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Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 | 11:02 a.m.
Sun Coverage
WASHINGTON -- On the heels of the Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts, the optimistic head of the Nevada state Republican Party projects a “Republican renaissance” in the state, and promised to close the nearly 100,000 voter registration advantage Democrats now enjoy by Oct. 1.
“We envision in Nevada being in a statistical dead heat with Democrats on who’s going to show up and vote,” Nevada Republican Party chairman Chris Comfort said in a call with reporters.
Already, Democrats have seen what had been a 100,000-person advantage among active voters at the start of 2009 slip to 84,000 by year’s end. During the same time period, the number of active Republicans also dropped. But the number of independents, including those who are not active voters, rose.
Comfort said he imagines the state Republican Party wooing those independents under what he described as a “big tent" -- a concept that may counter the purity tests facing Republican candidates in Nevada and nationwide as conservatives push the party to the right.
“You’re going to see a Republican renaissance take hold in Nevada,” Comfort said.
So your saying Gibbons is getting re-elected?
We only hate Democrats more, don't confuse that with GOP love. Yes, if Gibbons and Reid were drowning and I HAD to save one it'd be Gibbons, but I'd rather stay dry if I could.
unseed reid. time to go. obama and his socialist agenda got its walking papers last night.
That GOP chairman is one funny guy. Thanks for the laffs.
The idea of big tent Republicans is hilarious. The Tea Partiers won't be happy until they've excommunicated even slightly moderate Republicans (RINOs in their eyes).
The only way Republicans can win is if Democrats become complacent (see Ma-Sen Jan. 2010).
Chris Comfort is in it for Chris Comfort. He is a huge fan of Chris Comfort, ask him, he will tell you his favorite person is Chris Comfort. Chris Comfort is delusional.
Sarah Pallin, the darling of hate-talk radio, both Nationally and amoungst the loco-locals, is down in Arizona campaigning for McCain. This even though J D Hayworth, radio talk show host and former Congressman is polling slightly higher in the Republican Party primary than McCain.
So when you hear Beck or Hannity talk about the new conservative movement, you know they are selling a load of baloney. McCain is for amnesty and global warming measures.
Hannity is supporting Lowden and Hugh Hewitt is supporting Takanian. Hannity was complaining that some of his collegues are claiming credit for the teabag movement (Glen Beck) so there is already major infighting.
I hate both parties and will plug my nose and vote straight Republican next time out after voting straight Democrat last time. Hopefully Republicans can continue the 8 years of the Bush sprial downward so they'll never get elected again. Dems don't have any spine to do anything and crumble under the bully Republicans, so give it to the bullies. All I know is I'll buy Haliburton stock which gives every NEOCON a Vegas massage daily I guess the way their stock runs up under them.
Once again a (R) is in the news for something he says. Once again, there's a headline based on a pledge, nothing has been done or legislated that benefit's the people in any way, shape or form and it's a story??
Take another toke their Mr. Comfort, is Mr. Steele in the room with you? If that's the case then you guys better get a bigger bag to make this "pipe dream" come true. Gaining one seat in the Senate only gives the GOP more rope to hang themselves with, it does not signify a shift to the right across the Nation or in this State by any means. You (R)'s wanna make some headway? How bout using your vote and legislative skills to get something done in a bi-partisan manner? American's are sick and tired of the Party of "NO!" especially when instead of trying to work with Democrats for a compromise, they try to block all progressive legislation without offering a single alternative or plan that changes the status quo.
It seems clear to me that Americans don't want big government. They don't want big government Republicans and they don't want big government democrats. Seems many have noticed that big government gives big money to big business and big union.
http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/20/th...
Why would anyone vote either Republican or Democrat? A vote for either party is a vote for the status quo. I may be wasting my vote, but I always vote for someone without an R or a D after their name. At least I can relax knowing that my vote does not contribute to the crooked political machine. If more people voted like me, then we could finally be rid of the corrupt system that exists today.
Hey, it's raining. That means the drought is over.
Oh and here we go, Patrick's talking about the evils of big government.
As an aside, I wonder why NPRI (or their far-right think tank cohorts) always conducts cost/benefit analysis on education, but never on defense spending.
Massachusetts elected a fairly liberal Republican yesterday, over a poorly campaigning liberal Democrat.
Interestingly, when you look at Brown's legislative record, he's not the darling of the Republican party that everyone seems to be making him out to be. In particular, Boris Shor found that, when taken in context of the Senate, Brown falls to the LEFT of the record of Olympia Snowe.
"Scott Brown won the special Senate election in Massachusetts over Martha Coakley yesterday. In an earlier post, I argued that Scott Brown's legislative record in the State Senate put him in the liberal wing of his party -- a state legislative caucus which was amongst the most liberal Republicans in the country."
"My comparative research design allowed me to place him to the left of Dede Scozzafava, even though the two had never served together. It also allows me to put Brown on the same ideological scale with members of Congress, so I can make an informed prediction about how he'll vote when he joins the Senate."
http://bshor.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/sc...
http://bshor.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/sc...
