Quietly, Obama getting reorganized in Nevada

2011-11-29T02:30:13Z

As most of the political world's attention is captured by the circus of the Republican presidential primary, Barack Obama's campaign has been assiduously reactivating the formidable infrastructure that helped drive him to victory four years ago.

Obama and the Democratic Party have been pouring organizing resources into battleground states such as Nevada

Shaking loose a few odds and ends

2011-11-19T02:30:13Z

Emptying out the ol' reporter's notebook with your Friday Flash, including some accounting for gamers in federal politics and Rick Perry's short, unhappy Nevada campaign life:¥ The GOP's new dynamic Strip duo: Don't ask me who is Batman and who is Robin because that could end the new, beautiful friendship, but CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney kept his attacks focused on President Barack Obama<...

Nevada GOP moves presidential caucuses to Feb 4

2011-10-22T19:30:29Z

Nevada Republicans voted Saturday to move their presidential caucuses to February 4 in a bid to calm a brewing battle between states vying to stage early votes in the 2012 race for the White House.

The Nevada Republican Party's ...

State Republicans embarrass Nevada

2011-10-22T02:32:37Z

Nevada, the Battle Born State that prides itself on a combative, Western attitude toward a sometimes-overbearing federal government, is about to surrender to a miniature, Eastern monarchy.So one of the most colorful, vibrant states in the country, having asserted itself as a national political player last presidential cycle, will capitulate to white-as-the-driven-snow Ruben Kihuen kick off his congressional campaign Tuesday at Rancho High School with low expectations. And he failed to meet them.

Kihuen, 31, has an inspiring personal history: The child of working-class parents, he immigrated here from Mexico as a young boy.

He's a skilled retail politician. He served two terms in the state ...

Florida primary move sows political calendar chaos

2011-09-30T15:30:57Z

Florida officials decided Friday to move up the vital battleground's presidential primary date to January 31, sowing chaos in the political calendar in the run up to the November 2012 elections.

The state, which has 29 of the 270 electoral college votes needed to clinch the White House, is expected to be the largest battleground when President Barack ...

Florida sets presidential primary for January 31

2011-09-30T09:00:13Z

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida defied national Republican Party leaders Friday and set its presidential primary election for January 31.

The four states authorized by the party to go first in the nominating process -- Iowa, Nevada have a lot to smile about these days. But, in the comedy show that is this state's politics, they are poised to give Democrats the last laugh.Riding an artificial high after Rep. Mark Amodei's crushing victory in the House special election, salivating over President B...

Might Amodei veer right in D.C.?

2011-09-20T02:30:29Z

Newest congressman has no grace period with conservative base

In Nevada politics, story lines often repeat themselves.

Here's one: A moderate, populist Republican from Carson City is elected to represent Nevada's most Republican district in Congress, goes to Washington, D.C...

GOP spins election as referendum on president

2011-09-16T02:33:04Z

Democrats dismiss Amodei's victory in district that has always gone to Republican candidates

Mark Amodei's win in the 2nd Congressional District special election is the latest sign that the 2012 election could be a full-throttle struggle between Republicans and Democrats in Nevada, where neither party has a decisive edge.

That Am...

Nevada GOP could give Democrats fits in 2012

2011-09-07T02:31:41Z

In 2008, the state Republican Party was a painful joke.The GOP had a governor (Jim Gibbons) who was a national laughingstock, and a senator (John Ensign) who was, ahem, otherwise occupied. The party had no money and no credibility.

Result: Barack Obama won

FRUSTRATION AMONG THE BASE

2011-08-24T02:30:24Z

WANING POPULARITY Since he was elected, President Barack Obama's popularity has hovered in the mid-40s, according to Pollster.com. It has fallen as lowas the high 30s. ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama greets members of the audience after a town-hall meeting in April in Nevada delegation's seniority severely cut after 2012 election

¶WASHINGTON - As they look toward the 2012 election, Nevadans don't yet know who half the candidates for national offices will be or what districts they will run in or, for many voters, which districts they'll cast ballots in.

But one thing is certain: However things turn out on Sen. Harry Reid's Democratic Party has done a remarkable job preventing contentious primaries over the past few elections. The reasoning: Infighting requires campaign spending on something other than defeating Republicans and leaves internal rifts.So the congressional campaign outlook for 2012 presents an interesting math problem: For the three seats ...

