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KPOJ's Thom Hartmann & Carl Wolfson: "I voted for Steve Novick"

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TRANSCRIPT (May 9th, 2008, Hour 3 of the KPOJ Morning Show)

Thom Hartmann: Ben in Aloha, nice to welcome you to the show, Ben.

Ben in Aloha: Hey, thank you guys, I would really like to thank that lady for keeping the faith out there. And I would also like to mention Steve Novick's campaign. I'm 70 years old and I think that Steve is the best chance that we have to move Oregon forward in the Senate --

Thom: I would tell you Ben, I voted for him yesterday. We mailed in our ballots this morning.

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Eugene Register Guard: Merkley Goes Negative

It is worth noting the context of some of these comments highlighted in the Merkley attack ad. If you click on the links and read through the comments, you’ll see that Novick started some fairly engaged dialague among fellow progressives about policy and election issues, but hardly stirred up the kind of outrage Merkley is trying to whip up.

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Isaac Laquedem: Give Senator Smith the Hook

Submitted by Andrew Gorry on May 11, 2008 - 2:15pm.

Yesterday, Portland-based political commentator/blogger Isaac Lacquedem endorsed Steve Novick for the U.S. Senate:

I recommend voting for Mr. Novick both on policy grounds and as having the better chance to win in November ...

... his campaign has caught fire in a way that Mr. Merkley's hasn't, and I believe that this makes him the better nominee for the fall campaign.

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Oregonian: Voters want that visceral connection

While Merkley, speaker of the Oregon House, has run the most sanitized, tone-deaf campaign in recent memory, Novick not only has a literal hook but a narrative one as well.

"The biggest houses in Irvington, some of the most expensive in the city, have Novick signs," Fish said. "This is a guy who's on the stump saying the rich aren't paying their fair share in taxes. Are these people dying to pay more in taxes? No. They support him because he's willing to talk about subjects that have been taboo.

"With Novick, it's the value of candor and conviction and a reasonable dose of self-deprecating humor. Steve puts front and center who he is and what he believes. He tells stories and answers questions directly. He's made a virtue out of being partisan."

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