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Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 12:48 p.m.
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Perhaps the most interesting moment of Mayor Oscar Goodman’s press conference Thursday was when he said nothing at all.
Goodman declined to endorse either Rory Reid, the Democrats’ pick for Nevada’s open governor’s office, or Brian Sandoval, the GOP nominee, until further notice. Goodman threw his support Saturday behind Reid’s father, Harry, for reelection to the U.S. Senate.
The announcement, Goodman explained, would require a little more fanfare than the sparsely populated City Council Chambers on Thursday morning.
“When I support somebody, it has to be like a big deal. It has to be like a tour,” Goodman said, referring to his survey of the Smith’s Center construction site with Senator Reid that followed his endorsement. “When we do it, it will be done with aplomb.”
He added that his decision would come “pretty soon.”
Goodman himself considered a run for governor in the early days of the campaign, even dropping his Democratic affiliation to possibly run as an independent. Six months of speculation ended in January, though, when Goodman said he was content to ride out the rest of his term as mayor.
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Oscar has to support Rory, I'm ashamed of my father and my last name Reid. He can't support the senile old man and dump on the silver spoon kid. That nwould bring bad negative connotations to the senate race. But he knows Rory can't win and hye won't get much from the RINO Sandoval after the election. Such a dilema, like fathers day in NLV.
Perhaps neither Reid nor Sandoval wants the public support of a tyrannical alcoholic mob lawyer who helped run Vegas into bankruptcy with egotistical boondoggle projects. Just guessing though.
Tom Shermspun
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Silver spoon? What's Ensign hae to do with it? except he's in bigger doo doo that Rangle.
If he's endorsing Reid for the Senate then how about some hindsight here? Hello?
He'll endorse Rory simply because he's a traitor and endorsed the father. Shame on you Oscar especially after all the crap supporters of yours put up with and you back stab us with the Reids.
Oscar your a clown.
But Oscar is, himself, an Independent. So wouldn't it make sense that he would endorse an Independent? So, in that case, he would be endorsing Gino DiSimone. Just a thought.
If he endorsed Rory Las Vegas will get the new
stadium.
Politics at its best.
"Oscar your a clown." And poster--you're uneducated.