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        TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: POST-DEBATE ANALYSIS WITH GARY JOHNSON, XAVIER BECERRA AND ORRIN HATCH -- 9:30 IN THE NORTH AND 10:30 IN THE SOUTH DAYS SINCE HARRY REID HAS BEEN ON FACE TO FACE: 626 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY: 33 DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 16 DAYS UNTIL U.S. SENATE DEBATE ON F2F: 11 DAYS UNTIL CD3 DEBATE ON F2F: 20 DAYS UNTIL THE TEEN CAN AFFECT THE POLITICAL WORLD: 280       Good morning, everyone. You’ve heard of Vegas...
  Good morning, everyone. It’s DEBATE NIGHT, dear Flashees. Can you feel the excitement? Ready for a game-changing moment? Who will be first to get off a zinger? (Ah, the state f political journalism.) Will either candidate mention THE BATTLEGROUND: Nevada? And will he pronounce it correctly? (This is the important stuff!) And speaking of surprises, we have one coming up soon on “Ralston Reports,” a guest important enough to give an hour. I guarantee memorable moments from this one, perhaps...
Congressional District Four hopeful Steven Horsford uses opponent Danny Tarkanian's own words in a new ad, comparing him to Tea Party types such as Sharron Angle. The spot, which you can see below, is an attempt by Horsford to marginalize Tarkanian and solidfy the Democratic base. Horsford has been calling Tarkanian a "tea party extremist" for weeks. The release of the ad comes a few hours before the pair will debate on "Ralston Reports" tonight. That ought to ratchet up the tension level.
A Latino Decisions poll taken late last month shows President Obama and Rep. Shelley Berkley with gigantic margins among Hispanics. The margins are even larger than you might expect, with Berkley lagging behind the president but still with time to consolidate the demographic that may be close to a fifth of the overall vote. The questions (full poll linked above): 3. If the 2012 election for President was held today and the candidates were [ROTATE: Republican Mitt Romney  and Democrat Barack...
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Majority PAC both made buys today in Nevada to try to help Rep. Shelley Berkley in what Democrats for months fretted was a race going Sen. Dean Heller's way. The purchases are substantial and the Majority PAC buy is in Reno, where Berkley needs to do well to win. And by doing well, I mean not lose by too much. The continually increasing Clark County voter registration numbers now show Democrats may have close to a 115,000 lead in Southern...
MGM Resorts International chief Jim Murren and Las Vegas Sands CEO Michael Leven sharply disagreed Wednesday on whether to allow the federal government to regulate Internet gaming. During a panel discussion on the state of the industry at the G2E Expo, Leven elaborated on the company’s – and his boss, Sheldon Adelson’s – position on web poker. Leven said there were three reasons that the company has concerns: ----Predictability of revenue. He suggested some cannibalism might occur. ----Leven...
UPDATE: I had forgotten that Steve Wynn gave $475,000 to this group, per POLITICO. A national group has come in with a six-figure mail and online ad campaign designed to swing the Nevada state Senate to the GOP, with attacks on all five Democratic candidates. The mail pieces from the Republican State Leadership Committee are attached here and the online ads, which go to micro-sites if you click on them, are below. The amount of money being spent to win seats that barely pay five figures a year...
The Republican Jewish Coalition continues to be active in Nevada -- hello, Sheldon Adelson -- and now has harnessed a disgusted Home Depot founder to make its case. There's a TV ad and a web video:

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