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Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the national convention by private conference call. The state party broke up its original convention in April when supporters of Ron Paul hijacked the proceedings and tried to elect delegates for their candidate to the national GOP convention in September. Party officials tried to reconvene on July 26, but they needed a quorum of 675 and received only 300 RSVPs, according to local reports. “With so many people concerned about the economy, it simply wouldn’t be fair for...

[The following is an optical character recognition transcription of the PDF file] the Committee wishes to bring to your attention information we have received evidencing a premeditated and predesigned plan by the Obama campaign to engage in systematic corruption of the Party’s caucus procedures. Compounding this blatant distortion of the caucus rules was an egregious effort by the Obama campaign to manipulate the voter registration process in its own favor, thereby disenfranchising countless voters. Finally, the Committee has received a vast number of reliable reports of voter suppression and intimidation by the Obama campaign or its allies....Senator Clinton and the...

WASHINGTON - After years of delay, the Bush administration will submit a formal license application on Tuesday to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, government officials have told the Associated Press. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will have three years to review the application, although it could extend that an additional year if needed. The agency's primary responsibility is to determine if the design as proposed will protect public health, safety and the environment. The Energy Department informed key members of Congress and the NRC of its plans on Monday. A truck is to deliver tens of...

In the small town of Winnemucca Nevada a man bent on performing a mass shooting at a bar was stopped by an armed CCW permit holder who happened to be in the right place at the right time. The alleged mass murderer had already killed two victims & had injured two others with gunshot wounds, but after reloading to resume his shooting spree he was shot & killed by an armed CCW permit holder who was also at the bar. The alleged mass murderer & his two dead victims were already dead by the time Police arrived on the scene...

Jeff Greenspan, Ron Paul's paid out-of-state political operative who helped engineer last weekend's fiasco at the Nevada Republican Party convention in Reno, is tying himself in knots trying to spin his way out of responsibility for the embarrassment he caused. The story line that the Paul people desperately want to believe - as it fuels the already abundant level of paranoia that flows uncontrolled through their ranks - is that the Nevada GOP had been conspiring behind closed doors to block any Paul supporters from going to the Republican National Convention in Minnesota later this summer. In their conspiracy-addled minds,...

I started focusing on the political process in the mid-to-late 80's. For as long as I've been involved, it has been generally accepted that Ronald Reagan's success was keyed to his ability to bring the three legs of the conservative movement to stand together -- the foreign policy, economic, and social conservatives. Today, I believe the Republican and Democrat establishments would love nothing more than for the social conservatives to sit down and shut up, but they know this demographic can still really impact an election. It is harder for social conservatives to win elections by themselves these days. They...

Quakes Keep Shaking Reno; Scientists StumpedSandra Chereb in Reno, Nevada Associated PressApril 30, 2008 Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, are scrutinizing seismic readings and studying damage at residents' homes to try to figure out what's happening beneath Earth's surface under a northwest Reno neighborhood rocked by a seemingly endless string of earthquakes. What they can't say is whether the hundreds of temblors that have rattled the area for two months—the largest a magnitude 4.7 Friday night—are subsiding or a prelude to bigger things to come. "You're not going to get an earthquake prediction today," John Anderson, director of...

Sierra Nevada Rose To Current Height Earlier Than Thought, Say GeologistsGeologists studying deposits of volcanic glass in the western United States have found that the central Sierra Nevada largely attained its present elevation 12 million years ago, roughly 8 or 9 million years earlier than commonly thought. (Credit: iStockphoto/Ken Babione) ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2008) — Geologists studying deposits of volcanic glass in the western United States have found that the central Sierra Nevada largely attained its present elevation 12 million years ago, roughly 8 or 9 million years earlier than commonly thought. The finding has implications not only for understanding...

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Two moderate earthquakes occurred this afternoon west of Reno, in the Mogul-Somerset area. These events are the largest in a continuing a series of earthquakes that began on Thursday February 28, 2008. The earthquakes today have been followed by numerous aftershocks, many large enough to be felt. Based on the magnitude of today’s earthquakes, felt aftershocks can be expected for several days. The activity west of Reno is unusual in that the largest earthquakes of the series have been the latest to occur. This is out of the normal pattern of mainshock followed by smaller aftershocks, such as has occurred...

