I keep thinking what a nightmare we'd be dealing with if Chris Dudley had won. Was puzzled by the narrow margin between him and John, but guess I shouldn't have been surprised. I live over here in Redneckland and saw lots of Dudley signs. I'm wondering if he might not move back to Vancouver so he could run for Oregon governor again.

Kitzhaber 2014!

I haven't been thrilled with Kitzhaber, but he's better than the alternative.

This Oregon teacher is a bit skeptical of his "adequately funding education" goal. Especially after the special session this fall that screwed current and future retirees.

Still, at this point, I'll take what I can get.

I haven't been following stuff in Oregon as much since I now live overseas, so I'm a bit out of the loop.

It seems like there is a pretty deep bench of younger people on our side who would be good in the job.

I still don't DISlike him; I'm on a hair trigger these days when it comes to my profession: public education, and the corporate reforms that are killing us.

I loved most of my teachers in school (I had one who was psychotic in the 1st grade that I'll never forget though). In high school I had at least three that made a fairly strong impression on me and encouraged me despite my disability. Most of them are probably long past, but I often wish I could go back and thank them again. Schools were a quite different back in the 80's as we didn't have cell phones and all this other stuff distracting students.

Today's schools bear no resemblance to the schools that I attended, or the schools that I taught in when my career began.

I totally agree with that statement. Therefore, even though I am not completely thrilled, I will vote for him in an attempt to keep the other guy out.