Emily Rose hearts Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate!

Posted by Carla Axtman on May 9, 2008

Blogger Emily Rose of Emily Rose in Rose City, blogs about why she decided to support Jeff Merkley:

In Portland, the city of overflowing Obamarama, its uncool to like the known quantity, I get that. But honestly, before one week ago, I knew very little about Jeff Merkley. My friend, Tricia, an uber activist, uber progressive, ten times the environmentalist that I’ll ever be, Tricia told me that I must vote for Jeff Merkley for US Senate. Tricia remains my good friend despite the fact that I may be the only person she knows who makes regular trips to the Chanel counter (thankfully, she doesn’t hold this against me). The point is: I trust Tricia implicitly in all things progressive. If Tricia loves Merkley, then I love Merkley.

And then, over tasty enchiladas and good wine, I met the man. Jeff Merkley is charismatic and likable and feisty when it matters. He’s got an amazing track record, he’s all about helping Oregon families with the big issues: Health care, good, solid jobs and getting our men and women soldiers out of Iraq. He is tough and he is smart.

Emily (and her very cute little boy) stopped by the campaign office the other day to let me know that she was going to blog about Jeff. She was overflowing with excitement about the possibility of having Jeff Merkley as our next U.S. Senator!

Her entire post is wonderful, so stop by and read it.