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Facing the biggest crisis of his decades-long political career, Gov. John Kitzhaber finds himself increasingly isolated.
Few of Kitzhaber's fellow Democrats are sticking up for him as he confronts a barrage of criticism, calls for his resignation and, potentially, a recall petition.
After simmering for months, influence-peddling allegations boiled over on Kitzhaber last week, when an editorial by the Oregonian newspaper calling for his resignation shined a national spotlight on the controversy. On Friday, another newspaper, the Yamhill Valley News-Register in McMinnville, followed suit, saying Kitzhaber has "ardently resisted coming straight."
"While you have enjoyed many successes, your once-admirable legacy has become soiled by your refusal to recognize and rectify wrong turns," the newspaper's editorial team wrote in a letter to Kitzhaber.
Unlike the Oregonian, which endorsed Kitzhaber's re-election bid last year, the McMinnville paper had endorsed Kitzhaber's Republican rival, Dennis Richardson.
A series of newspaper reports since October have revealed that Kitzhaber's fiance, Cylvia Hayes, did paid consulting work for organizations with an interest in Oregon public policy. During the same period, she worked as an unpaid adviser in the governor's office on some of the same issues. Kitzhaber has said repeatedly that he and Hayes took care to avoid conflicts, and a state ethics commission will decide whether conflict-of-interest laws were broken.
Kitzhaber's troubles overshadowed the first week of the legislative session as Democrats moved aggressively to advance some of their top priorities, including a measure to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that Kitzhaber and Hayes strongly support.
In response to questions about the growing controversy surrounding Kitzhaber, legislative leaders demurred.
"This session is off to a productive start," House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, said in a statement. "As the Oregon Government Ethics Commission does its job, we must remain focused on our job as legislators, which is to serve Oregonians by advancing policies that improve people's lives and strengthen our state."
Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, offered his compassion, but he also said he's focused on his own job. Spokespeople for Courtney and Kotek declined to say whether the leaders believed Kitzhaber could effectively govern after the Oregonian editorial said he could not do so.
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Democrats Leave Oregon Governor Isolated in Controversy
PHOENIX In the face of a continued swing toward independent voter registration, the states Republican party has a message for the faithful: Were not as big a bunch of losers as the Democrats.
In a newsletter Friday to party members, Chairman Robert Graham boasted the GOP voter registration lead over Democrats has grown in the last year. He said the advantage now stands at 5.5 percent, and were not letting up.
What Graham didnt mention is that his party actually lost 17,272 adherents. Meanwhile the number of Arizonans who dont want to be associated with any of the political parties increased by more than 43,000, and now stands at nearly 1.17 million almost 36 percent of all registered voters with there now being 53,000 more independents than Republicans.
So why are Republicans crowing?
Were not last, said GOP spokesman Tim Sifert, emphasizing the fact Democratic registrations are down 29,000 over the same period.
But Barbara Lubin, Siferts Democratic counterpart, insisted shes not concerned.
Well be fine, she said.
The numbers arent there, Lubin conceded. But what wins elections is how people vote, not how they register.
If thats the yardstick, last years election suggests Democrats are in trouble.
Every single statewide (office) went to the Republican candidate as opposed to the Democrat candidate, Sifert said.
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It wasnt a good week for bipartisanship in Annapolis.
In a major address, Marylands new Republican governor chided Democrats for the floundering economy. Democrats declared the governors proposed tax cuts dead on arrival and said his priorities were misplaced. And to underline their dismay, Democrats delayed confirmation of five Cabinet nominees.
Less than three weeks after the swearing-in of Gov. Larry Hogan (R) brought two-party rule back to the capital, partisan feuding had returned as well. Glowing talk from the inauguration about working across the aisle suddenly seemed elusive.
Lawmakers said they had reached a key juncture: Relationships could continue to unravel as they did under the states last Republican governor, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. Or, faced with a frustrated electorate and a $700million budget shortfall, Hogan and the Democratic-controlled legislature could find ways to compromise so that both sides could declare victory on issues they care about.
The honeymoon is definitely over, and people are trying to figure how we can move forward, said Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Montgomery). This is not an unsalvageable situation, but we need to reset the tone.
Hogan and his boosters said the week laid bare growing pains in a capital where Democrats are accustomed to controlling the governorship and the legislature. Hogan, they said, is merely trying to follow through on a message of fiscal responsibility that he preached during the campaign.
Given the reason we have a Republican governor is what the Democrats have done in the past, I think they will find a way to work with Governor Hogan, said former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael S. Steele (R).
Hogan spokesman Doug Mayer said the new governor remains committed to working with Democrats, who hold commanding majorities in the House and Senate. The fact is, many great accomplishments have only been achieved after tough negotiations, Mayer said. And that is exactly what we are expecting the outcome here to be as well.
Democrats are furious at the tone of Hogans maiden State of the State speech, in which he offered a dire assessment of Marylands economy to a statewide television audience. He criticized the high taxes, over-regulation and an anti-business attitude of the past eight years and bemoaned an exodus of taxpayers fleeing our state. He claimed that Maryland one of the wealthiest states in the country was dead last in manufacturing and said its economic performance was among the nations worst.
To many Democrats in the chamber, it sounded like the governor was trash-talking our state, Raskin said. Hogan, he said, seemed to forget he was addressing a group of people who feel like theyve given their all over the last many years.
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House Democrats Threaten To Skip Netanyahu Speech March 3rd | Prez Obama, Biden, Kerry No Shows
Explosive! Explosive articles; Netanyahu to face empty Congress seats. Dozens of House Democrats threaten to not attend Netanyahu #39;s speech on March 3, 2015. Also, President Obama and Vice ...
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