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Îlîf Fortiani» (Observer
October 27, 2010
Obama rallies for Kitzhaber
President Obama went to bat for guber­
natorial candidate John Kitzhaber on Oet.
20, arguing that the state needs Kitzhaber’s
leadership more than ever.
“You need him again, you need him one
more time,” Obama told thecrowdofl 0,000
at the rally at the Portland Convention
Center.
Kitzhaber served as governor twice be­
fore, from 1994-2002 and is running fora
third term in a close race against Republican
and former Portland Trail Blazer Chris
Dudley.
“This should not be a difficult choice,”
Obama said. “1 know you have a race where
both candidates are talking about change.
But there’s only one candidate who has
delivered change. And th a t’s John
Kitzhaber. Y ou know John’s track record.”
Obama’s support of Kitzhaber is seen as
a needed boost to the democrat, as results
from an independent poll published in
Sunday’s Oregonian show that the guber­
natorial race is still too close to call. It's the
fourth poll in a row - and the fifth of the last
six - that show that the race is within 2
percentage points, with Kitzhaber defend­
ing a slight lead over Republican candidate
and former Blazers player Chris Dudley.
Seattle pollster Stuart Elway, who con­
ducted the survey, told The Oregonian that
the race now appears to come down to a
battle over which candidate is most suc­
cessful in getting his supporters to actually
vote.
"Turnout is destiny in this race," Elway
said. "It's close and there aren't that many
undecided voters left."
The president said that it is up to voters
to tell the Republicans that they have not
forgotten about their time in office.
“It is up to you to tell them we haven’t
t
Blazers waive Pendergraph
President Obama and
gubernatorial candidate
John Kitzhaber.
forgotten. We don’t have amnesia, and we
don’t want what you’re selling because
w e’ve tried it before and we didn’t like it
because it didn’t work.”
Much o f the president’s remarks were
devoted to get-out-the vote efforts..
“We need you all to mail in your ballots
now,” Obama said, “mail them in!”
Obama called on attendees o f the rally to
“keep fighting, and knocking on doors and
making phone calls and mailing in your
ballots ... (so that) not only are we going to
elect John, but we are going to preserve that
American Dream and American promise for
centuries to come."
Kitzhaber, elected in 1994 and re-elected
four years later, is seeking an unprecedented
third term. Dudley, in his first run for office,
has appealed to Oregonians who think
Kitzhaber already had a chance as gover­
nor, and the state needs a fresh approach
to its persistent economic problems.
Dudley said he's pleased to be virtually
tied this late in the campaign in a state that
has not elected a Republican governor
since 1982.
Week in
The Review
"People are clearly seeing, even though
there is that registration edge, that what
we've been doing for the last 20 years has
not worked," said Dudley, who has based
his campaign on the idea that Oregon is
lagging economically and educationally
behind the rest o f the country.
"It's been a more Democratic state from
day one" o f this race, Dudley added, "so
obviously going into this, I would have to
say I was the underdog."
Kitzhaber, meanwhile, is unconcerned
by this, citing his huge advantage over
Dudley in terms o f political experience -
he’s served 24 years in the state legislature,
including seven as Senate president in
addition to his two terms as governor.
"That's right where we wanted to be,"
said Kitzhaber, adding that "we had wanted
to be even going into the home stretch"
after being greatly outspent in campaign
advertising by Dudley over the summer
and through much o f the fall.
Kitzhaber is hoping Oregonians will bet­
ter relate to his laid-back, jeans- and cow­
boy hat-wearing self.
The Portland Trail Blaz­
ers have waived forward
Jeff Pendergraph, it was
announced Oct. 25 by
General Manager Rich
C’ho. Pendergraph, 23,
suffered a tom anterior
cruciate ligament( ACL)
in an Oct. 7 preseason
gam e at Utah and is
scheduled to undergo
surgery as a result. “We
want to thank Jeff for his
hard work and professionalism since he arrived here
in Portland, and we wish him a fast and successful
recovery from his injury,” said Cho. “We sometimes
have to make difficult decisions in this business, and
this was certainly one o f them.”
Oregon Awarded $9M for Rail
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden an­
nounced Oct. 25 that the U.S. Department o f Trans­
portation is awarding nearly $9 million to Oregon to
help implement plans to bring high-speed rail to the
Northwest corridor. The funds will go toward plans
to increase the frequency o f rail service, reduce travel
time and make necessary structural and track im­
provements to Union Station.
Health Center Recognized
The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center’s Clini­
cal Pharmacy team was recently nationally recog­
nized for dramatic improvements in diabetes control.
Virginia Garcia's efforts include discussing diet, ex­
ercise, medications and lifestyle with its patients.
The award was given by the Health Resources and
Services Administration for Outstanding Perfor­
mance for documented results showing an increased
clinical pharmacy services, improved health out­
comes, and identification and prevention o f adverse
and potential adverse drug events.
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