Very good ad from Dr Monica Wehby who is running for the Senate in deep blue OR. This is a state that will be a tough nut to crack. It's not as bad as MA but darn near. However, her Leftist opponent Jason Conger is saddled with supporting ObamaCare, which is just a mess in OR (thank you, Gov Kitzhaber), and the GOP is believed to have a good chance this time, especially with a quality candidate like Dr Wehby and ads like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXqHI059n90

Oh, well, she ain't perfect, but after all this is OR. Too bad.

Portland pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby, continuing to separate herself from the four other Republican Senate candidates on the abortion issue, told a GOP forum in Baker City that she was personally pro-life but did not want the government involved in a woman's decision on whether to have one.

“I believe this is a personal decision between a women and her family, not a woman and the federal government,” said Wehby, according to the Baker City Herald.

Wehby and the four other Republican candidates -- state Rep. Jason Conger of Bend, Portland attorney Tim Crawley, former Linn County Chair Jo Rae Perkins and Salem information technology consultant Mark Callahan -- appeared at a Wednesday night forum. They are competing for the GOP nomination for the seat held by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.

Her comments defending abortion rights were stronger than those that she made when she entered the race and told The Oregonian, “The Supreme Court ruled that...abortion is supposed to be safe and legal. And that’s where we are. I don’t think this should be used as a litmus test for people.”

Conger has been endorsed by Oregon Right to Life, the state's major anti-abortion group. Conger and Wehby are the two candidates who have raised the most money and appear to be the front-runners in the primary race.

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ss...nica_wehby.html

Addendum: I referred to Conger as a leftist. This was in error based something in the earlier article.

Dr Welby is running for office? I thought he was dead....

Oregon U.S. senate poll results! Who’s ahead & why.

A Taxpayer Association of Oregon PAC poll conducted by a national pollster helps shed light on one of the most contested and anticipated U.S. Senate races in a decade. In addition to gauging where the candidates stack up the statewide poll goes a step further by looking at what issues are most important (topline, crosstabs). Here are the results:

Candidate Monica Wehby has the lead in the race with 42.9%

Rep. Jason Conger comes in second with 22.3%.

The other candidates poll at 4% for Mark Callahan, 2.7% for Tim Crawley and 2.5% for Jo Rae Perkins. Undecideds polled at 25.5%.

Monica’s advantage is her favorability which is rated at 55% favorable, Conger at 36%.

The issues that matter most to voters lean heavily on economic issues (60.1%). The next most important aggregate issues were social issues (26.5%) and quality of life (13.5%).

http://oregoncatalyst.com/27411-oregon-s...ll-results.html