National eyes will be on Nevada House race

2011-07-06T02:30:56Z

CD2 will give parties a chance to test messages

Nevada's 2nd Congressional District will be the testing ground, as Democrats and Republicans begin plotting strategies to claim the majority in the House and Senate next year.

The September special election to fill the seat vacated by Dean Heller's promotion to the Byron Georgiou After serving on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, he is running for U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON - In any race for public office, candidates usually have to account for two things: their pasts as private individuals, and their positions on the issues.

In the race to fill

Heller in U.S. Senate shifts landscape in state politics

2011-04-29T02:30:24Z

Gov. Brian Sandoval surprised no one Wednesday when he named Rep. Dean Heller as the replacement for the retiring Sen. John Ensign. But just because the appointment was expected doesn't mean it won't have far-reaching ramifications.

Here are five ways Heller's promotion from Hou...

What's next? Nevada's soon-to-be vacant Senate seat creates many questions for governor, potential candidates and constituents

2011-04-26T02:30:42Z

Nevada's soon-to-be vacant Senate seat creates many questions for governor, potential candidates and constituents

Washington -

Sen. John Ensign's resignation - triggered, he said, by being beaten down by the Senate Ethics Commit...

Republicans honing economic message

2011-04-13T02:31:44Z

Nevada's problems may shape fiscal conservatives' outlook

Iowa is emerging as the early primary state where Republican contenders will prove their social conservative chops, but the path through Nevada winds through an economically devastated state where the fiscal issues of jobs and government spending drive voters.That realization was evident in the rhetoric of three potential candidates who traveled to Ne...

A long-term outlook

2011-03-29T04:31:58Z

President's proposal to help states shouldn't be used to avoid bigger issues

With states facing severe budget problems, President Barack Obama is offering a plan to help states that borrowed billions of dollars to pay unemployment benefits over the past few years.According to the White House, the president's proposed budge...

National GOP has eye on Nevada early

2011-03-29T04:02:08Z

The Republican presidential field, if it can even be called that yet, has begun an early flirtation with Nevada's GOP power structure.

The latest example: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's quick swing through Northern Nevada on Tuesday where he met with Republican lawmakers, party...

As Berkley eyes Ensign's Senate seat, Legislature sharpens redistricting knife

2011-03-29T03:32:29Z

A quiet excitement is brewing among Democratic leaders in the Legislature over the prospect of Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., running for the U.S. Senate.It's not because they're necessarily enthusiastic about her ability to win. In fact, some worry about her strength in a statewide race.

No, these term-limited leaders with an eye on higher of...

SUN reader Sounds off On "Brothel industry fears Harry Reid will seek to end legal prostitution" from staralioflundnv: "This profession, which I dare say is the Ôoldest profession,' has been in existence since the beginning of time. You cannot legisla

2011-03-29T03:01:16Z

On "Brothel industry fears Harry Reid will seek to end legal prostitution" from staralioflundnv:

"This profession, which I dare say is the Ôoldest profession,' has been in existence since the beginning of time. You cannot legislate morality. You can legislate fair paying of taxes, which Nevada has blatantly failed to do for decades ... It is absolutely offensive that leaders in no...

Next among Reid's worries: Retirements in the Senate

2011-03-29T02:30:59Z

Next year is shaping up to be a make-it or break-it moment for Nevada, as one Silver State senator stares down what's looking like a brutal fight for his political fate.No, I'm not talking about John Ensign.

For the past four years, Nevada's somewhat incongruous heft in the U.S. Senate has co...

Sharron Angle announces run for House seat in Nevada

2011-03-16T14:30:16Z

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, who gained national recognition during her failed 2010 bid to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, announced on Wednesday she would run for the seat being vacated by ...

Unique style will help Berkley adjust to new Congress

2010-12-15T02:32:57Z

Democrat crosses party lines with ease, engages the power brokers on her big issues

WASHINGTON - Last week, Democrats in the House banded together to send a message to the president: We don't want your tax bill.

The nonbinding vote they took was almost unanimous; in fact just one outspoken congresswoman decided to voice her disapproval of the measure with a loud "No."

"Yeah, it was me," Nevada have adopted a new tactic to confuse voters and influence elections. They are co-opting the names of political movements with which they have no affiliation — and often those they're at odds with.Remember U.S. Senate candidate Jon Scott Ashjian's "Tea Pa...

