Ensign Pulls a Boner
Also during the above-referenced meeting, Sen. John Ensign reportedly said that Gov. Jim Gibbons probably couldn’t get re-elected next year and took credit for recruiting Brian Sandoval into the GOP primary race which already features former North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon and former state Sen. Joe Heck.
Clunker Bright Idea Bombs
OK, so the problem was America’s Big Three domestic automakers were going under, weighted down by Big Labor unionization. Something had to be done!
Kiddie Porn, Bridges and Taxes, Oh My!
Tax revenues continue to decline and yet another kick-the-can-down-the-road special session of the Legislature appears inevitable this fall, so naturally it’s time to check in on the Galena Creek Bridge.
The Fix is In
Candidates thinking of running for state Senate seats have been told to prepare for an audition before Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio and the members of the Senate GOP caucus on September 22nd.
The Smart Play
One of the more frustrating experiences I suffer every election cycle as a political pundit/consultant is hearing GOP candidates tell me how “vulnerable” certain Democrat incumbents are who back up their assessment with nothing more than “feelings.”
About that Transparency Website
The following letter was emailed to Gov. Jim Gibbons this morning….
New Sheriff In Town
As he prepares for a run for the seat of term-limited moderate state Sen. Randolph Townsend, conservative Assemblyman Ty Cobb (R-Reno) this week stepped down as chairman of the conservative Nevada Republican Study Committee (NRSC), turning the reins over to Assemblyman Ed Goedhart (R-Amargosa Valley).
A Tale of Two Apologies
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was Citizen Outreach’s keynote speaker at the first annual Conservative Leadership Conference we held in Reno back in 2007, and I received a letter from him this week addressing the issue of his recently-disclosed extra-marital affair.
Up from the Ashes
After last November’s coronation of Barack Obama, liberal Democrats and moderate Republicans joyously did an ideological Snoopy Dance over the grave of fiscal conservatism. For example, columnist Sam Tanehaus declared: “What conservatives have yet to do is confront the large but inescapable truth that movement conservatism is exhausted and quite possibly dead.”
Are You Ready to Rumble?
As I’ve written here before, a philosophical Battle Royale is shaping up in various state senate seats featuring bona fide card-carrying conservatives vs. what appear to be establishment-backed tax-hikes-are-on-the-table Raggio Republicans. While not all of these candidates have announced – or even made a definite decision yet for that matter – here’s a possible right-vs-middle […]
Do Your Believe in Miracles?
From John Fund in Friday’s Political Diary:
It’s the Spending, Stupid
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released a new report this week which showed that Nevada’s generally low-tax/pro-business environment was a driving force behind our economic success from 1997 through 2007. As the Las Vegas Review-Journal noted in a story on Friday, ALEC found “that income taxes are more important to entrepreneurs than any other […]
Is There a Lawyer in the House?
Nevada’s Legislature (thankfully!) only meets for roughly 120 days every other year. Let’s face it, they do enough damage as it is. Can you image the trouble we’d be in if those people were allowed to meet every year on a full-time basis. Oh, the horror!
Big Trouble in Little GOP-land for Raggio
In the last election, Republicans in the state Senate lost two seats – Sens. Bob Beers and Joe Heck – which also cost the GOP its majority. Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio was reduced to the rank of Minority Leader while Democrat Sen. Steven Horsford moved into the big office with a 12-9 governing […]
Drive-By Muthings: August 9th
* In response to our announcement last week that former Michigan GOP chief Saul Anuzis and I were forming a Dump Reid PAC, someone from the email address RUBINCOMP@AOL.COM wrote: “Sorry, but I’m not a war monger, or racist or liar or someone who hates everyone with brown skin or infirmities, therefore I can’t support […]
Iron Fist Adds Pair of Velvet Gloves
As part of my effort to create jobs and get the economy moving again, I’m officially announcing today the addition of two new key staffers for Citizen Outreach.
Quick, Easy, Inexpensive Way to Fix Education
The start of yet another school year is right around the corner and once again we’re reminded that a large number of Nevada’s government-run public schools aren’t cutting the mustard. Instead, many of them are cutting the cheese.