With rumors swirling around the blogosphere that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski might be up for a run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, the Portland Tribune elicits a response from the Guv [via Western Democrat]:

It may come as a shocker to Oregonians, but the governor’s name is being tossed around on some lefty weblogs these days as a contender for the Top Job in 2008.

No way, you say? Well, Democratic Freedom (libertariansforamerica.blogs.com) put him on a list of “people to watch in the next four years.” WesternDemocrat (www.westerndemocrat.com) listed him among 19 possible contenders. Daily Kos (www.dailykos.com) praised him, uh, sort of, by saying: “He does not appear particularly ugly or fat and seems to look like a regular guy.”

The Green Papers (www.thegreenpapers.com) was even less enthusiastic, calling him “vice-presidential fodder at best.” (The last veep named Ted — his friends called him that, anyway — was Spiro T. Agnew.)

What does Ted K. have to say about all this?

“Kulongoski,” he told Sources Say, “is easier to spell than Schwarzenegger.”

Very interesting...