Over at BlueOregon, they're taking notice of the "funky chicken dance" that Ron Saxton is doing on TABOR -- the spending limit measure that will wreck Oregon's economy:

Of course, that puts GOP gubernatorial nominee Ron Saxton in a tough spot. On the one hand, with right-wing anti-tax supporters, he's gotta support TABOR - or risk disillusioning them or shoving them to anti-tax candidate Mary Starrett. On the other, he doesn't want to get elected governor - and then be forced to preside over massive spending cuts.

So, he dances the funky chicken - trying to signal support without coming right out and saying it; trying to signal caution without coming right out and saying it.

The Oregonian wrote about Ron Saxton's wiggling and waffling too:

"I support the concept of a spending limit," he said during last week's debate with Gov. Ted Kulongoski, a Democrat running for re-election. But Saxton wouldn't say whether he supports the one that Oregon voters may be asked to decide. After the debate, he refused to answer questions seeking to clarify his stand.

His campaign manager, Felix Schein, said later that Saxton supports the proposed measure but finds it "imperfect." Then, in a follow-up interview, Schein backed off again, saying Saxton wants to see if the initiative makes the ballot before commenting on it.