His legislative record is also to the left of Dede Scozzafava.
So, Patrick, given that you seem to have no knowledge of Brown's actual legislative record, how in the world can you spin this as some populist crusade against large government?
Don't get over-confident Comfort. Just because we hate Liberals doesn't mean we're going to embrace RINO's and their self-serving consultants like Sig Rogich.
"Conservative" is the new green. When that term is used during the telecast of every major football game it has assuredly become a vulgar fad for the vulgar masses.
Edge,
He won for one reason only. He was going to vote no on Obmamacare.
PS, NPRI is a state based think tank. As far as I'm aware, the state government is not engaged in foriegn wars. But yes, defense spending is high, but so is all the spending for the welfare state.
Isn't it interesting that nobody is mentioning the elephant (Ensign) in the room that is now under serious investigation by the FBI's special task force on political corruption . . . .
The GOP's Senatorial gain with Brown, could be short lived, if there is sufficient evidence to force Ensign to resign. It's happened before. Just ask FORMER Califonia Congressman Randy Cunningham who is now serving a prison term, even though he was a former decorated Viet Nam war flying ace.
And, the investigations could just be beginning. Next up, Gibbons??????
Finally Lisa Reid is acknowledging the "Nonpartisans" are the fastest growing political bloc in the state.
Btw, Lisa, "independent" connotates a political party registered with the Secretary of State- NOT those that aren't associated with either. It is "Nonpartisan". Is that so hard to spell?
If you want to bloc the robo calls and tell both parties where they can go, call your county clerk and become a "nonpartisan" (NOT an independent). The number is here and freedom from robo calls is done by NOT INCLUDING YOUR PHONE NUMBER; it is NOT required: http://nvsos.gov/index.aspx?page=82
"What's most striking about this poll is that opposition to Obama's plan has increased 20 percentage points since April--coinciding, not surprisingly, with the president's big push to convince us that it's needed. The more people learn, apparently, the less they like.
Now, I am under no grand illusions about democracy. The electorate can be mercurial and irrational--as nearly every election proves. Nor do I believe any ethical politician should abandon his core values simply because polls tell him it would be expedient.
I say, keep fighting, Mr. President. Those of us who believe in capitalism need you.
But the fact is we have one party controlling both houses of Congress--with historically impressive margins. We have an opposition political party Americans have lost confidence in. We have endured a frightening downturn that allowed the far left to advance a menu of stunning regulatory intrusions that normally would be non-starters.
Finally, we have a charismatic and articulate president who, armed with a nearly national landslide, was given the stage to make his pitch on health care reform.
If, with all that, the progressives cannot convince voters that the central cause of their movement is necessary, then it is not a messaging problem or a leadership problem, and it is not a Republican problem; it is an idea problem--a terrible idea problem."
http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/20/th...
Sheesh!!! One Republican win in what has been a primarily Democratic State and the Repubs are getting all excited!!!
Give the American public some credit. If we're lucky, people will vote for the ones who can do the job, regardless of party affiliation. And change is good. The good people of the Commonwealth of Massachusettes wanted change, instead of the Kennedy Dynasty. They had no choice but to vote for the republican guy.
Balderdash! Republican leglislator's in Carson City supported the progressive Democrat members by passing a 2 billion dollar plus tax increase. This during a recession with an unemployment rate of 10% and massive mortagage failures! The Clark County Republican party is a mess and only a fool would register as a Republican. The Republican party will offer the same old tired slate of cardboard canidates with no new ideas or solutions to current problems!
Spare the masses from their own doom for they know no more than what they've been told -- let it not yet be another Republican or Democratic scoundrel offering no escape from the "renaissance" of a controlling duopoly committed to servitude for all and liberty to none.
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Big Tent?
Nevada Repubs?
Are you JOKING?
Pup tent, maybe.
Munch, it does seem a bit over blown but maybe it is not. Brown ran on stopping the health care bill. His fiscally conservative views got him elected. In addition, that one seat will break the filibuster proof super majority in the senate and will require that dems make a bipartisan effort. Please don't forget that the seat has been under the dems since 1968 (I think). Mass. is still very liberal but getting rid of the health plan is important enough to elect a republican.
Brown is quite centrist though.
jr99, good post. Right on the button.
Harry Reid, Shelly Berkley and Dina Titus, Nevada's 3 headed monster! Time to clean house. In November we reclaim our state and put us back on the past of prosperity and responsible government!
John McCain is spending millions on ads attacking J D Hayworth (who hasn't even said he was running). Guess entrenched Republicans like McCain and Gibbons are running scared as well.
Isn't Sandoval for amnesty? Why does he get so much adulation from MALDEF? Isn't that a radical group according to the teabaggers???
And why did Sue Lodune try to remove abortion as an issue in the past and now is raising money as a right to lifer?
The Dems have lost the middle because the Obama gang is too Leftist. Period. Nothing is going to change because they are ideologues first and foremost. They want "control" to implement their "we know best" agenda. In three years Obama will be the "former president."
