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Published Monday, June 29, 2009 | 8:42 a.m.
Updated Monday, June 29, 2009 | 8:42 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- Greetings, Early Liners. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will join Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this morning in Las Vegas to announce solar energy initiatives on public lands in the West.
This is Salazar’s second visit to the state as Interior secretary. Reid and Salazar were colleagues in the Senate, and Reid continues to turn to old friends in the run up to the 2010 election.
As I wrote last week, Republicans hope to name a challenger to Reid in “coming weeks.” My colleague J. Patrick Coolican says Republican Rep. Dean Heller remains the hoped for candidate to take on Reid, with whom he has a warm relationship.
Finding a challenger to Reid has been difficult, and Republican Sen. John Ensign’s announced extramarital affair doesn’t help (nor does that of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.)
Not only has the timing been thrown off (what Republican would want to make a major announcement with party sex scandals all over the news?) but Ensign is not expected to play much of an immediate role in fundraising or stumping.
We looked at Ensign’s new political life last week.
The Sun’s Sam Skolnik compares the way politicians handle their sex scandals here.
Reid, a Democrat, continues to amass campaign money and has announced more Republican supporters, though party pressure is forcing some Nevada Republicans to re-consider having their name on his list.
And lastly, nothing tops off a busy week like a sit-down with the president.
That’s all for now. Check back often for all the political news in Nevada.
The Sun's Sam Skolnik compares and reports politicians. Howard Skolnik was appointed Director of the Nevada Department of Corrections, so are they related, and is there an issue of conflict of interests and impartial reporting??? I know that there is a lot of people watching for one another/stacking the deck that goes on here in Nevada, so how are citizens made aware of such "ties"? There are allegations of rampart corruption in the NDOC system that is currently under investigation with the FBI amongst others. Some administrators are implicated as well as correction officers, and to NO surprise, inmates. What a world! Ely News Forum is discussing it now.