Tea Party dogma seeps into Nevada libertarianism

2010-11-23T02:31:44Z

Nevada's always had a somewhat schizophrenic electorate.One year, voters resoundingly support a ballot measure to codify abortion rights for women. A few years later, they just as resoundingly ratify the largely Christian view of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Through it all, according to conventional wisdom, a spine of libertarianism holds together an electorate whose philosophy seems to vacillate.

But that conven...

After divisive election cycle, GOP shows unity in D.C.

2010-11-23T02:31:34Z

WASHINGTON - Like incoming high-schoolers deciding which lunch table to eat at, many Republican freshmen came to Congress for orientation last week wondering if they'd have to choose which crowd to get in with - the GOP establishment or the Tea Party.

But after a week in town, they all appear to be part of one big clique.

Although Democrats were unable to keep party divisions under wraps, the elected Republican caucus - in the House at least - sa...

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2010-11-30T13:51:44Z

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Tea Party's future influence uncertain as GOP takes over

2010-11-12T13:32:02Z

The Tea Party movement had as its aim reversing the course of government in Nevada and beyond. Its inspiration, the American Revolution itself.

Results at the ballot box in Nevada, however, were far from revolutionary.

Many down-ticket candidates endorsed by the collection of grass-roots groups associated with the Tea Party in Nevada won, but their top prize — ousting Sandoval would do well to seek advice, counsel of veteran Sen. Raggio

Election cleanup and the mess it can make.

By now, the dust has settled and we have learned some things that very few people in this state didn't already know. Times are very difficult and they aren't getting better in a hurry. Folks are not only angry but they are also scared, and they want someone in leadership to do something about it. They didn't think many of the Democrats

Heller in position for rapid ascent

2010-11-10T02:30:18Z

Republicans will take over the majority of the House of Representatives in January, and when they do, Dean Heller is poised to become Nevada's most influential voice in the body known as the people's chamber.

"It's a complete game-changer for him," said

GOP Math Looks Iffy But Not Impossible For Senate Majority

2010-11-29T14:44:24Z

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Tea party complicated GOP Senate math

2010-11-06T02:30:30Z

Tea party candidates complicated GOP's math - and hopes - in the Senate

Tea party-backed candidates proved both a help and a hindrance to Republicans in the midterm elections, injecting enthusiasm into campaigns around the country but losing Senate seats held by Democrats in Delaware, Colorado and Nevada...

Esquire's Election Day Spectacular

2010-11-03T16:47:37Z

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VOTERS: A VIEW FROM THE STREET Microcosms of Nevada neighborhoods reveal hopes, frustrations of the electorate Online For additionalcoverage of Nevada politics and the Senate race, including photo galleries, go to lasvegassun.com/politics.

2010-11-02T02:32:27Z

Microcosms of Nevada neighborhoods reveal hopes, frustrations of the electorate

The TV ads have almost run their course. The campaign rallies are coming to a close. Soon, the national media will forget, once again, how to pronounce Nevada.
Forty-eight hours until Election Day and the persuasion game in the most-watc...

THE SUN 'S MOST READ STORIES*

2010-11-02T02:32:20Z

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2. Bail set for man, woman arrested in Orleans stabbing, robbery. The victim was allegedly attacked from behind while entering a van at

9 a.m. Monday, according to a police report.

3. Cosmopolitan chief reveals more details about new resort. The amenities g...

Voters Speak Out on Tuesday's Biggest Race

2010-11-03T15:54:50Z

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Oops: Campaign season of gaffes and gotchas

2010-10-29T02:00:12Z

Rise of political rookies makes for a gaffe-heavy campaign this year and plenty of gotchas

Memo to novice political candidates: Know thy Constitution. Don't tell Hispanics they look Asian. Pay special attention to what you say when you are in front of cameras. Which you almost always are. Expect your chitchat to go viral.

And, really, try your best to stay out of court.

Now relax. Be yourself — if you dare.

This is the year of the neophyte ...