This letter is not intended as a response to the Obama campaign’s letter. However, in the interest of a complete record, and in contrast to the alleged minor procedural problems noted by the Obama campaign, the Committee wishes to bring to your attention information we have received evidencing a premeditated and predesigned plan by the Obama campaign to engage in systematic corruption of the Party’s caucus procedures. Compounding this blatant distortion of the caucus rules was an egregious effort by the Obama campaign to manipulate the voter registration process in its own favor, thereby disenfranchising countless voters. Finally, the Committee...

The ricin found in Las Vegas is almost certainly part of a deliberate plot of some kind; authorities continue to insist there was “no link to terrorist activity,” but now they’ve found firearms and an “anarchist cookbook.” LAS VEGAS - As police tried to piece together how a rare, deadly poison ended up in a motel for transients, the 57-year-old man who could hold the key lay unconscious in a hospital. Adding to the mystery, police said firearms and an “anarchist type textbook” were found in the same room where the ricin was discovered two days later. Capt. Joseph Lombardo...

Detectives may be looking at the discovery of a poison-infested vial at a Las Vegas motel as a murder plot that has left one man gravely ill, FOX News has learned. The toxin known as ricin turned up at the Extended Stay America Motel, leaving one person in critical condition and in the hospital, with some reports suggesting that he may be in a coma. No one else has exhibited signs of ricin poisoning to date, police said Friday. Law enforcement officials told FOX that the Las Vegas Police Department is leading the probe and the investigation appears to be...

The State of Nevada's revenues grew $396.6 million in fiscal year 2007, a 5.67 percent gain to $7.4 billion. But the state's expenses for 2007 were $7.2 billion, a full $1 billion higher than the previous year. The data is contained in the state's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report released by Controller Kim Wallin this week. She said the economic downturn, which caused the governor to call for budget reductions from all agencies receiving General Fund money, has created a lot of interest in the report. She pointed out the budget cuts are based not on the Fiscal 2007 report but...

Backers and foes of a plan to pump billions of gallons of water to booming Las Vegas differed Thursday over the economic prospects of the rural Nevada valleys that would have to give up the water. Proponents of the Southern Nevada Water Authority plan to draw more than 11.3 billion gallons of groundwater a year from Delamar, Dry Lake and Cave valleys maintained that a population boom in the isolated area is unlikely no matter what. Foes of the proposed pumping, part of SNWA's $2 billion-plus project to pipe water across the water to Las Vegas, countered that growth has...

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PAHRUMP, Nev. - Authorities say former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday morning on charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence. Authorities say Fleiss was pulled over at about 9:30 a.m. by Nye County sheriff's deputies responding to a call of a possible drunken driver. Fleiss, 42, and a passenger in the car, John Owen, were found to be under the influence of a controlled substance. Fleiss had prescription medication but could not produce a valid prescription, according to the sheriff's office. Fleiss was arrested on four counts, including possession of dangerous drugs without...

KXNT is the local Las Vegas AM station that has Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin ..etc. Up to the Nevada primary, which was January 15, Paul ran several different message radio spots on KXNT on a regular basis. Today, while listening to Rush, I again heard a Ron Paul radio spot. This one was the "Introduction to Ron Paul" type of spot compared to the specific issue, such as, "Tips should be tax free", which was run ad nauseum out here. Is this just campaign incompetence? Surely, that money should be used in the other upcoming primaries. Is he continuing because he...

[Obama campaign] "These reports suggest the possibility of activity conducted in violation of Party rules and the rights of voters—activity that, as the volume and distribution of those complaints indicate, may have been planned and coordinated with the willful intention to distort the process in the favor of one candidate, Senator Clinton. A sheet of instructions provided by the Clinton campaign to its precinct works captures its program for the Caucus: “It’s not illegal unless they [the temporary precinct chairs] tell you so.” (See attachment). This certainly suggests that, for the Clinton campaign, the operative standard of conduct was, simply...

