Kulongoski on Western Democrats Governors, National Leadership, Oregon

Once again, Jonathan Singer over at Basie! lands an interview and breaks news.

For starters, Governor Ted Kulongoski was pretty unequivocal about running for president: "No and no."

Beyond that, he talked about his views on the Western Democrat concept:

...The Democratic Governor’s Association is now looking for a new Executive Director and I was interviewed as to what we need, and I said the first thing is that someone understands that in fact there’s another part of this country on the western side of the Mississippi. And the other is one that has as much as a Southern policy, a Western policy.

...This may be surprising to you – but I think California is more in play than probably the Republicans want, because they’re putting all of their horses in out there. I think the Democrats can win Colorado this time. You have Freudenthal in Wyoming. I think that there are a number of Western states that the Democrats can win. I don’t believe that a lot of these Western states are as red as everyone says they are. I think that in fact we’re going to turn them. I really believe that.

Good stuff, Basie.

Kari Chisholm | March 20, 2005 | Comment on This Post (0 so far) Permalink: Kulongoski on Western Democrats Governors, National Leadership, Oregon

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