Political People & Events

Rob Johnson: The state representative from Kingfisher who narrowly lost the Republican nomination for the Corporation Commission to Dana Murphy today endorsed her campaign and pledged to help work for her election against incumbent Democrat Jim Roth.

DNC Blog: The Democrats of Oklahoma Community Forum, http://www.demookie.com/, has been selected as an official blog from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Representing the forum there will be Tim Reese and Calvin Rees.

Republican Optimism: Some Oklahoma Republicans are optimistic today about this fall's elections, citing liberal Barack Obama at the top of the ticket, with liberal Andrew Rice as the U. S. Senate nominee and openly gay Jim Roth seeking election as Corporation Commissioner. "We've got to be careful not to get carried away," said a GOP county chairman in southwestern Oklahoma, "but, man, this is shaping up well for us." Said a longtime Tulsa County GOP leader: "We both remember McGovern in '72 and how he killed (Democrat) Ed Edmondson against Dewey (Bartlett). I see the same thing happening this time around, and Obama probably won't do as well as McGovern did. Rice probably wouldn't run too well even without the Obama drag. Way I see it is, conservative Democrats just don't have much of a place to go on the top races except to our nominees. That, or stay home."

Bullet-Proof: Republican Rep. Randy Terrill, having survived an all-out assault in the primary over his sponsorship of the state's new immigration law, is now viewed by many as politically bullet-proof. Said a GOP consultant: "His enemies shot their wad in the primary and he killed 'em. He's got bigger bullets than they do. So what's next: Terrill for governor?"

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