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Freedom Friday We are winning and the Dems are desperate. Kate is threatening to declare a climate emergency and suspend the Oregon constitution's quorum requirement. I don't think she will because there are far more negatives for her personally and it may threaten Democrat control of the legislature, not to mention Treasurer, SOS and AG races. The House decides to subpoena striking House R's even though they admit the subpoena's […]

Persuasion: what we say and how we say it makes all the difference in cutting through the digital noise and effectively communicating with others. If OR House and Senate R's communicate effectively about how why they walked out can they negate the Dems demographic advantage in some legislative districts? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/02/demographics-drive-republican-party-nosedive-on-west-coast.html Dems up the ante with new legislation that's even worse than carbon tax, but in reality they just gave R's […]

Why should any Republican legislator compromise on Carbon tax if it ultimately destroys the lives of their constituents? Gov wants R's to come back and allow carbon tax to pass with delays in it's eventual implementation in rural areas. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/02/oregon-house-republicans-join-senate-republicans-in-capitol-walk-out-over-climate-bill.html House Republicans unexpectedly walked out yesterday to join Senate Republicans who have left the state. Who is winning the messaging wars? Sen Kim Thatcher says a boycott is necessary to […]

Republican Senators walk out to stop the Carbon Tax; does it help them with swing voters or hurt them? Does it depend on their messaging? https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/02/oregon-senate-republicans-announce-walkout-over-climate-cap-and-trade-bill.html https://oregoncatalyst.com/46459-senate-gop-walks-carbon-tax-sham-demand-public-vote.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OregonCatalyst+%28The+Oregon+Catalyst%29 Nationwide poll shows Crazy Bernie will hurt Dems downticket: Red Flag as this is a Bloomberg internal poll, but if it is true, it helps us in OR https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/25/bloomberg-internal-poll-claims-bernie-would-hurt-downballot-dems-117290

Republicans walk out of the short session tonight: the carbon energy sales tax moves out of ways and means committee today and that triggers the walkout. https://katu.com/news/local/cap-and-trade-progresses-amid-controversy Sen Knopp tells his caucus he isn't walking out with them because he thinks its the only way to keep the seat in his Republican hands. He is ignoring the devastating Legislative Revenue report that says they cannot figure out how much cap […]