Editorial Blog in OR - merging with Pgh -- and not about Luke

Editorial Blog - StatesmanJournal.com: "A politician who's not afraid to speak his mind

Oregon has puny politicians compared with some in the East.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says what he thinks. That’s refreshing – especially for a candidate seeking re-election.

Rendell, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, spoke to the National Conference of Editorial Writers yesterday in Pittsburgh. He didn’t mince words – about either his fellow Democrats or about the Bush administrations.

Democrats, he said, are afraid to take a stand. Democratic politicians are worried about getting elected, or re-elected, instead of fighting for what they believe in. (Sound familiar, Oregonians?)"

Others in the editorial biz are blogging from Pittsburgh too, so they say.