by Jon Ralston Mon, 10/29/2012 - 10:47
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Bottom line: Nobody knows. t.co/tx2KATkoJc
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"Trustees gave a numeric rating of 1 through 4 in each category, and those ratings were averaged for a final score.… t.co/7zX7dbJcgK
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FYI, I saw Reid recently, a few days after his 80th birthday, and he seemed sharp and shared thoughts on the race t… t.co/5ajYLFtwT9
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Good morning from NV, where on this date in 1969 the 1st pro boxing card in Vegas happened at The International. Ma… t.co/Xy5kOJtb6s
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Follow @JackieValley, who will cover the school board meeting and superintendent's evaluation with her usual panach… t.co/faoxZHawko
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"In an interview with KLAS Channel 8 reporter Steve Sebelius...."
See, @Glenn_CookNV, this is how you handle stori… t.co/RN6eyhvHgm
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@nevadapress OK. Please send it to me. Thanks.
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@nevadapress We are called "associate members" or something. A separate category. But maybe I am mistaken. Please s… t.co/Ypozw1gW9z
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@momsvilleusa The decision is embedded in the story. Take a look.
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@nevadapress That is not what happened. You created a separate category so as to not allow us to be full members. T… t.co/xAy8OyMIYz
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It occurred to me while talking to a reporter from CBS News about the election that Nevada is potentially anomalous in two races of national import:
1. How in the world in a state with arguably the worst economy in the country is the president even close, much less ahead? Mitt Roimney should be winning by double digits in a state where the unemployment rate is 50 percent higher than the national average and the housing boom turned into a housing implosion? Answer: The Democratic machine and the Hispanic vote
2. How in the world in a state where the Democratic nominee has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for months for fairly serious allegations is she within striking distance of a pretty pristine, likable U.S. senator? Folks, Shelley Berkley's numbers are upside down and yet she may yet win the U.S. Senate race and help Harry Reid, not her biggest fan, remain majority leader. How is this possible? Answer: The Democratic machine, Romney finding Nevada a tough nut to crack and Sen. Dean Heller's confidence that her ethics issue would be enough without pumping up his own bonafides.
To distill: There is no way that Mitt Romney and Dean Heller should lose here, considering the atmospherics. Yet, they might.
God, I love Nevada politics.
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