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twitterFlashpoint for Nov. 12, 2005
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005 | 9:04 a.m.
Jon Ralston hosts the news discussion program Face to Face with Jon Ralston on Las Vegas ONE and also publishes the daily e-mail newsletter RalstonFlash.com. His column for the Las Vegas Sun appears Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Ralston can be reached at 870-7997 or through e-mail at ralston@vegas.com.
Like their counterparts across the country, flush with the news of plummeting presidential polls and GOP grumblings, Nevada Democrats are excited. This week, the party sent out an email crowing about the recent balloting where Democrats "kicked some elephant in elections nationwide." Cute. The election, the missive pointed out, "is less than a year away!" Indeed. And that exclamation, while reason for the Democratic ebullience, also is cause for pause. The Republicans also have a year to get well - or at least better. And the Democrats here have to overcome being underdogs in every statewide race because of the state's demographics. Can they really turn a red state into blue? Or will they just be blue come November?
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