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by NW Spotlight
KGW interviewed Oregon Republican Party Chairman Allen Alley this week after President Obama stopped by Portland on his West Coast ATM tour – with Obama hitting up cities like Portland for $500-$30,000 a plate while cancelling his grass roots rally [2]. I want your cash, but I’d really rather not actually meet with the riff raff…
Allen Alley told KGW [3] he believes Oregon and its seven electoral votes could send Mitt Romney to the White House in November. Obama’s 2008 lead in Oregon has dwindled – KGW quoted Allen Alley “While Obama carried with Oregon with a 16 percent margin in 2008, Alley said some polls show the margin has dwindled to single digits.”
Alley’s assessment is right in line with an analysis [4] in the Huffington Post earlier this month done by Derrick Kitts, a Republican former state representative from Hillsboro and former House Majority Whip. Kitts wrote “Oregon is the sleeper state up for grabs in 2012. The president’s numbers are below 50% in a state he won by 17% in 2008. For these reasons, Oregon will prove to be the decider of the 2012 presidential election.” Kitts now works for MSNBC.