Oregon Republican Beats The Crap Out of Somebody Over The Weekend

Chael Sonnen, who's running for the Republican nomination in a suburban Portland district, got a big win on Saturday that had nothing to do with politics.

The GOP hopeful in House District 37 (taking in parts of Washington and Clackamas counties) crushed his opponent in UFC 109 to get a shot at the middleweight title.

And Sonnen also got a lot of attention to comments he made about mixed martial arts. To use two of the hoariest cliches in politics, that's a win-win for Sonnen, a proven battler.