FLASHPOINT for Dec 08, 2007

Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 | 2:24 a.m.

The Nevada Power Party - aka The Nevada Republican Party - was at it again last week, pummeling Sen. Harry Reid for trying legislative maneuvers to block those coal plants. According to GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden, "Reid's proposal will sharply increase the rates all Nevadans currently pay on power bills at their homes and businesses." Forget whether this is true - and I am sure Lowden has no idea. Two points are noteworthy. One, Reid's inability to get any Democrats in the state to coalesce around his increasingly vehement anti-coal rhetoric has given the GOP an opening. But second, does anyone think the utility is happy with the Nevada Power Party's sticking a thumb in Reid's eye? I don't think so.

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