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Edited on Wed Oct-18-06 04:34 AM by Emit
It is entirely possible that Repugs will win in Nevada, despite the notion that people here are tired of the GOP. They could pull it off easily here and blame it on a lot of things -- in the Senate race, Jack Carter against incumbent John Ensign -- Jack performed very poorly in the first of three debates last week. In the Congress, Jill Derby (D) is running on a campaign of "Giving Career Politicians the Boot" and yet she's been a Board of Regents elected (non-paid) Regent for 18 years; and she's advertising a support of ridding the inheritance tax for family farms, which, when you think about it, is really only a twisted ploy; she avoided putting a 'D' next to her name and the most liberal paper we have here, The Reno News and Review, just endorsed Heller because of these tactics that have made her appear more like a conservative and dishonest. She's running against Dean Heller, our current Repug SOS, who is actually quite liberal -- I could see him eking out a win even if the votes were rigged.
And, Dina Titus (D) who's running for Governor against Jim Gibbons who has name recognition for lazy voters and who's attacking her relentlessly for comments she made about the north (she's from Vegas) whereby she called our county a "sponge" and us all "rascals". At her debate with Gibbons, hosted by the University of Reno students, she said, "I wanted to thank the UNLV students for hosting this debate." That was only days before the annual UNR/UNLV game, a game many take very seriously here. She also wore red, UNLV colors. That might not seem so bad, but, people here like their local football.
Bottom line is it is almost easier for them to pull this off because there are many, many races going on simultaneously. Maybe Nevada is not a good example. Maybe we should be looking at races where Dems are slated to win big, then follow those. But, regionally, if a Dem in the East or Mid West who was slated to win loses, what do I do out here in the west?
edited for clarity, I hope
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