Background: OR-01 is a D+8 district which has not gone Republican in decades. This should normally make it reasonably safe for the Democrats… except that the seat is vacant because David Wu… well. Something happened in David Wu’s head. Possibly something neurological; definitely something that caused what was at best a sex scandal and at worst… something else. So – and despite the best efforts of his caucus – Wu resigned; which may not actually help his party all that much. The recent record suggests that voters like to punish parties when one of their House members gets caught showing theirs off; and this situation would certainly qualify. Continue reading Democratic shenanigans, million-dollar ad buys in OR-01.