After months of talking up Obama, Smith quickly backpeddles on Lars Larson
In Final Campaign Week, Smith Warns Against 'Unchecked' Obama
Ethan Lindsay, OPB News
10/31/08
On Senator Gordon Smith’s website and in his TV commercials, he rarely if ever mentions he is a Republican.
In some of his ads he talks about his work with Democrats like Barack Obama. But now, in his campaign appearances, the incumbent is publicly criticizing the Democratic presidential nominee....
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Posted October 31, 2008
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