Chuck Muth

GOP’s Dream Team II

Way back on May 14, 2009, I wrote in Muth’s Truths that Nevada Republicans had the potential of fielding a “dream...

Ensign Backs Tax Hike

As we’ve discovered recently, Sen. John Ensign’s record on keeping promises, pledges and vows ain’t so great. So it should come...

And the Oscar Goes To…Carson City?

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman continues to float the notion that he might throw his crown into the race for governor...

Gibbons’ Worst Appointment Possible

“Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to appoint his former chief operating officer, Dianne Cornwall, to the Nevada Gaming Commission when a seat...

Raggio’s RINOs

“State Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio warned today that a citizens committee expected to propose changes in taxes and state spending...

Return of a Man Called Mason?

The last time the Nevada Republican Party was this broke and broken was the year before Reno attorney John Mason took...

The Jerk

Keith Schwer is the director of The Center for Business and Economic Research at UNLV. And after GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian...

There They Go Again

Last week, after a meeting with Gov. Jim Gibbons, the Las Vegas Review-Journal “Flash” headline read: “Democratic legislators say state budget...

Heck Stands Up for Taxpayers

GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Heck joined Gov. Jim Gibbons this week in signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. In doing so, Dr....

Sandoval and the Tax Pledge

Immediately upon announcing as a Republican candidate for governor last week, former federal judge Brian Sandoval declared that the would not...

In Sickness and In Health

When it comes to the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Jon Ralston at the Las Vegas Sun, Steve Sebelius of CityLife and I...

Is Sandoval Deja Vu All Over Again?

Minutes after stepping down from his lifetime appointment as a federal judge so that Barack Obama and Harry Reid could fill...

The Tales of Wiley Virus

It seems every few months some fool crawls out from under his or her rock and all but begs me club...

Obama’s Teachable Moment

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) thinks it’s OK for Fearless Leader to beam his visage directly into American classrooms today for...

Jodi and the RINOcats

Jodi Stephens, a former staffer in Gov. Jim Gibbons’ administration, has thrown her hat in the ring for the state Assembly...

That was Then…This is Now

As anyone who knows me knows, one of the unpardonable sins for me in politics is hypocrisy – such as campaigning...

Ben’s Guru Drops Cyber-Ball

If only Republican state senate candidate Ben Kieckhefer had attended my candidate training seminar in Reno last July this never would...