Barack Obama's campaign has filed a formal complaint with the Nevada Democratic Party Wednesday over allegations of irregularities in Saturday’s caucuses in that state – “violations” they blame on Hillary Clinton’s campaign. "This certainly suggests that, for the Clinton campaign, the operative standard was, simply and only, what it could get away with," Bauer wrote. In his letter, Bauer says the campaign has received reports of more than 1,600 complaints, including reports of voter obstruction and early door closings, many of which came in through a special hotline set up by the campaign.

Carson City — Steamed at Gov. Jim Gibbons for slicing $283.6 million from the state budget without consulting them, ranking Democrats in the Legislature intend to do something about it -- now and in 2009. Sen. Bob Coffin of Las Vegas, the Senate’s senior Democrat, is pushing for the Legislature to sue to overturn the Republican governor’s decision and force a special legislative session. Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, complained that lawmakers and the public had “virtually no opportunity” to voice their opinions about the reductions. “Significant cuts should include the Legislature. That’s our duty,” she said. Democrats lament...

Las Vegas Sun January 20, 2008 Pro-Clinton union members handing out T-shirts as Strip workers gather to caucus By Charlotte Hsu · January 19, 2008 · 11:26 AM Members of the pro-Hillary Clinton AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), walking into the lion’s den, are handing out Clinton t-shirts outside a Paris Las Vegas ballroom as Strip workers are gathering to caucus in a few minutes. The AFSME members were not hesitant in identifying themselves to me as they handed out white T-shirts, clearly intended to be be worn by Culinary workers who are prepared to break ranks with...

Who got the biggest boost on Saturday? Clinton - Winning Nevada Romney - Winning Nevada McCain - Winning South Carolina

David Plouffe, in a succinct statement appended to a released quotation from his boss, Barack Obama, said the Obama campaign was investigating more than 200 reporters of irregularities in Nevada. “We currently have reports of over 200 separate incidents of trouble at caucus sites, including doors being closed up to thirty minutes early, registration forms running out so people were turned away, and ID being requested and checked in a non-uniform fashion. This is in addition to the Clinton campaign’s efforts to confuse voters and call into question the at-large caucus sites which clearly had an affect on turnout at...

Nevada voters gave Mitt Romney first place and Ron Paul second place. And true to form, FOX and CNN practically dismissed the whole vote in Nevada.

According to RealClearPolitics.com the three final polls leading up to the Nevada caucus had Romney up an avg of 5 points over McCain. Yet he beat him by 38 points. Yet I have yet to hear anyone raise a question about that (unlike the NH polling). Please explain.

LAS VEGAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the most votes during the Democratic caucuses here yesterday, but Sen. Barack Obama claimed a narrow national convention delegate victory. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Mrs. Clinton had captured 51 percent of the vote, while Mr. Obama had won 45 percent. But Mr. Obama claimed he won 13 delegates — one more than Mrs. Clinton — because of the proportional way Nevada awards delegates.

Blair accused of 'stabbing Hillary Clinton in the back' after supporting RepublicansLast updated at 00:56am on 20th January 2008  Former allies: Bill Clinton and Tony Blair   Tony Blair was accused of betrayal last night as he waded into the American Presidential campaign to support George Bush's Republican world view. As the former PM recommended Mr Bush's policies to 400 millionaire bankers in Las Vegas, former ally Bill Clinton was campaigning in Nevada for his wife Hillary, who hopes to be the Democratic candidate for the White House and is an arch Bush critic. In a move liable to...

Credit where it's due: If all of the Mormons who voted for Mitt Romney stayed home today, he still would have won by a large margin. My math: GOP turnout is put at about 43,000. Exit polls put Mormons at 25 percent of the GOP electorate, or about 10,750 voters. Ninety-four percent of those voted for Romney, or about 10,105. Romney's vote total with 99 percent of the precincts reporting is 22,629. 22,629 - 10,105 = 12,524. By comparison, second-place finisher Ron Paul is at 6,077. Still a 2 to 1 margin over his closest competitor. UPDATE: From Bruce, a...

John McCain and Mike Huckabee dueled for victory in a hard-fought Republican primary in South Carolina Saturday. Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama split the spoils in Nevada presidential caucuses marred by late charges of dirty politics. "This is one step on a long journey," Clinton told cheering supporters in Las Vegas. She captured the popular vote, but Obama edged her out for national convention delegates at stake, taking 13 to her 12. Obama issued a statement that said he had conducted an "honest, uplifting campaign ... that appealed to people's hopes instead of their fears." If the Democrats...

