They really can't get their act together. The Oregonian's crack political reporter Jeff Mapes has the story in Sunday's paper:

Oregon Republican Chairman Kevin Mannix has laid out an ambitious to-do list for 2005:

Run for re-election as party chairman. Eliminate virtually all of the $587,000 debt left from his 2002 race for governor. Launch a new race for governor.

Although many politicians might regard that as an overly ambitious, or even contradictory, set of goals, Mannix said he's confident he can simultaneously build up the party, retire campaign debt and put together a new gubernatorial effort.

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After his losses, Mannix faces considerable skepticism from Democrats and some Republicans about his ability to win a governor's race in 2006. And he has taken some heat for the poor showing of Republicans in state races this year and for persuading the party to help retire $37,000 of his old campaign debt.

If they want to keep Mannix as their leader for another few years, that's fine with me. He has done a wonderful job in shepherding the party from one that can win in the state sporadically to one that simply can't win. Nice work, Kevin.