Have any polls come out suggesting that Obama is actually ahead in Oregon? The last one I saw had him way behind.

The results in Washington State make me think that Oregon is a sure-fire Obama win (those Washington caucusgoers didn't love Obama; they lurved him), but I'm still a little wary of this chicken-counting.

PS: Kansas! Who would have guessed it?

I had Kansas. They won the best hoops conference in the nation.

Sadly, the rest of my bracket was such a clusterf*ck that picking them did me no good whatever.

I know for a fact that many people in Oregon drink lattes, so this may not count after all. But for now, here's Obama up 52-42 in Oregon:

tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/.../surveyusa_obama_ahead_by_10_po.php

It's good that Obama will get some fans at OSU because he needs it there, bad.  Corvallis is pretty rural, and a great deal less progressive than Portland, Salem or Eugene (U of O).  If the primaries make it to Oregon he is going to need big wins, a gift that Oregon probably won't give unless he captures the rural areas that tend to swing to the right.  

(I'm an Oregonian, perhaps obviously.)

This is a wonderful story, if only because we can now find more ways to talk about Beavers.

I'm only just recovering from the LSU Lady Tigers' foul-line meltdown against Tennessee.

My Mom (70 years old) started a "Geezers for Obama" group in her church. She lives in a town called Dundee, in the wine country outside Portland.  She thinks he'll win by 25% there, everywhere she goes is a blizzard of Obama signs and everyone she knows supports him. The area is a mix of old school farmers, upscale winery people and young families - very white, very VERY nice (like most Oregonians).  

It seems like Obama's kind of state (western, independent minded, super green, swing state) but tjo2150 (a shout out to the nice Oregonian!) is on the ground and knows his/her state - it's a tough call. They have the only mail-in voting system in  the country too - I'm very curious to see how that plays out.  

They also have some of the best Republicans still left out there, they do exist and they all live in Oregon.

I picked Kansas to win as well, and even picked the margin of victory of 7 points, and even got one score kind of right, but actually I picked Kansas over Duke final score 68 to 61. Thanks to the final game I finished in the middle of the pack at 15. Sinnott 1 was the big winner. Josh came in at 13.