National GOP ally engaged in races here

2010-10-26T02:30:30Z

Group's mailers target pair of Democrats in state Senate contests

A national nonprofit organization that is a major benefactor of the Tea Party movement is also weighing in on the election of Nevada legislators, highlighting that the stakes of this election go beyond the U.S. Senate seat.Tightening Senate races in Pa., elsewhere give embolden GOP pause, flicker of hope for Dems

To understand Republicans' nagging fear that the Nov. 2 elections might not be quite the massive triumph that many have predicted, check out Pennsylvania's perplexing Senate race.

Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak has trailed Reid's claim that 'but for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression' draws Republican criticism

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said "but for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression," a statement the National Republican Senatorial Committee called the height of arrogance.

"P...

Angle to Reid: Man up, man up, man up

2010-10-21T21:00:14Z

Republican Sharron Angle's new catch phrase: Man up, Harry Reid.

Republican Sharron Angle again called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to "man up" and take responsibility for the state's woes as she embraced a new campaign phrase plucked from Nevada's only Palin helps Tea Party Express kick off cross-country tour in Nevada on Monday

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was back in Nevada on Monday to help rev up the Tea Party Express for the stretch drive of a coast-to-coast campaign determined to throw out Sarah Palin in Nev. Monday to kick off Tea Party Express cross-country trip

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Will Harry Reid Be Defeated Next Election?

2010-11-03T00:17:59Z

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Angle at home in DeMint faction

2010-10-09T02:30:09Z

Her taped reference to senator's influence highlights tight bond

If Sharron Angle unseats Harry Reid, the Nevada delegation will go from having the influence of official majority leadership to being under the influence of a different kind of leader - the man emerging as the ...

Nevada GOP Senate nominee trashes party on tape

2010-10-04T13:01:17Z

Nevada's Angle trashes GOP establishment on tape, wheedles for candidate's support

In a secretly taped conversation, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle pleads with a minor-party competitor to support her campaign and badmouths the GOP establishment that's trying to...

State's South has causeto rebel

2010-09-28T02:15:28Z

Power to the people! Except the people of Southern Nevada.

I can't tell you how many years - and more so this year than ever - I have heard the cries of so-called conservatives throughout this state against our federal government taking taxes from Nevada and redistributing them across this great country, sending some but not all of them back to Nevada.

Forget why this happens - that is a long conversation about the ...

Tea Party Express hits the road for 2010 races

2010-09-27T21:00:17Z

Final sprint: Tea Party Express plans another cross-country bus tour to close 2010 election

The Tea Party Express is hitting the road again.

The California-based political committee that has helped engineer upset election victories in Nevada, Alaska and D...

Vulnerable House Democrats work to hide party ties

2010-09-26T05:30:08Z

Vulnerable House Democrats, fearing backlash, play up party disharmony in courting wary voters

Congress' most vulnerable Democrats are declaring their independence from party policies in Facebook profiles, television ads and campaign websites leading up to the November elections.

The rebranders include Democratic Reps. Din...

Nev. paper in rare legal spat with Senate hopeful

2010-09-13T20:15:10Z

Nev.'s largest newspaper caught in unusual legal battle with Republican U.S. Senate candidate

Nevada's largest and most influential newspaper is involved in an unusual legal battle with a high-profile U.S. Senate candidate widely praised in its editorial pages.

Republican Sharron Angle has be...

Tea Party promises to be a force in November

2010-09-01T22:26:49Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With another win in a Senate Republican primary, this time in Alaska, the conservative Tea Party movement showed it is more than a political fad and has the staying power to be a significant force in November's elections.

Polls show Tea Party favorites leading or running...

Independent GOP group airs ads in Nevada, Missouri

2010-08-20T11:00:11Z

Rove-backed group airs $2 million in ads against Democrats Reid, Carnahan

An independent political group devoted to helping Republican candidates is spending more than $2 million for television ads in Nevada and Missouri that criticize Democratic Senate candidates.

The ads are part of an escalating media campaign by Crossroads GPS and its affiliated Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, one of America's most powerful politicians, holds a narrow edge among likely voters in his re-election bid in recession-lashed Nevada, a Reuters-Ipsos poll sa...

Not conservative enough?

2010-07-17T02:15:15Z

Stalwart Republicans — recently defeated — offer their take on the Tea Party

Despite the fact he was one of the most conservative voices in the U.S. Senate, Utah Republican Bob Bennett was defeated in May during the Utah Republi...

