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East Oregonian
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Things to watch ahead of 2016 campaign
BRIEFLY
Snowy, cold across
West for New Year’s
By The Associated Press
(AP) — A blustery winter
storm dumped snow and ice
across the West on Wednesday,
making driving treacherous in
the mountains from California to
the Rockies and forcing residents
and party-goers in some usually
sun-soaked cities to bundle up
for a frosty New Year’s.
Giddy residents in Southern
California foothills snapped
photos of snow-covered lawns
as kids tossed snowballs. In
suburban Phoenix, swimming
pools and cactus-lined backyards
were dusted with the white stuff.
The storm swept from
California into the Mojave
Desert and Las Vegas, bringing
snow to parts of northern
WASHINGTON — There’s a
whole year of campaigning, posi-
tioning and politicking to go before
the next campaign for president
kicks off with the Iowa Caucus
in early 2016. Here’s a look at 10
things to look out for this year that
might tell us something about how
that campaign (which is really al-
ready underway) may shake out.
1. Courtrooms Before Cam-
paigns
Three Republican governors
who appear likely to run for presi-
dent face legal issues at home that
could derail a campaign before it
gets started. Texas Gov. Rick Perry
was indicted in August on two fel-
ony counts of abuse of power for
publicly threatening to veto funding
for public corruption prosecutors,
and then making good on that threat.
An investigation into alleged illegal
coordination between Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker’s 2012 recall
campaign and conservative groups
is on hold pending action from the
state Supreme Court, while federal
prosecutors in New Jersey continue
to investigate what role Gov. Chris
Christie’s administration played, if
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File
In this 2011 file photo, Republicans enter Hilton Coliseum before casting their ballots in the Iowa
Republican Party’s Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa.
sible GOP White House prospects,
including New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich,
accepted what’s known as Medicaid
expansion. Texas Gov. Rick Perry
and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
refused, citing concern over the
cost. Others, including Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker, adopted hybrid
programs that expand insurance
coverage with limits.
5. Right to Work
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
faces the prospect of another public
Washington Bridge in 2013.
2. Middle Class Economics
The stock market is up, unem-
ployment is down and economists
are giddy about prospects for Amer-
ica’s economy to grow in 2015. But
while economic indicators are glow-
ing, how middle class voters bene-
presidential campaign. So far, many
have not: the typical American fami-
ly’s income is 8 percent lower than it
was before the recession hit in 2007.
3. Iowa Straw Poll
The Iowa Republican Party’s
presidential straw poll has come
under sharp scrutiny in the past
two campaigns after elevating can-
didates out of step with the larger
Iowa and national GOP. The event,
held the summer before the winter
caucuses, is also a source of ten-
sion among campaigns which pay
a steep price to take part in what is
nominally a fundraiser for the state
party. Gov. Terry Branstad, Iowa’s
six-term governor, wants to end it,
while the Iowa Republican Party
chairman and central committee
have the votes to keep it going.
4. GOP Governors and Med-
icaid
Two years into the Affordable
Care Act, Republican governors re-
main divided over whether to adopt
a key provision of the law that pro-
vides health insurance to poor un-
insured people via Medicaid. Pos-
2015 should the state’s GOP-con-
trolled legislature try to pass a “right
to work” law, which would make
private labor union membership op-
tional. Walker’s successful effort to
curtail the union rights of public em-
ployees led to weeks of visible and
vocal protests in Madison during his
avoid as he weighs if and when to
enter the race for president. But it is
a priority for Republican lawmakers
who expanded their majorities in
the midterm elections and aren’t as
tied to the law’s presidential politi-
cal implications as their ambitious
governor.
6. Republican Debates
After a prolonged 2012 prima-
ry season that left their presidential
nominee bloodied, the Republican
National Committee is making sig-
-
ule ahead of the presidential pri-
mary season. Party leaders plan to
dramatically reduce the number of
debates and assert more control over
the selection of moderators. Still, lo-
gistical questions remain for a 2016
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Warren has, for months, told anyone
able to ask that she “is not running
for president.” That has not stopped
hopeful liberals in the Democrat-
ic Party from talking up a Warren
campaign. Will it be enough for
them if Warren were to declare that
she “will not” run for president?
Or will their hopes for an insurgent
campaign from the left linger deep
into 2015, should the populist sen-
ator stick with her grammatically
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FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
very cold
Mostly cloudy and
chilly
Partly sunny
22° 12°
34° 24°
HIGH
LOW
PRECIPITATION
0.00"
2.80"
1.60"
13.24"
8.92"
13.07"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
25°
39°
57° (1970)
8°
27°
-8° (1978)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
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1.34"
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7.60"
5.46"
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SUN AND MOON
Jan 13
Periods of snow
and rain
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42° 37°
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40° 35°
46° 33°
46° 32°
Seattle
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Jan 4
Cloudy, a bit of
snow and rain
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Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
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SUNDAY
New
7:36 a.m.
