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| | Willamette Week Online | News | COVER STORY | Cover Story | The $25 Candidate • Tom Potter thinks he can be ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Potter, for his part, thinks this race is proof that something is wrong: "Something has changed in our society where money has become the driving issue for candidates, instead of their qualifications to hold office." |
 | | Potter, for his part, is pursuing what could be called a gray-gay strategy: targeting seniors who will be attracted by his age, 63, and residual name recognition, as well as a gay community that was incensed by Francesconi's public statements that "marriage" should be between a man and a woman. |
 | | And if Potter makes the runoff, says his supporter Duffy, then "it's a whole new ballgame." Media outlets that have largely ignored the primary would start to pay attention, and the pressure would be on Potter to raise his contribution cap to $250 or so--which would make the same philosophical statement. |
| www.wweek.com /story.php?story=4939 (3610 words) |
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