I find it quite hilarious that Hillary narrowly won a Nevada caucus...where she was up 25 points but months before...and somehow managed to lose to Obama in total delegates: 13 to 12. Though the press will report this as a victory and momentum for Hillary, it is nothing less than a victory for Obama. Naturally I'm rooting for Hillary to be the candidate, but her constant inane, dirty politics against Obama makes it extremely unlikely that we will be her VP running mate. The man has grown to absolutely despise her and the Clinton cronies.

Hillary Clinton wins Dem caucus in Nevada January 19, 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the Democratic caucuses in Nevada.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Nevada caucuses Saturday, powering past Barack Obama in a hard-fought race marred by last-minute charges of dirty politics. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney easily won the Republican contest. The victory marked a second-straight campaign triumph for the former first lady, who gained an upset victory over Obama in last week's New Hampshire primary. Early returns showed the former first lady gaining roughly half the vote in a three-way Democratic race, with Obama at about 45 percent and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards placing a distant third.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses today, while Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee were battling for a first-place finish in South Carolina. With the presidential campaign still wide open in both parties, the focus shifted today to the South and West, where Republican and Democratic candidates are urgently seeking wins in a caucus and primary contest to give their campaigns a boost. "Today, the people of Nevada voted for change in Washington," Romney said following his victory. "For far too long, our leaders have promised to take the action necessary to...

Woo HOOOOOOO!!! My husband, son and I just got back from our caucus at Cimmaron Memorial High School in northwest Las Vegas. Here's the count from Precinct 2455: Fred Thompson - 4 Mitt Romney - 3 Ron Paul - 2 Mike Huckabee - 1 McCain, Giuliani, Hunter - 0 votes each My favorite memory of this caucus: When the votes were being tallied up, a Ron Paul guy gasped in amazement, "Thompson!" More good news: I'm going to be a county delegate! [insert earpiercing shriek of Republican joy] more...

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Republican Mitt Romney won Nevada's caucuses Saturday while John McCain and Mike Huckabee dueled in the South Carolina primary, a campaign doubleheader likely to winnow the crowded field of presidential rivals. Democrats shared the stage in Nevada, where Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama vied for a caucus victory and the campaign momentum that goes with it. Romney's western victory marked two straight successes, coming after a win in the Michigan primary earlier in the week that revived his campaign. Alone among the Republican contenders, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas aired television ads in Nevada, and the libertarian-leaning Texan looked...

Jan. 19, 2008 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal THE NEVADA CAUCUS: WHAT'S ON THE LINE Groundwork laid months ago for state's upstart caucus to be put to test today By MOLLY BALL REVIEW-JOURNAL This is your only chance to have a say in whom the presidential candidates will be. Presidential candidates will not be on the ballot in Nevada's regularly scheduled August primary.Today's caucuses are not Nevada's first, they are just the first ones to be a big deal.Nevada Democrats have had caucuses for decades, but they were small affairs and usually occurred after the nominee already had been chosen...

HENDERSON, Nevada - Meeting reporters in this Las Vegas suburb, Nevada's second-largest city, to accept an endorsement from an important state senator, Mitt Romney was hit by a barrage of questions from those who want to know why he is not competing more in South Carolina. That state, which holds its primary on the same day as Nevada's caucuses, will get far more attention on the Republican side than the state in which Romney intends to campaign Saturday. "We plan to go all the way to the end of the process," he said last night, and a process is what...

Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have comfortable leads in Nevada going into Saturday's presidential campaign caucuses, according to a new Review-Journal poll. Clinton's 9-point lead over Barack Obama, 41 percent to 32 percent, maintains the lead she's held in most state polls despite Obama's intense efforts to compete here and his recent union endorsements. John Edwards trails with 14 percent of the vote. Romney's unique investment in the state appears to be paying off, with the help of the big dive Rudy Giuliani's numbers have taken after poor showings in previous states. Romney leads John McCain by 15...

Video of pre-caucus interview in Nevada with Duncan Hunter, covering National Security, Illegal Immigration, American Job Security, Health Care Reform.

