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Posts Tagged ‘Harry Reid’
Does this mean war?
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Tags: Harry Reid, John Ensign
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Republicans eating their own
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife:The sad Raggio saga reveals Republicans can always be counted on to eat their ownThe re-election of Harry Reid has virtually zero impact on the Nevada state Senate Republican caucus, save that he'll probably score more money for the state's
Tags: Bill Raggio, Harry Reid
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Sharron Angle reappears, promptly says silly thing
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Failed U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle reappeared Wednesday night before a Republican town hall meeting in Las Vegas, telling partisans that "I can't stop" being involved in politics.Sadly, another thing Angle can't seem to stop is saying silly things that evince a radical failure to grasp even the most
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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At the R-J, it’s time to change the subject
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
As the sun dawns on the beginning of a new six-year term for U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, his enemies at the Las Vegas Review-Journal are licking their wounds and playing up the positive news that came out of Tuesday's election. It's understandable that they'd want to avoid the fact that
Tags: Harry Reid, Media, Review-Journal, Sharron Angle, Sherm Frederick, Thomas Mitchell
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Elections have consequences
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
So Harry Reid wins his re-election ... and state Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio loses his leadership job? What's that, the political butterfly effect?Raggio, the longest-serving state senator in history, acknowledged to the Las Vegas Sun that he withdrew his name from consideration for another stint as minority leader,
Tags: Bill Raggio, Harry Reid, Mike McGinness
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Sharron Angle: That’s strike three!
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
In the end, the truest statement in the entire campaign of 2010 may have been uttered by Sue Lowden, when the former Republican Party chairwoman said she was the only candidate who could beat Harry Reid.Certainly, Angle did not, losing by a decisive 40,000 votes or nearly 6 percent to
Tags: Bill Raggio, Dean Heller, Harry Reid, Sharron Angle, Sue Lowden
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The crusade that failed
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Typically, after an election, lists of winners and losers are composed. Certainly, there are plenty of both after the 2010 election.But one loser stands out: The Review-Journal.For more than a year, the R-J has crusaded for the defeat of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid. The newspaper went all in, contributing news
Tags: Harry Reid, Review-Journal, Sharron Angle, Sherm Frederick
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The king is alive!
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
This piece will appear as my column in this week's CityLife, but blog readers get a sneak peek. Enjoy.If politics is like chess, Republicans failed to achieve checkmate.Yes, they captured plenty of pawns, knights, rooks and bishops. But at the end of a year’s worth of maneuvering, the Democratic king
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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Angle, in glass house, gets her slingshot
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
This ad produced by the Sharron Angle campaign hits Harry Reid for some of his verbal gaffes over the years. And Reid surely has to live with his rhetorical record. But is it a wise idea for Angle -- who has matched and surpassed Reid's lifetime gaffe record in the
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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Goodman: ‘Don’t vote’ ad outrageous, prison-worthy
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Mayor Oscar Goodman today added his voice to the denunciation of that "don't vote" ad aimed at the Latino community. The ad --produced by Latinos for Reform, a group headed by Republican operative Robert de Posada -- discourages Latinos from voting because President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress has
Tags: Brian Sandoval, Harry Reid, Oscar Goodman
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Sharron’s screw up bunker?
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid plays on Sharron Angle's most recent "screw up" in this blog from CNN. "You all look like Nevadans to me," Reid says. It's a reference to Angle telling members of the Hispanic Student Union at Rancho High School, "some of you look a little more
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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Reid volunteers love Reid
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid dropped by one of his campaign offices Tuesday afternoon, greeting volunteers and surprising one person who'd been contacted by a phone banker by jumping on the line personally."I wish I had the ability to express how I feel in my heart, but I can only say
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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Angle’s big finish
Friday, October 15th, 2010
My favorite part of last night's debate between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle came at the end, when she accused him of being corrupt.
You came from Searchlight to the Senate with very little," Angle said of Reid's humble beginning in the small Southern Nevada town. "Now, you are
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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CityLife endorsement: It’s Reid
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Editor's note: This story appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.Re-elect ReidRegardless of the name-calling, it's clear which senator will (continue to) support Nevada in office
There's simply no contest.In the race for United States Senate
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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Raggio backs Reid
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
In a pull-no-punches statement that criticizes both Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, Nevada state Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio today endorsed Reid for re-election.Raggio frankly acknowledges his personal dislike of Angle, noting that she never called him to concede when she lost a primary bid against the venerable northerner in
Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle
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