cheat Sheet. Love, the Mercury
If you love to read, and want to know how and why we made our choices for the 2016 May election, then check out our Mercury Endorsement Issue here! But if you’ve got absolutely no time on your hands, and you just want to get the job done, here is your handy-dandy Mercury Voters Cheat […]
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John Kasich Confident he Could “Probably, I Mean, I Don’t, I Don’t Know,” be President
John Kasich: Coming in third in a two-man race. Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com “I don’t know how it all works, okay?” said last-placer John Kasich at a campaign appearance that was supposed to demonstrate his mastery over issues facing the country. He was responding to questions at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, a sort […]
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The Mercury Endorses: Chloe Eudaly for City Commissioner, Position 4
A THEME came up in nearly every one of the Mercury‘s endorsement interviews: housing. Something else came up, too: housing. And every once in a while, a candidate would mention one of their pet projects: housing. Those running for office in Portland know what voters are interested in. And Portlanders—many of whom are facing the […]
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How Much Wooing of Bernie Supporters Can We Expect From Hillary Now?
We’ve entered the “killing time until the curtain call” part of the Democratic race. a katz / Shutterstock.com Okay, can we finally be real and say that Hillary’s getting the nomination? Nobody’s still expecting it to swing over the Bernie at this point, right? His insurgency was exciting, the optimism felt really good (especially in […]
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Did the Wrong Ballot Arrive In Your Mailbox? Wait A Few Days.
Here’s an interesting number: From the beginning of the year to this past Monday, 7,336 Oregon Democrats changed their party affiliation to Republican. And 6,457 GOP members switched their allegiance to the Democrats. At the same time, 17,445 nonaffiliated voters decided to become Republicans, while a whopping 57,894 nonaffiliateds registered as Democrats—a little less than […]
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A Few More Thoughts About Carly Fiorina Scurrying Aboard Cruz’s Sinking Ship
Fiorina: “I’ve always been one step ahead of you jokers. Unfortunately, it is now clear that you are now standing at the end of a pier.” Juli Hansen / Shutterstock.com Another brilliant business move from Carly Fiorina, as you have already heard by now: After withering away in the early days of the presidential race, […]
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POLL! Who does Ted Wheeler most resemble?
The Mercury‘s Endorsement Strike Force answered a bunch of pressing questions this week, when we issued our definitive list of endorsements on the most important local races. But as we noted in the piece, there was one riddle even we could not crack: Whether state treasurer and mayoral candidate Ted Wheeler (whom we did not […]