Dems eye 2012 calendar: Iowa, Nevada, then NH

2010-07-09T12:15:16Z

Democrats weigh 2012 presidential calendar with Iowa, Nevada caucuses first, then NH primary

Iowa and Nevada would hold presidential caucuses first, then New Hampshire would have its primary, under a calendar that national Democrats are considering.

Obama as campaigner in chief in Missouri, Nevada

2010-07-08T00:30:16Z

Obama set to boost Democratic Senate candidates, talk jobs in Missouri, Nevada

President Barack Obama is talking to voters again about jobs and the economy. But he's also concerned with two jobs in particular: Senate seats for Democrats in Missou...

Jon Ralston awaits substance in this cycle of rhetoric

2010-06-24T02:15:19Z

In this Season of Firsts in Nevada, with records being set no one wanted to see, the real uncharted political territory is this: For decades, Nevada has had a couple of months between the primary and the general; this year, the season is

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times as long.

And there has been no respite in the state with the nationÕs highest unemployment rate, highest percentage of voters who think their state is going in the wrong directi...

Jon Ralston on why NevadaÕs problems run deeper than just Angle or Reid

2010-06-22T02:16:05Z

ÒAs your U.S. senator, I am not in the business of creating jobs.Ó

— GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle, 5/11/10

ÒThe economy in Nevada is not in good shape. ItÕs getting better, but not good. WeÕre one of the leading states in the union in unemployment.Ó

— Obama to travel to Nevada next month to campaign for Democratic leader Harry Reid

President Barack Obama will travel to Nevada next month to provide some campaign help to embattled Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid.

The Nevada lawmaker's office announced Tuesday that the president will make the trip.

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Moving Nevada forward

2010-06-11T02:15:36Z

In the general election, candidates must show how theyÕll lead

TuesdayÕs primary was the first benchmark in what could become the year of voter outrage. The Tea Party movement fanned the anger and is capitalizing on it to push its agenda. The movement has pushed the Republican Party and its candidates far to the right.The success of NevadaÕs Sharron Ang...

Clinton: Why is Harry Reid in trouble?

2010-06-10T20:00:12Z

Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Reid, doesn't know why his re-election in doubt

Former President Bill Clinton says he can't understand why Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's seat is in jeopardy in Nevada.

Addressing a rally of about 700 Rory Reid, son of Sen. Harry Reid, wins Nevada Democratic gubernatorial primary

Rory Reid, the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has won Nevada's Democratic gubernatorial primary.

The chairman of the powerful Clark County Commission

StatesÍ looming shortfalls

2010-06-08T18:00:59Z

Congress should pass needed legislation to boost Medicaid funding

As part of the stimulus program designed to ease the nationÍs economic crisis, Congress provided $135 billion in aid to the states to help them curb drastic cuts to services, including police and schools.Nevada, like many other states, has relied on federal aid. In the special session in February, lawmak...

Election narrative depends on angle

2010-06-12T08:09:00Z

Maybe voters will send a message, or maybe a campaign just failed

CARSON CITY - Tea Party takes over GOP. Establishment wins. Republicans choose ideology over pragmatism.

Be warned of sweeping pronouncements tonight.

Plenty of instant analysis will be offered up after the polls close on the Primary Election at 7 p.m. Some ...

Legislative gamble may backfire

2010-06-08T02:16:11Z

Losing $88 million in anticipated federal money may force severe cuts in services to poor

CARSON CITY — As if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didnÕt have enough on his plate, now Nevada lawmakers are looking to him to prevent another budget crisis.

Nevada faces an $88.5 million budget hole, as fe...

Nev. governor trails challenger in campaign funds

2010-06-03T11:17:26Z

Nevada governor trails Republican primary challenger in campaign fundraising

Campaign finance reports show Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is working with a slim campaign budget in his uphill re-election effort.

Gibbons reported just $179,000 in contributions and $184,000 in paid expenses since January, according to the report filed late Wednesday with the secretary of ...

Sen. Blanche Lincoln Hurt by Oil Industry Ties in June 8 Primary

2010-10-27T08:58:38Z

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1 GOP Senate candidate withdraws from Nevada race

2010-06-12T08:08:30Z

1 GOP US Senate candidate withdraws from Nevada race

One of the dozen Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls in Nevada is withdrawing from the race a week before the primary election.

