After their abysmal performance in the legislative session just ended, and their lock-step support of the reviled public employees unions, Democrats are justifiably vulnerable. But if Republicans insist on some hard-right litmus test, they will lose their best chance in years of taking the governorship. Oregonians are ready for new leadership, or more accurately, any leadership. And the number one issue which will propel Republicans to power is the PERS debacle. Public employee unions continue their unyielding stance at their peril.