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Bend has earned a high spot on a national list again, although this time it's an honor that we probably would just as soon pass up.

Sen. Ron Wyden, one of Oregon's superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention, announced his support for Barack Obama today - a day after Obama had clinched the nomination.

Speculation is growing that the 2nd Congressional District's own Greg Walden will go after the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, but at least one prominent Oregon Republican says a Walden candidacy would be "an almost certain disaster."

One of the knocks on Jeff Merkley during the Democratic senatorial primary campaign was that he was too bland and mild-mannered to run the kind of tough campaign needed to knock off an incumbent. Now Merkley seems determined to refute that charge.

Wayne Kinney, a Democratic convention superdelegate who lives in Bend, announced today that he's supporting Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination.

It's always fun to see how people from The Great Outside perceive little old Bend, Ory-gun, so The Eye decided to pass on some observations made by blogger Jim Tankersley of the Baltimore Sun, who was here to cover Barack Obama's appearance on May 10:

The Oregonian’s editorial board handed some praise to Crook County citizens this morning for voting to put the brakes on more destination resorts.

There they go again: USA Today has published another Chamber-of-Commerce-style puff piece on Bend, touting it as "the new Boulder."

On Wednesday morning, Republican state treasurer candidate Allen Alley challenged Democratic nominee Ben Westlund to a series of five debates. On Wednesday afternoon, Westlund called Alley's bet and raised him by five.

It's not clear what the legal effect of Crook County's overwhelming vote against destination resorts will be, but it might make public officials all over Central Oregon want to hesitate before throwing open the gates for more of them.