Gary Bernstein on Tuesday threw his support to John Chachas

Jon Ralston lays out three scenarios of what will happen June 8

2010-06-12T08:08:30Z

Harry Reid is dead, one in an occasional series:

Two weeks until the long and winding road finally leads us to the door of a new campaign, one that will feature a GOP nominee sure to be feted as the Second Coming by national Republicans and scorched as a Mephistophelean minion by the Reid Machine. And...

Anti-tax group hits Nevada GOP candidate in ad

2010-06-12T08:08:21Z

Club for Growth targets GOP candidate in Nevada Senate race

A powerful anti-tax group is airing television ads claiming one Republican candidate backed Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid for years whil...

GOP Senate hopefuls unleash ad barrage|gop candidatesÕ ad messages rife with attacks on each other, reid

2010-06-12T08:08:01Z

With less than three weeks until early voting begins, Republicans seeking to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are taking to the airwaves in a closing-time ad blitz, seeking to influence Nevada conservatives and catch the GOP front-runner, Sue Lowden, as polls sh...

Chicken quip grounds high-flying Senate candidate

2010-06-12T08:07:26Z

Right wing, left wing, chicken wing. Suddenly Nevada politics is all about chickens — bad news for the Republican Senate front-runner but a ray of hope for struggling Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.

Sue Lowden recently suggested bartering with doctors for medical care — "our grandparents, they would bring a chic...

Conservatives in Nevada want Sen. Ensign to quit

2010-04-19T15:15:49Z

Conservatives in Nevada wants Ensign to quit, say his scandals have become liability

Some Nevada conservatives want Republican Sen. John Ensign to resign amid a federal investigation stemming from an extramarital affair.

The resignation calls have been growing in the last week.

Republicans believe that Ensign's troubles are serving as a colossal distractio...

Tea Party Targets: The List

2010-10-25T14:38:49Z

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Jon Ralston on the bumpy nights ahead for the Republican party

2010-06-12T08:07:25Z

As we look forward to the next 60 days in Nevada politics, I am reminded of Bette DavisÕ immortal line from the transcendent ÒAll About Eve,Ó when she glances back and offers this admonition: ÒFasten your seat belts, itÕs going to be a bumpy night.Ó

For Nevada Republicans, the next two months are going to be quite rocky with the bumpiest night of all perhaps on June 8, when the battle for the soul of the

Gibbons banks on lawsuitÕs appeal

2010-04-08T02:15:19Z

New federal health care legislation seems to have breathed more life into Gov. Jim GibbonsÕ re-election campaign.

After weeks of attacking the health insurance mandate in politically charged news releases, Gibbons announced Tuesday that Nevada will join 14 states in a lawsuit challenging the law — a move that will surely appeal to conservative voters in the contested Republican primary.

At a news conference in his Sen. Harry Reid didn't have to look far to see that trouble is coming at him.

A leather-clad biker at a pizza shop refused to shake his hand. A protester waved a sign, "Welcome to Harry Reid's throw Nevada under the bus tour." A woman confronted him with two pages of statistics that she said showed Governors say Ariz., Nev. to join 14 other states in lawsuit over federal health care overhaul

The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.

Gov. Jan Brewer announced Arizona was joining the suit Tuesday night. She signed a bill April 1 th...

DECONSTRUCTING A SENATORÕS FACADE

2010-06-12T16:11:44Z

Revelations on long history of arrogance expose a persona loyal only to John Ensign

Last summer, Sen. John Ensign was with his wife, Darlene, at Palace Station for a meeting of Nevada Republican women.

It was a somewhat awkward venue, coming soon after he had confessed to an affair with his best friendÕs wife, Harry Reid does what Teddy Roosevelt couldnÕt do and all people can say is that raising $1.6 million in a quarter isnÕt that impressive? So Sue Lowden takes in half-a-million dollars in a 12-person primary and all people can say is that sh...

Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up

2010-06-26T03:25:21Z

Palin pumps up tea party activists in dusty Nevada desert hometown of Democrat Harry Reid

Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign.

The wind whipped

With a year-plus to go, rethinking ReidÕs race

2010-06-12T08:07:14Z

What has been the conventional wisdom isnÕt holding up, some analysts say

WASHINGTON The authors of the conventional wisdom in politics thought they knew a few things about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids reelection campaign:

Reid will have a war chest stocked with enough cash to almost guarantee a victory.

