So will there be any excitement left by the time the polls close on the West Coast? Michael Torguson, an RCC political instructor and former candidate for Medford City Council, says there's a lot to watch beyond Obama-McCain.
California, Oregon and Washington have been blue on most maps for weeks, maybe months, so McCain's hopes lie east of here. But voters should have plenty to keep them in line (not in Oregon of course, where voting lines are so yesterday), including a slew of ballot measures in California and Oregon, a close Senate race in Oregon and a governor's race in Washington.
When Ronald Reagan swept to victory in the 1980s, the networks called the race early and voters on the West Coast stayed home. The Democrats said that cost them dearly and exacted promises from the networks to stop the early predictions. The Web has made those promises irrelevant.
In Oregon, you still have 85 minutes to vote.
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I hate crowds, and am following you from my home, surfing the channels and browsing the internet. Thanks for the comments and observations!
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