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Presidents designating large tracts of land as wilderness, under the Wildlife Wilderness Act, have seemingly been obligatory since the history of fog.

The Rothenberg Report presently rates the Oregon gubernatorial race as "Safe Democrat."A But a new poll from Moore Information casts some doubt on this rating.A It finds Congressman Greg Walden trailing former Governor Kitzhaber and Representative Peter DeFazio by only four points, and leading Ex-Secretary of State Bill Bradbury by four points.

For some lawmakers it is never too early to start greasing the money machine. Though he was re-elected just this past fall, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has already taken in $390,400 since the beginning of 2009.

President Barack Obama may be facing tacit opposition to his planned health care reform over the coming months from an unlikely source: Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.

And WW reporter Beth Slovic earned special recognition in the Bruce Baer award - Oregon's top prize for investigative reporting - for her series of pieces last year on now-former U.S. Sen.

Die-hard political junkies may remember R.C. Hammond, a staffer for former U.S. Sen.

The official portrait of former Gov. John Kitzhaber was unveiled at the State Capitol Wednesday night as talk continued to swirl over whether he'll run for the job again in 2010.

Question: What happens when your $192 million highway project gets a green light from lawmakers and heads for a floor vote in the Oregon Legislature? Answer: It becomes a target.

Easton brings GOP cred to VH John Easton, who was chief of staff to former Sen. Gordon Smith , couldn't pass up the offer to join his pal Robert Van Heuvelen on the small staff of VH Strategies - and his addition to the roster makes the firm officially bipartisan.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski today came to the rescue of U.S. Attorney Karin Immergut , a Bush administration appointee who faces losing her job under President Obama.

Kerry Tymchuk, who wrote speeches for former U.S. Senator Bob Dole and helped Dole write a book on 'presidential wit,' says Abraham Lincoln was 'far and away' the nation's funniest president.

It's over a year until the primary for Oregon's new governor. But the lineup couldn't be more interesting.

Until he was buried in last November's Obama landslide, Oregon's Republican Sen.

Swing State Project: Oregon Guv's race "leans D" Carla Axtman Swing State Project is one of the daily ways I get my national political wonkiness fix.

USA Today has tracked down the 62 lawmakers who left Congress last year to see what they're up to, Turns out 16 of the 62 lawmakers who left Congress are working for outfits trying to influence their former colleagues.

Democrats' new challenger to GOP Rep. Dave Reichert, former Microsoft VP Suzan DelBene, reports raising $314,000 in the first quarter of 2009, including $200,000 in "seed money" out of her own pocket.

A top aide to former Sen. Gordon Smith has joined the lobbying firm Conkling Fiskum & McCormick Inc.

Views of Mount Hood will be through the trees, now that 125,000 more acres have been protected.

Sellwood resident Rachel Bristol was recently honored for her work leading the Oregon Food Bank.

Remember those endless attack ads between then-Sen. Gordon Smith and then Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley? The ones that made you so sick you killed your TV during their 2008 U.S. Senate race and didn't buy a new one till Obama's inaugural address? Now the winner of that race, Merkley, emailed supporters today seeking their help to pay for those ...