http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nevada/ en-us Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:38:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129126/posts Raggio, 81, a longtime Senate majority leader who was first elected to that body in 1972, said the GOP now must step back and examine what went wrong. "Otherwise, we won't win another election, and there are some big ones coming up in two years," he Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129126/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128236/posts Researchers are launching a $21 million study to determine the impacts of a warming climate on Nevada and its precious water supply. The five-year project ... --snip-- Nick Lancaster, a desert geomorphologist at DRI and project investigator, said the study will try to pinpoint effects on people and ecosystems. --snip-- Plans call for monitoring stations to be established in north-central Nevada and southern Nevada. The stations would monitor aspects of climate change at different elevations and landscapes. Temperatures, wind speed, precipitation, solar radiation and soil moisture would be measured. Instruments attached to trees will measure their growth, while webcams will... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128236/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 23:29:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127323/posts Veterans in Politics Talk Show Introduces Jack Schofield LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net November 8:: Jack Schofield Nevada State University Board of Regent, District 5:: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call in and speak to the guest or/and host at (702) 942-7371. The Veterans In Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127323/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126541/posts Democrats gained control of the state Senate with the defeats of Republicans Bob Beers of Las Vegas and Joe Heck of Henderson. The state Democratic Party led efforts to sign up new voters in their districts and spent heavily on the campaign of Beers' challenger, Allison Copening, and Heck's opponent, Shirley Breeden. For the rest of the Senate incumbents seeking re-election to four-year terms, they either had big registration edges or faced only minor-party opposition. Sen. Mike McGinness, R-Fallon, had no opposition at all. In the lone race for an open Senate seat, a 2-to-1 voter registration advantage in the... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126541/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 01:05:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126315/posts LAS VEGAS -- A record number of Nevada voters approved one of the most controversial ballot questions was approved Tuesday. Question No. 2. dealt with the restriction of eminent domain. Under the new law, state and city governments can only take possession of private land for real public use, such as roads and schools -- not casinos. If the government did gain control of someone's property, then the person losing his or her property must get the highest price that property would bring on the open market, the proposal said. It would also allow landowners to go to court to... Fox 5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126315/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:04:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125417/posts NV SoS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125417/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 04:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125180/posts I have a short list of numbers to call in Nevada. I am at work and I can't call them. Is there a freeper that can please call them for me? If so, please reply and I'll send you the list in a PM. Thanks. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125180/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:20:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125085/posts Don't let them intimidate you or your neighbors at the polls... we voted in the swing ward of the swing county of the swing state. No campaigning around precincts (one lone small 0bama sign half a block away from the school). Lines minimal at around 1PM. Lots of people at local Starbucks for the free coffee. Boy Scouts raising money for their trip to NM for camp with a bake sale... that's it. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!! GO VOTE!!! Cannot post from RGJ: Lawyers watching voting process for Obama in Washoe County http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125085/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124492/posts My fellow Nevadans, it is time to prove our worth to the rest of the country. Do not get discouraged by polls... grab and drive whoever you can to vote today. It is critical for our country. Regardless, I'm still trying to figure out some of the statewide issues we'll be voting on today, and any help/insight from our fellow Freepers would be appreciated! Let me say that after 7 years of living in California voting on the wackiest bond measures and such, it is refreshing to read through the Nevada ballot measures! QUESTION NO. 1 Amendment to the Nevada... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124492/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 08:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124355/posts The feed is up and running. http://www.rgj.com/article/20081103/NEWS18/81103063&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124355/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 04:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124319/posts The live feed is up and running at http://www.lasvegasnow.com/ las vegas now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124319/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:38:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124313/posts The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has hired forensic accounting specialists to investigate more than $1 million in church funding to voter-registration group ACORN, fearing the money may have been spent in partisan or fraudulent ways that could jeopardize the church's tax-exempt status. The investigation is "thorough, serious and ongoing," according to a July 11 letter to more than 200 bishops from New Orleans Bishop Robert Morin, chairman of the committee that oversees the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. The CCHD sent $1,037,000 to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in 2007, including a $40,000 grant to... Washington times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124313/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:32:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124190/posts First a few facts about Nevada Voter Registration and the Electorate: In 2004, Republicans had a registered voter advantage of 4500 voters in Nevada over Democrats. The raw numbers, 429808 Dems 434239 Reps, out of a total of 107101 registered, active voters. At the close of registrations, Democrats have a 100,500 registered voter advantage in Nevada. Raw numbers 531223 Dems 430432 Reps out of a total of 1207423 Registered Active Voters. With early voting finished, 561,625 Nevadans cast early ballots, 46.51% of the registered active voter pool. Most of the voters in Nevada are concentrated in Washoe and Clark Counties,... The Cocktoasten Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124190/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 01:32:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123951/posts Steve Nathan, the pollster/consultant in Nevada who's compiling a poll of that state's early voters, contacted me with his final sample size: a whopping 16,749 early voters. To refresh your memory, he had Obama ahead, 51.63 percent to 45.51 percent, with 2.87 percent going to other candidates. The one wrinkle is that Nathan doesn't ask respondents for their party ID. Obviously, a 6 percent lead in a heavily-Republican or even sample is good news, but a 6 percent lead in a heavily-Democratic sample might be reason for Team Obama to sweat. To get a sense of whether Obama's margin among... Campaign Spot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123951/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:27:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123936/posts NEW YORK—Terence Tolbert, a longtime political operative in New York who directed Barack Obama's presidential campaign in the swing state of Nevada, died of a massive heart attack just two days before the election. He was 44. Tolbert was stricken at about 8 p.m. Sunday while driving alone near the campaign offices in North Las Vegas. He was taken to nearby North Vista Hospital, where he died. No one else was injured and no accident report was filed, campaign spokeswoman Kirsten Searer said. Tolbert lived in Harlem and had left his job as the chief lobbyist for New York City's... