Oregon: What's Driving Gordon Smith?

Gordon Smith blocks the debate over Iraq in the US Senate. He refuses to speak out on proposals to hold Bush accountable for changing course in Iraq. (Ron Wyden and the House D's were able to take a position, what's the problem here Senator?) The Oregonian: "he's been here, there, everywhere on the war, on a Senate resolution opposing President Bush's troop escalation, even on the question of debating the issue in the Senate."

Um...here's an explanation: the '06 election and the writing on the wall. Pure politics, plain and simple.