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Good morning, everyone. Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody. Show some love to your loved ones, yourself and, of course, your favorite pundit, who always needs some love. I am headed today to the place I have grown to love, Reno, and a place where love will be showered on me Saturday: the state GOP meeting. The rest of the weekend: “House of Cards” marathon! Speaking of valentines, there was a lot of love at Southern Highlands last night for departing water czar Pat Mulroy. Dozens of people were...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: The new Nevada campaign for gay marriage! DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 18 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 116 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 264       Good morning, everyone. Lots of reaction already to my POLITICO piece on Sheldon Adelson. Boy, does he evoke strong feelings, as does the subject of web gaming. Put the two together and you get quite the noisemaker. It is going to be...
Good morning, everyone. Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gaming had its first big media conference call today and all of the ex-politicians he recruited – Wellington Webb, Blanche Lincoln and George Pataki (who is on “Ralston Reports” tomorrow) were “honored” t be there. Honored and----paid, I assume. Nevertheless, they are all honorable men (and a woman). Standard stuff: Loss of jobs, kids losing a fortune, terrorists and money laundering. Apocalypse now. The most interesting...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: More on that NRO case to get the health exchange to open records. DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 20 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 118 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 266       Good morning, everyone. This morning, the League of Conservation Voters released its annual scorecard, which showed a lot of love for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (100 percent!). I know how he eschews labels,...
Good morning, everyone. So I went hiking yesterday. Now that you have recovered from your shock, let me tell you that I felt a little like Aron Ralston during parts of the Red Rock excursion, with visions of being stranded out there and how many people would miss me. Right? You would, right? Actually, it was one of those glorious Nevada days that make our Eastern countrymen envious of our climate. And, yes, I am sore. On safer ground, yesterday premium subscribers learned that Gondolier Numero...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Sex trafficking: Exaggerated or not? DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 24 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 122 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 270       Good morning, everyone. I need to get out to rural Nevada more often, but tonight, of all nights, I really wish I could be in Elko. It feels like October already, with the clash between Sue Lowden and Mark Hutchison at the Lincoln Day event, and...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: State Supe Dale Erquiaga DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 26 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 123 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 271       Good morning, everyone. Last night on “Ralston Reports” (link below), we had the first of what I hope will be many debates on the most important item on the November ballot: the margin tax. It was spirited and engaging, although I thought the reps for each...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: The first margin tax debate! DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 27 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 124 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 272       Good morning, everyone. It’s rare to witness a ritualistic suicide carried out publicly, but the Michael McDonald-led state GOP’s slow, painful (for the candidates) hara kiri is something to behold. McDonald’s idiotic decision to have an...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: New UNLV President Don Snyder DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 28 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 126 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 273       Good morning, everyone. It’s an off-year, there’s no Senate or presidential race to fret about and yet, yet: It seems nuts already. The first TV ad of the season in February? The first constitutional officer debate on Friday? A governor’s race that is...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: The PERS debate continues DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 29 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 127 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 274       Good morning, everyone. In memory of the sudden and tragic loss of the great Philip Seymour Hoffman, last night I watched “The Master,” which again showcased his remarkable talent. (The movie is not as good as the performances by Hoffmann and Joaquin...

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