Oregon: Westlund the "real wildcard" in gov race - 3 other indies go for it

Independent Sen. Ben Westlund is still the “real wildcard” in the Oregon gubernatorial race.
by Mark Todd Engler NW Meridian June 9 If you like variety and unpredictability in your politics, then you’ve got to be thinking the 2006 gubernatorial campaign just got a whole lot more entertaining than it was shaping up only a few weeks ago. On the other hand, if you like variety and unpredictability in your politics, you’re also probably not an oily campaign flak-flinger or weasly hack strategist working for one of the two major syndicates. Because if you are, you likely anticipate nothing but headaches and chronic annoyance ahead in trying to figure out how to deal with the emerging candidacies of Mary Starrett, Joe Keating, Richard Morley and Ben Westlund...... [more]