Political Desk

Good morning, readers. My pile of Sunday papers awaits, so I’ll make this quick:  Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have set up headquarters in McMinnville, both are downtown on Third Street.  Also, Obama has picked up more superdelegates in recent days, including Oregon’s Peter DeFazio. Jim Bunn responded to the Weidner camp’s “urgent community alert” earlier in the week with some pointed comments of his own. Also, see Saturday’s News-Register for a huge collection of letters from readers, weighing in on the races. Finally, it isn’t political in the conventional sense, but don’t miss my colleague Nicole Montesano’s commentary in the Viewpoints section on local food sustainability.