Ron likes to talk about the cherry farm he owned, but here at SaxtonWatch we're wondering if they also grew astroturf.

As Loaded Orygun reported earlier this week, support for Saxton was so low that the Oregonian didn't receive a single letter to the editor supporting his candidacy in the previous week. Not one - out of 708 letters submitted.

So what did the Saxton campaign do? Ginned up a lobbyist for the pesticide industry to astroturf some letters out ASAP. You can read more about it over there.