Topic: Nevada
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 ...
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 ...
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney kept his attacks focused on President Barack Obama rather than his Republican rivals on Monday, after picking up a big endorsement in New Hampshire.The former Massachusetts governor ripped Obama's handling of the ...
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 executive committee shifted the ...
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 ...
I went to see 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 ...
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 ...
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, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina -- ...
Republicans in 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 ...
Newest congressman has no grace period with conservative baseIn 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., and turns more conservative ...