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123936/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:11:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123862/posts Listen Nevada, still have time to do right by Nevada and our country. VOTE ONLY for McCain and Palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123862/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:08:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123553/posts Obama Leads Among Nevada's Early Voters -- But Why Only By 6 When So Many Democrats Voted Early? Nevada political consultant Steve Nathan has e-mailed with his latest polling results of those who have voted early in Nevada. Their final results of calling everyone who voted early in the state put Obama ahead, 51.63 percent to 45.51 percent, with 2.87 percent going to other candidates. Nathan predicts, “Rural areas of Nevada will be heavily favoring McCain, but with 46 percent of the statewide vote already in we doubt he will be able to gain enough support to overcome Obama’s lead... The Campaign Spot (NRO) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123553/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122042/posts WASHINGTON: With the White House seemingly within grasp, Barack Obama was rocked on Saturday by news that he has an African aunt living ''illegally'' in the United States and that she may have made a small but unlawful contribution to his presidential campaign. The story doesn't appear to be a major roadblock to Obama's drive to the White House, but the conservative media broke into a feeding frenzy over the weekend after the 'scoop' was first reported in the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times of London and latched on to by other right-wing properties such as Fox and other media outlets. Obama... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122042/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120762/posts I really enjoyed the "Minority Report" flick even though it had a really stupid plot. I mean that idea about using psychic "Pre-Cogs" to figure out where future murders are going to happen was really dumb. Plus how would you like to be a Pre-Cog? Floating around in a swimming pool 24/7 while your fellow Pre-Cogs are fouling the water? However, as stupid as the plot premise was there were all sorts of really cool technical gizmos, such as mechanical spider-like critters that could record stuff while not being noticed. I've read that since that movie came out, the... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120762/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120080/posts First, the early numbers from Florida look good. Now Nevada. From The Campaign Spot. The guy doing the exit poll of those who have already voted, with 7,147 responses, puts Obama ahead, 50 percent to 48 percent. If Republicans were a lot more of the early voters, McCain would be nervous. If Democrats were a lot more of the early voters, Obama should be nervous. And if they were split even, a 50-48 Obama lead is in the neighborhood of what we would expect. In Clark County, "through Sunday, 55 percent of early voters were Democrats, 29 percent Republicans." "In... The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120080/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:50:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119903/posts Posted: Thursday, 30 October 2008 5:49AM Obama Heading Back To Nevada For the second weekend in a row, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit Nevada to rally voters heading into next Tuesday's general election. Obama will speak at Cornado High School's football field in Henderson Saturday. Gates are set to open at 7 a.m., but no word yet on what time the rally gets underway. The Saturday event will mark Obama's 20th campaign visit to the silver state. Republican candidate John McCain last visited Nevada August 9th. KXNT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119903/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119808/posts Campaign Spot reader Laurence notes an interesting wrinkle in the post below about Nevada. The guy doing the exit poll of those who have already voted, with 7,147 responses, puts Obama ahead, 50 percent to 48 percent. If Republicans were a lot more of the early voters, McCain would be nervous. If Democrats were a lot more of the early voters, Obama should be nervous. And if they were split even, a 50-48 Obama lead is in the neighborhood of what we would expect. In Clark County, "through Sunday, 55 percent of early voters were Democrats, 29 percent Republicans." "In... National Review Online ("The Campaign Spot") http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119808/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119396/posts Analysts have predicted that new voters, young voters and Hispanic voters will turn out in record numbers in this election. But as Nevadans continue to flock to the polls, turnout among those three groups is lagging, at least in the early going. While turnout statewide was nearly 25 percent through Sunday, it was just 20 percent among Hispanic voters, 14 percent among voters under 30 and 15 percent among those who didn't vote in the last three elections, according to an analysis of state early voting records through Sunday prepared by America Votes, an organization that works to mobilize voters....... biglizards http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119396/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118251/posts Veterans in Politics Talk Show Introduces Bob Beers and Michael Villani LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net November 1st: Bob Beers Republican candidate and State Senator for Nevada State, District 6: Michael Villani Judge and candidate for Clark County District Court Department 17: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call in and speak to the guest or/and host at (702) 942-7371. The Veterans In Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118251/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118000/posts Last I looked at places like 538.com and ElectionProjection, they were calling Nevada either "leans McCain" or "tossup". But this story in the Las Vegas Review Journal makes that assumption pretty suspect. On the first day of early voting, 62 percent of Clark County voters were Democrats, while 23 percent were Republicans and the rest nonpartisans or members of minor parties. Through Sunday, 55 percent of early voters were Democrats, 29 percent Republicans. Ok, now pay close attention, the early voting gives Democrats a 26 point edge in in votes cast. Exit polling of early voters conducted by a local... RedState http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118000/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:31:32 GMT