January 18, 2008 3:10 pm EST ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Today, the Ron Paul 2008 campaign is calling on the Nevada State Republican Party to re-examine multiple inconsistencies in the Nevada Caucus process, and to consider postponing the caucus, which is scheduled for Saturday, January 19. “The inconsistencies, errors and multiple changes in the rules reek of playing politics with the what should be a neutral process,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. “The people of Nevada deserve to know exactly what the rules are and to know that those rules are being fairly enforced. This has not happened...

FERNLEY - Republican Presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter visited Fernley for about an hour Thursday afternoon to view damage caused by the Jan. 5 flood that ran through a good part of the city. The California congressman, who did not take any questions, drove with Fernley Mayor Todd Cutler to the Truckee Canal - where the breach occurred - and to two affected residential neighborhoods. Cutler took Hunter to a home on Cotton Road, before heading over to Shadow Mountain Road, where the damaged furnishings of the homes were discarded in large piles of debris. Cutler indicated to Hunter how...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - California congressman Duncan Hunter, a long-shot candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, says he expects to do well in Nevada's caucuses on Saturday and still believes he could be elected president. Hunter told the Reno Gazette-Journal today he thinks he can win because even though he has little money, no Republican has really dominated the race so far. In his words, "This thing is wide open." Hunter is a Vietnam veteran who represents San Diego. He says since he first was elected to Congress in 1980 as part of President Reagan's sweep into power, he has...

Congressman and Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter is in Reno today to prove to the people of Nevada that he is a force to be reckoned with. Hunter appeared on KOLO 8 News Daybreak this morning with Kendra Kostelecky discussing his reasons for running for President and that he certainly is someone to look toward for the position of Commander In Chief. With his military experience and political background in Washington, Hunter feels that he is someone that the people of Nevada should support. Hunter is a Vietnam veteran who represents San Diego. He says since he first was elected to...

Hopeful Hunter to Campaign U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., author of the bill to build a border fence, will bring his presidential campaign to Pahrump, Nevada Wednesday (today).Hunter is scheduled to appear from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Skate Zone, 1261 E. Calvada Blvd. While some Democratic candidates are already dropping out of the presidential race, Hunter is continuing the campaign despite finishing with less than 1 percent of the vote in Iowa and New Hampshire. Hunter lives in a border community in east San Diego County. His efforts resulted in the installation of 59 miles of fencing and...

A bus carrying about 40 casino workers rolled over and caught fire on an interstate in southern Nevada, authorities said on Thursday. The bus overturned on I-15 near Primm, Nev., just across the state line from California. Four people were airlifted to Las Vegas hospitals in critical condition, and at least 10 others who were injured were transported by ambulance, authorities said, adding that it was "miraculous" that nobody was killed in the accident... The bus rode against the side of the wall until it ended and then fell on its side, bursting into flames.

Duncan Hunter, Presidential Candidate Visits Fernley & Reno Presidential Candidate, will be to touring Fernley and the flood area with Fernley Mayor Todd Cutler this afternoon beginning about 2:30 PM. Hunter and his family know disaster firsthand having lost their family home in the wildfires of Southern California in 2003 and nearly losing their home again this year. Having served with Governor Jim Gibbons in Congress, Congressman Hunter was first to call Nevada’s Governor to offer any help at his disposal. Following the Fernley City and flood area tour, Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter will also accompany Mayor Todd Cutler...

On Friday the Review-Journal will publish the results of our statewide pre-caucus presidential preference poll conducted Monday through Wednesday by Mason-Dixon Polling & research. On the GOP side former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads his closest opponent by 15 points. On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton outdistances Barack Obama by 9 points.

GOP also caucusing on Saturday You might not know it, but there's also a Republican caucus in Nevada on Saturday. While the Democratic candidates have been showering attention on the Silver State in order to sway voters in preparation for their Saturday event, Republican hopefuls have been largely absent, preferring to campaign in Michigan and South Carolina. Thus the GOP caucus here hasn't garnered nearly the attention of the Democratic one. As it stands now, there is no clear Republican front-runner nationally. Mike Huckabee won Iowa, John McCain took New Hampshire and Mitt Romney picked up Michigan. The race in...