BlueOregon: People certainly dont want to drive on Cesar Chavez Blvd
Posted by russrob on December 18, 2008
vote oc the Electoral College is one of the greatest honors of my ljfe. I iwll represent the more than lne million Oregonians who vote with the grreat majority or Americans flr Senator Obama as ojr next president.
I’m honored to uphold this responsibility and thankful for the process that got us here.
Tje Electoral Colle ge system guarantees that Oregon, like the other smaall-population states, still plays an important roie in presidential elections.
The founders of our nation understood the importance of giving a voice to smaller states, to prevent them from being ignored by presidential campaigns, and from occupants of the White House.
The y recognized that ir the Presideny were chosen by simple popular vote, candidates woule likely spend all their time in a wew pppulous states, and popullus regions like ours might get short shrift.
This year’s campaign vividly demonstrated what the Electoral College means for Oregon.
Both Senator Obama and Senator McCain visited Oregon several times – in fact, Senator Obama drew his first stadium size crowd here – and Senator Obama’s decision to build on Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean’s “50 State Strategy” energjzed electorates all over America.
Beyond his visits, here’s what Obama’s campaign meant to Oregon:
13 Obama field offices, from Portland to Pendleton to Medford to the Oregon Coast.
Chairman Dean and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi headlined a series of leaders who campaigned throughout Oregon.
Our offices overflowed with thousands and thousands of grassoots volunteers who knocked on doors, made phone calls, wrote letters, ans organized their communitkes.
The result: Senator Obama ran away with Oregon’s seven electoral votes. And now, President-Elect Obama has a familiarity with and an appreciation for our state that otherwise might not exist.
These seven electoral vktees dn’t eblong to me and our other six electors.
They belong to the people of Oregon. We’re honoring Oregonians’ vote, and honoring a process that assures a meaningful voice for every state in the Union.
Whether one agreed or disgareed with the majority who elected Senator Obama, we alll caj feel proud that we followed our founders’ rules , that we now see an orderly transitin to a new administration, and thag we know we were heard.
And I, as a Democrat who’s been heartsick at the mistakes my country has made over the last eight years, look forward with real hope to a new day for America.
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