Sue Lowden’s Macaca Moment Goes Viral

It’s the same ol’ story: What happens in Vegas stays on YouTube. Patrick Coolican of the Las Vegas Sun reports today that Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sue Lowden “defended her remarks Monday on the Nevada Newsmakers TV show” with regards to the “bartering for doctors” brouhaha which has erupted, spread out of control, and […]

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 21, 2010

The Nevada News Bureau is reporting this morning the Independent American Party (IAP) candidate Tim Fasano has decided to appeal a district court decision allowing Tea Party of Nevada candidate Scott Ashjian to remain on the ballot even though he admits to having filed a false statement of candidacy in March. Hope it’s successful.

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 20, 2010

In a fundraising email yesterday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval wrote, “As Attorney General, I never fought for the 2003 tax increase.” Then again, he’s never spoken out against it either.

Inoculation Against a Mutated Gross Receipts Tax

The 2009 Legislature passed a series of “temporary” tax-and-fee hikes on businesses which are scheduled to “sunset” next year. However, the state’s budget crisis is likely going to be worse, not better, in the 2011 legislative session. So watch out, baby!

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 19, 2010

Former Gov. George Pataki (R-NY), Rep. Dean Heller, Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki and other Nevada leaders will rally at noon today at Sierra Marketplace in Reno for Revere America’s national petition drive to gather the signatures of one million Americans who want to repeal, reform and replace ObamaCare. For additional information, contact Randi Thompson at […]

I Pledge Allegiance, to the Taxpayers…

A new website hammering moderate Nevada Republican state senate candidate (District 4, Washoe County) Ben Kieckhefer includes an audio clip whereby reporter Ray Hagar gets right to the heart of the matter: “Yes or no, you are not going to sign the no new tax pledge?” Ben’s response: “No I’m not.” That response pretty much […]

The Candidate of “Hell No!”

In an extensive look at Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle by David McGrath Schwartz of the Las Vegas Sun today, Robert Uithoven, campaign manager for GOP opponent Sue Lowden is quoted as saying:

A Closer Look at that Tea Party Nod to Sharron Angle

(Chuck Muth) – The Tea Party Express has now revealed a bit of their reasoning behind their endorsement of Sharron Angle a few days ago, as well as their plans to assist her campaign….and I’m not exactly impressed.

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 17, 2010

• Karri Bragg, our First Friday Happy Hour hostess with the mostest, announced yesterday that May’s special VIP guest will be America’s Toughest Sheriff, Joe Arpaio. Yep, the law-and-order man behind tent cities for prisoners in Arizona, green baloney and pink underwear. For additional information, please visit www.FirstFridayNevada.com

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 16, 2010

• HotAirPundit is reporting that Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain-Feingold now leads conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth by just 5 points “in Arizona’s hotly contested Republican Senate Primary race, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely primary voters.” Go J.D., go!

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 15, 2010

• Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle landed the Gun Owners of America (GOA) endorsement yesterday and the Tea Party Express endorsement today. Big mo’…or too little too late?

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 14, 2010

CORRECTION ALERT: Due to old age and the onset of CRS (Can’t Remember, uh, Stuff), I inadvertently wrote in a press release yesterday that Joe Heck is running for Congress in Nevada’s First congressional district. He’s actually running in the Third congressional district. I regret the error….almost as much as I regret each passing birthday.

Mini-Muth’s Truths: April 13, 2010

• Thom Reilly is a former Clark County manager who is highly-respected and well thought of by a lot of people in southern Nevada. And during his tenure from 2001 through 2006, Reilly regularly warned the County Commission that government worker salaries and benefit packages were far too generous and couldn’t be sustained in the […]