The cluttered Republican field vying to challenge Reid will be busy beating itse...

Reid says he's proud of Senate accomplishments

2010-06-26T03:14:08Z

Harry Reid defends earmarks, says he's proud of Senate accomplishments on behalf of Nevada

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Thursday he's proud of what he's accomplished during four terms in the Senate, and he challenged critics and opponents who say he's lost touch with Nevada.

In an interview on KRNV-TV's "Nevada Newsmakers," the Democratic Senate Majority Leader also ...

Something fishy about opponent, GOP insists

2010-07-14T14:10:16Z

WASHINGTON — Renegade Tea Party candidate Jon Scott Ashjian could do more to unify the beleaguered Nevada Republican Party than the combined efforts of the partyÕs organizations up and down the state.

Ashjian ...

Top US senator's wife, daughter hurt in car crash

2010-06-26T03:07:41Z

Democratic Senate majority leader Harry Reid's wife suffered a broken back and broken neck and his daughter a neck injury and facial cuts in a car accident Thursday, his office said.

Landra and Lana Reid, who were being treated at a Washington-area hospital, "are conscious, can feel their extremities, and according to do...

CULTIVATING CONSERVATIVES

2010-06-12T08:45:15Z

gop candidates seek embrace of small-town nevada by touting their IDEOLOGICAL zeal, bashing harry reid

Battle Mountain

Carolyn Mering cant believe the news: Harry Reid is coming to town.

At least thats what the local airport operator told her a minute ago, calling to organize the opposite of a welcoming party. See, the Senate majority le...

Obama unveils new fund to address housing woes

2010-06-15T09:06:54Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;HENDERSON, Nevada (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used a campaign push for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday to announce a new fund to support homeowners in five states hit hardest by the

Feud could imperil eventual GOP victor

2010-06-11T20:35:40Z

So much for the civility.

Despite pledging to run positive campaigns, the two leading Republicans fighting for the chance to take on Sen. Harry Reid in November have turned their guns on each other, taking shots in a back-and-forth that portends an ugly primary season.

Danny Tarkanian, a lawyer and former Tight race threatens ObamaÕs agenda, ReidÕs political future

Democrats were trying to remain calm as they awaited the outcome of todays special election in Massachusetts, recognizing that losing the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy would deal a setback to President Barack Obamas

Obama ally Reid in danger of losing re-election bid

2010-06-25T18:55:09Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may pay the ultimate political price for championing President Barack Obama's liberal agenda: He could lose his seat back home in Nevada.

Such an outcome in the November congressional election would be a serious blow, not just to Reid -- a major Obama ally i...

Black leaders in Nevada rally around Reid campaign

2010-06-25T18:55:52Z

Black leaders in Nevada launch effort for Sen. Reid's sagging campaign after Obama remark

A group calling itself "African-Americans for Senator Harry Reid" is launching a drive to help re-elect the Nevada Democrat.

The effort, announced Thursday, comes less than a week after the Senate majority leader faced criticism over comments he made about Mark Williams got on his knees Tuesday, clasped his hands as if in prayer and pleaded with a Las Vegas audience to oust Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Please get rid of Harry Reid, said Williams, the national vice chairman of the Tea Party Express.

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Reid says he won't dwell on race-based controversy

2010-06-25T19:00:18Z

Under fire from Republicans, Reid says he won't dwell on controversy over comments about Obama

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought to slam the book shut Monday on a controversy stemming from remarks about President Barack Obama's race and dialect, and a string of forgiving statements from prominent blacks made clear his leadership post is not in immedia...

Shoe Tree

2011-01-04T15:32:11Z

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 1998 file photo, shoes hang from the landmark "shoe tree," located on U.S. 50 in Nevada, about 125 miles east of Reno. Authorities say vandals have cut down the 70-foot cottonwood near Middlegate late Thursday Dec. 30, 2010 or early Friday. Fresh sawdust was found on the snow. (AP Photo/Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. is seen in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal Pr...

Tax Cuts

2010-12-16T20:31:53Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Congress Democrats

2010-12-08T15:03:14Z

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. talks on the phone as he walks to their Senate Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nevada Louisiana Tech Football

2010-12-04T17:32:12Z

Nevada players celebrates after beating Louisiana Tech 35-17 in an NCAA college football game in Ruston, La., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Nevada won a share of the Western Athletic Confer...

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