All elected officials are all looking behind them today. They should be...
Coakley went on vacation in December with a big lead, special elections are short term, and outcomes can be strange. Coakley is fully to blame for not taking care of business, meaning if you are going to run as the lead horse you have to step up to the plate and hit the ball.
Barack Obama, and his 2008 election mandate, was not on the Mass ballot.
Mass made a poor decision, but the majority of voters spoke, and that's that. They elected an Al Bundy type who drives a truck for a prop (where have we seen THAT before?), and is supportive of tax cuts (with two wars), waterboarding, and without the experience or party machinery to effectively represent Mass on Capitol Hill.
The math changing from 40 to 41 in the Senate is negligible, because Joe Lieberman was always number 40, and he is no Bob Dole.
ummm how about everyone quits voting for all republicans and all democrats???? lets get Ron Paul or someone else who actually cares about the people and not about the almighty dollar.
All of you people on here are off the charts. Be advised Brown won not as a republican but as a politician with common sense. The health care scare was a loser and any of you democratic liberals that think otherwise need an education. The republicans have no true leader right now but one will emerge within the year. Obama was smart stopping the bill and waiting for Brown as the country would have revolted against the government and squashed him. The true voters that actually know the issues showed up last night in Mass. and told the government what they thought. Every person in this country owes them a thank you for bailing this country out. If Obama was smart he'd get rid of the trash that surrounds him starting with Reid and Pelosi and if he does that he will be re-elected in 2012.
If the choice is Obama/McCain, Biden/Palin Reid/SlickRhino .. Tea Parties are Never Going to Stop. McCain is targetted in Arizona. Hopefully he will be gone in 2010. The people who donate and get into the streets to monitor for voter fraud are people who like Demint, King (IA) Brown (MA) Sessions (AL). The people who donate are people like me who care about the Quality of the Candidate and Cleaning Up Voter Fraud!
The Republican party is not going to get anything if the candidates are the caliber of Palin, McConnel, McCain...Bush de ja vu all over again..
The Tea Party is NOT the Republican party...so don't expect any "renaissance" except if the Republicans clean up their act..No More GW's/BO's..No more Harvard good old boy..or Stanford good old boys either!
Gregory,
I'm pretty sure I heard your first paragraph on NBC. Brown ran on stopping health care. As for Obama, he went to Mass. to help Coakley. This one seat can make a difference and it can affect the most expensive plan on Obama's list of expensive plans. Say what you want but liberal Mass. may have saved the nation with their special election. In addition, with a senate that is as partisan as it is, this is a message directed at the opposition.
I would have agreed with you if it wasn't for the Health bill and partisan senate.
I love it. Scary Reid wagered his political future, let alone his majority leader status, on a health-care gamble that has blown up in his face, as I predicted it would six months ago. Well, bye-bye, Searchlight Scary.
Omaba and Reid are already punting on health care. They're going to settle on passing "issues where there is agreement."
How about free band-aids for illegal immigrants, instead of free trips to the emergency room. I think we can all agree on that.
Neddleguy: time for another injection. My advice is to significantly increase the dosage. You'll feel much better...for awhile.
so the republicrats are moving up to the second basement from the third - that does not a renaissance make - what the country needs is to have a few strong parties besides the democans and republicrats so that the people have a voice instead of just the greedy and the powerful
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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supreme court just ruled that allows corporations to give unlimited amounts in campaigns. thought you were owned by these scumbuckets before. we are the corporation of america. wake up folks, if you have a chance to buy anything thats made in america-buy it- even if it costs a couple $'s more. this country is 3rd world, we're aa serfs for 1%of these rich and lazy as-ho---.
Change the Constitution. I want to vote for Arnold. He and Maria could actually DO SOMETHING to get America back on track!!!
revtomperl,
I wish it was that easy and common sense party could be started but it wouldn't help if the numbers weren't big enough.
The two parties are between a wide spectrum of ideology between left and right. Cleon Skousen described it very well in "The 5000 Year Leap".
The ultra left leads to communism while the ultra right leads to anarchy. Both left and the right are huge mistakes and the parties we have are somewhere in the middle (I would say lean a bit more to the left). Great book. I also read "The Communist Manifesto" which wasn't very good. The reality is, the farther right you go, the more freedom an individual will have.
Gibbons -- Conservative maybe, but has been ineffective his first term to get his ideas and solutions done for Nevada!
Sandoval -- RINO that handed over a perfectly good job over to the liberals!
Montandon -- Conservative/Constitutionalist who can articulate facts and doesn't skirt answering questions asked of him.
Rory -- The man with no last name "REID" -- You've got to love a guy that will ditch his family name all for a shot at being Elected to office, but has know problem taking DADDY REID's money. Liberalism at its finest!
BUT ONLY A DEDATE BETWEEN THESE MEN WILL TELL US THE REAL STORY!!! WE NEED TO DEMAND TO HAVE ONE NOW!!!