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Jeff Merkley: Time to End the Smith Myth
May 21, 2008
SALEM, Ore., May 21 -- The campaign of Jeff Merkley, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Oregon, issued the following news release:

As he launched his general election campaign today, House Speaker Jeff Merkley declared that it was time to end the Smith Myth. While he says he's a moderate, Republican Gordon Smith has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time.

Merkley pointed to Gordon Smith's record in Washington D.C. and said that Smith has . . .

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