- Stories
- A study in contrasts: Obama and Romney at VFW
- Wednesday, July 25, 2012
- You had to be there.
- When politicians and partisans exploit
- Sunday, July 22, 2012
- In stark contrast (I hope) to the thumbsucking and fulminating about the horrific events in Aurora, Colo., I prefer to spend today on a much less tragic incident last week, but one that has sparked similarly offensive and embarrassing behavior from politicians and partisans.
- Dean Heller’s dissociative disorder
- Friday, July 20, 2012
- There are plenty of good campaign books out there, but this year’s Senate race in Nevada may provide a new one: “How to take a silver bullet and shoot yourself in the foot with it.”
- Asian-American vote cannot be ignored
- Wednesday, July 18, 2012
- The last time The Forgotten Minority made any difference in Nevada politics was when the marvelous Sharron Angle told a group of Hispanic students, “Some of you look a little more Asian to me.”
- When Reidisms are no longer funny
- Sunday, July 15, 2012
- On Thursday, Harry Reid was mad (or so it seemed). And when Reid gets mad, Reidisms follow.
- Intensity already at high level in Senate race
- Friday, July 13, 2012
- Nary a moment’s letup in the Nevada Senate race this week since the Monday mid-afternoon disclosure that the House Ethics Committee had formed a special panel to look into allegations against Rep. Shelley Berkley.
- Berkley’s not quite dead yet
- Wednesday, July 11, 2012
- Shelley Berkley is dead, one in an occasional series:
- In wake of ruling, politicians display The Pivot Reflex
- Sunday, July 1, 2012
- As unpredictable as many observers found the Supreme Court’s health care reform decision, the reaction from the political class was depressingly predictable.
- Validating voters plague the system
- Wednesday, June 27, 2012
- I’d like to nip this in the bud.
- Sandoval meets with Romney to talk about his role
- Sunday, June 24, 2012
- So Gov. Brian Sandoval has finally agreed to be an enthusiastic, no-hold-barred supporter of Mitt Romney, and the two had a meeting last week in Carson City to discuss his role.
Blog Entries
- Halseth resigns from state Senate
- Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
- Letter to governor.
- Legislative lobbyists boost lawmakers running for Congress; Titus helped by DC PACs
- Monday, Oct. 17, 2011
- That's what can be gleaned from an analysis of Federal Election Commission reports from the four Democrats who have filed -- Steven Horsford announced after the third-quarter deadline. Some detail below and even more from the document attached at right.
- Cloobeck, Gundlach lead Nevada donors to Democratic Super PAC; Reid helps Cherchio, gets love from Big Pharma, tribes
- Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
- A couple of Nevada donors gave about a fourth of the total to the new Democratic Super PAC, which is being run by operatives tied to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
- Not much money help for Obama from Nevada in second quarter
- Tuesday, July 19, 2011
- Of President Obama's $47 million raised in the second quarter, only $82,000 was raised in itemized contributions from Nevada, according to federal records.
- GOP poll: Sandoval looks solid across the state, among most demographics groups
- Tuesday, July 19, 2011
- Those are the findings of that same poll conducted last week that found Sen. Dean Heller up by 4 percentage points over Rep. Shelley Berkley (elsewhere on this blog). The poll memo is at right.
- Heller poll shows him up 4 over Berkley in Senate race
- Monday, July 18, 2011
- GOP Sen. Dean Heller has a 48-44 lead on Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley in a poll taken last week for his campaign.
- Clark County DA demands return of $102 million from state treasurer after funds diverted
- Wednesday, June 15, 2011
- That would blow a hole in the state budget. But David Roger, acting at the behest of the Clark County Commission, today sent a letter to Treasurer Kate Marshall demanding a refund.
- Zappos threatened to pull out of downtown deal if terms not changed
- Wednesday, June 15, 2011
- All you saw was the happiness and gushing and sea of blue Zappos shirts at City Hall today as the council ratified The Greatest Deal Ever Made.
- Former mayor, ex-lawmaker, erstwhile Golden Nugget owners headline Romney event
- Monday, June 13, 2011
- It's Friday at Lawry's for GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney. Besides Mike Montandon, Warren Hardy and Tom Breitling and Tim Poster, a passel of LDS activists are on the invite.
- In shocker, Angle out for special House election
- Wednesday, May 25, 2011
- Didn't see that coming.
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