4:21 p.m.
2:03 p.m.
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Jan 26
Spokane
Wenatchee
19/13
24/17
Tacoma
Moses
39/26
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 26/14
21/15
43/29
41/26
27/15
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
40/23
23/16 Lewiston
23/12
Astoria
23/17
44/31
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
38/25
Pendleton 25/11
The Dalles 25/15
22/12
28/18
La Grande
Salem
23/11
39/24
Albany
Corvallis 39/24
39/25
John Day
32/7
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
21/11
37/24
30/17
Caldwell
Burns
20/12
25/10
Medford
43/26
REGIONAL CITIES
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Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy near
the Idaho border and in the mountains
today; partly sunny elsewhere.
Cascades: Sunny to partly cloudy today.
Mainly clear tonight; cold. Clouds and sun
tomorrow.
Northern California: Plenty of sunshine
today. Clear and chilly tonight. Plenty of
sunshine tomorrow.
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WINDS
Boardman
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Today
Friday
VAR 2-4
VAR 2-4
WSW 4-8
SW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Plenty of sunshine today,
but some clouds across the north. Clear
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
today; cold. Partly cloudy tonight; cold
across the north.
Western Washington: Partly sunny today.
Partly cloudy tonight. Mostly cloudy
tomorrow.
Hi
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Klamath Falls
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) —
Concealed weapons are part
of everyday life in Idaho, and
that’s unlikely to change in the
Mountain West state despite a
shocking accident in which a
2-year-old boy reached into his
mother’s purse, grabbed her gun
and shot her in the head inside a
Wal-Mart.
Veronica J. Rutledge was
shopping Tuesday morning
with her son and three nieces in
Hayden, Idaho, when the young
boy got ahold of the small-
caliber handgun. It discharged
one time, killing her.
The boy, Rutledge’s only
child, had been left in a shopping
cart with the purse. The 29-year-
old Rutledge had a concealed
weapons permit.
Guns were a big part of
Rutledge’s life. Her father said
she practiced at shooting ranges
and she and her husbamd had a
concealed weapons permits. He
said for Christmas this year, her
husband gave her the purse with
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supported gun rights
Common Core. One-time support-
ers, such as Louisiana Gov. Bobby
Jindal, have reversed course and be-
come vocal critics.
9. Clinton and the Economy
Hillary Rodham Clinton drew
snickers this past summer when,
while promoting a book for which
she was handsomely paid, she said
she and husband Bill Clinton were
“dead broke” when they left the
White House. She continues to
give speeches that command fees
of $200,000 or more, traveling to
them by private jet. With an income
that places her among the top 1 per-
cent of Americans, and close ties to
Wall Street dating to her time as a
senator from New York, how Clin-
ton shapes her economic message
will be watched by a party with a
renewed focus on income inequali-
ty and economic anxieties for mid-
dle-class families.
10. WWWD: What Will War-
ren Do?
-
tenders.
7. Immigration Actions
Perhaps no issue will riddle Re-
publicans as much as immigration
in the next presidential campaign.
GOP hopefuls must balance an ap-
peal to conservatives who detest
anything they view as “amnesty”
for people living in the U.S. ille-
gally, while also reaching out to
the nation’s fast-growing Hispanic
population. Some GOP lawmak-
ers are also at work drafting busi-
ness-friendly bills to boost visas for
farm and high-tech workers. Re-
publicans running for president will
be asked if they back their party’s
actions in Congress, and if not, be
expected to propose their own solu-
tions.
8. Common Core
In a Republican primary where
the candidates may have more sim-
ilarities than differences, the party’s
debate over the Common Core edu-
cation standards could be explosive.
Once endorsed by state leaders in
both parties, some conservatives
have attacked the voluntary stan-
dards as a government takeover of
education.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
may have more on the line than
anyone, having dedicated much of
his political career to education and
refusing to withdraw his support for
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Gusting winds toppled trees
throughout California, killing at
least three people in the state in
recent days.
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National Summary: Rain and ice will affect part of the South Central states today. Snow
will wind down in Arizona and Utah, but continue in New Mexico and Colorado. Spotty
snow will stretch from the Great Lakes to Montana.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 82° in Tamiami, Fla.
Low -35° in Big Piney, Wyo.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
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