FLASHPOINT for Nov 29, 2006

Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006 | 7:05 a.m.

It has become conventional wisdom that Rep. Jon Porter will always be vulnerable, especially after Tessa Hafen's strong showing and the district's close partisan demographics. But beyond those numbers lie some depressing figures for the Democrats as they chant their wait-until-next-years. Porter destroyed Hafen by almost 2-to-1 in the district's outlying areas - Boulder City, Laughlin, Moapa Valley, Bunkerville, Moapa and Searchlight. Yes, even Harry Reid's Searchlight went for Porter against his ex-press secretary. And total turnout in the outlying areas was 70 percent. Porter's margin of victory in those areas - not far from his overall margin over Hafen. Even the rurals kill Democrats in Southern Nevada!

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