The campaign, however, does not publicize Smith's schedule. "It's often fluid," Gilbride said. And Smith often doesn't allow reporters into his events. An example is an economic roundtable he hosted Friday in Portland. It was invitation-only and off limits to the news media.
Smith got himself where he is by selling himself as a Hatfield-Packwood moderate Republican. But neither of those guys would ever have held campaign events in a hidey-hole. It's time for the voters to explain to old Gordo how that was supposed to work.
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Yep. He got in by making of himself a Latter Day Hatfield (metaphysical pun unintended), after losing to Wyden in a campaign where he wore his Oregon Citizens' Alliance endorsement on his sleeve.
When that didn't work, on went the sweater, then it was an RV tour of the state just to show us how "regular folks" he was. But every election he gets out his breakaway Moderate suit and walks the state in it, just like he his right now.
Of course the "invitation only" appearance routine is right out of the republican strategy book.
Why hide if you aren't afraid of something?
Posted by Samuel John Klein | September 21, 2008 10:43 AM
An example is an economic roundtable he hosted Friday in Portland
Wasn't this a Kalifornia Schwartznegger (sic) event ?
Posted by smitty | September 21, 2008 10:55 AM
I'd heard that Aaahnold had canceled that one.
Posted by Samuel John Klein | September 21, 2008 6:23 PM