by Jon Ralston Mon, 02/24/2014 - 09:15
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Damn typos.
1 hour 14 min ago.
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I don't think I have seen this much dodging since the Average Joe's won the championship. And all in one news story… t.co/Ux8oOao93q
1 hour 20 min ago.
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"Laxalt opposed Nevada voters’ decision to approve recreational pot use in 2016 and did not directly answer a quest… t.co/4SEiNRAwhB
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"Laxalt did not directly answer a question about funding for Planned Parenthood..."
"Laxalt also declined to respon… t.co/eN64IPu8MH
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"Laxalt said he was open to exploring ways to make it easier for developers to build new housing, but didn't say wh… t.co/mtxdNzbkSC
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"Laxalt said he'd be willing to consider changes to the.. decades-old school funding formula."
"Laxalt...hasn’t tak… t.co/NbqS76m5Vj
1 hour 26 min ago.
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This is really something: Check out how many times in this @JamesDeHaven piece on the NV gov candidates @adamlaxalt… t.co/a673V3MbnW
1 hour 35 min ago.
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"Hi, I just got elected to the Las Vegas City Council a few weeks ago in a race that wasn't really a race, and I am… t.co/N5kAkGJQSW
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We have results in gov primaries and general, U.S. Senate, LG, AG, SOS and approval ratings for POTUS and others. A… t.co/FWb8OUApWg
2 hours 18 min ago.
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@BrianTNichols @MarkMellman Almost....
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@ForecasterEnten @MarkMellman Love you, too, Harry. And we will publish all crosstabs!
2 hours 28 min ago.
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@ForecasterEnten @MarkMellman We're a nonprofit! But are you familiar with Greyhound? I got you there.
2 hours 33 min ago.
How active will Gondolier Numero Uno Sheldon Adelson be in state races this cycle?
The biggest question mark is in the attorney general's race, where Adam Laxalt, a total unknown until recently but the grandson of the former senator, has declared his candidacy against Ross Miller, the secretary of state believed to be a future gubernatorial contender. I have thought that some Republicans, including some close to Adelson, have adopted a Stop Miller Now attitude and will use DC groups such as the Republican State Leadership Committee to help keep Laxalt competitive against the anointed Miller.
Now comes word via Roll Call's Kent Cooper that Adelson's Las Vegas Sands recently gave $200,000 to the RSLC. Remember this is the same group that set up a website (seems dead now) last year to assail Miller.
But Adelson, as Cooper points out, has previously supported the RSLC, and the Sands chairman's top political aide told me today that the recent RSC money is not about Laxalt's campaign.
"There is no connection to Adam Laxalt," Andy Abboud told me. Indeed, Abboud made it clear that Laxalt and other supplicants will not get Adelson or corporate money unless they prove they have quality campaigns. And it's still too early to tell.
"We are making it clear to people that if they come for money from the Adelsons or the corporation that they have to be quality candidates, have a quality campaign, show boots on the ground," Abboud told me. "If that means there's less money this cycle, then there's less money."
Now as for what the RSLC does with its money....
UPDATE: Even though this doesn't preclude RSLC involvement, I am reminded of this.
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