SOULTIGHT

"After they drove the car into the ditch, they made it as difficult as possible for us to pull it back,  and now as we're slowly but surely pulling the car out, keeping in mind that it's badly dented and may need a tune up--now they're tapping on our shoulders, wanting the keys back. No! You can’t drive! We don’t want to have to go back into the ditch. We just got the car out!"   --President Barack H. Obama, tonight, at the Oregon Convention Center.

“You would have thought at a time of historic crisis that Republican leaders would have been more willing to help us find a way out of this mess,” Obama added. “Particularly since they created the mess."


Locked in an extremely tight battle for Oregon's governor seat, Democratic candidate John Kitzhaber received a boost, not to mention a strong endorsement, from President Barack Obama on Wednesday night.
Speaking at a rally of 10,000 supporters at the Oregon Convention Center, Obama cemented his backing of Kitzhaber, saying of the race between Kitzhaber and Republican Chris Dudley, "This shouldn't be a difficult choice."
Obama praised Kitzhaber's commitment to health care, noting that Oregon added programs during Kitzhaber's previous tenure as governor from 1995 to 2003 that have helped insure thousands of patients.
"John knows Oregon needs his experience, his wisdom, his compassion," Obama said. "We know we've got a lot of work to do. The private sector has created jobs for nine months in a row, but there's still a lot of people hurting out there. That's what keeps me up at night, it keeps John up at night. We've got to change the policies that hurt us in the first place." Obama also used his 32-minute speech to espouse electric cars "made right here in America." He also implored local governments to maintain education funding, noting that many districts are experiencing 20 percent cuts..
Obama expressed admiration for Oregon U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, who joined the president and Kitzhaber along with Oregon Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and David Wu. He noted that Blumenauer offered early support for Obama.

--courtesy bizjournals.com      and I was there also!