First Principles

… Come From a Supposed Conservative? In case you missed it, there are three Republicans now running in what will almost certainly be state Senate District 18 down in Las Vegas.  Michele Fiore is one, and the other two are sitting State Assemblymen, Scott Hammond and Richard McArthur.  I’ve observed both of the Assemblymen in […]

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When Bill Clinton was being impeached for perjury, I was beyond annoyed with the whole spectacle.  It’s not that I don’t think perjury should be taken seriously – it should.  And it wasn’t that I was a Bill Clinton fan – far from it. But the sanctimony and obvious political hackery at the heart of […]

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So it turns out that Republicans in Clark County are currently getting crushed in voter registration numbers.  Even non-partisans are registering more voters than Republicans. I’m sure glad we killed off any possibility of using the Caucuses as a recruitment/party building tool by eliminating Same Day Registration.  We can all be certain that Democrats will […]

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The purpose of a political party is to get as many members of that party elected to public office as possible. Period. So why is it that so many members of Nevada’s Republican Party seem to care so little for their central mission?  Why are a large minority of them seeming to act against that […]

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The liberal Nevada View had a post in support of President Obama’s “American Jobs Act,” arguing that it’s going to be especially good for Nevada.  That’s not in and of itself isn’t surprising.  But when I read it, I had to wonder – if it’s so good for Nevada, why hasn’t a single member of […]

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Yesterday’s post on the same-day caucus registration has been getting a lot of great feedback – thanks to everyone who passed it around.  Also, I’ll be on 99.1 FM Tuesday morning around 7:00 to discuss the topic. Unfortunately, there have also been some responses that aren’t exactly… fully accurate, either because the responder doesn’t understand […]

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I oppose same-day registration for elections, but caucuses are a significantly different animal.  For a caucus, the possibilities of effective fraud are miniscule, and the potential benefits to the Republican Party in terms of growing in size and strength are enormous.  So given this rather obvious cost-benefit to having same-day caucus voter registration, why are […]

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This was a good debate, but I don’t know that it was a game changer.  That’s unfortunate, I think, and it speaks to the bankruptcy of these debates’ formats. This leads to entrenchment, not breakouts. I worry that this will turn into a bruising, drawn out primary.  But then, Democrats worried about that with Hillary […]

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I have to work for a living, so I couldn’t make it home in time to do a real live blog.  But here’s almost live reaction via my DVR, with listed times Eastern.

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That’s the game, and I was glad I watched.  My initial, fresh off the field thoughts:  I give the win to Perry.  He was credible, NOT crazy, and just detailed enough to not sound like he was just spouting over-rehearsed soundbites.  I think Bachmann will fade after this – she had the most to lose, […]

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One of the downsides of being a political junkie is that you get tons of various campaign and political E-mails.  It’s not all bad – I usually find it pretty interesting.  But lately I’ve gotten a lot of junk, mostly on Facebook, from a small cadre of people pushing people to vote for Tim Fasano, […]

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I was really hoping that Sharron Angle’s new campaign would at least show some signs of learning from the past.  I wasn’t impressed with her “reset” press conference – you can’t just demand respect like a petulant teen, you have to actually earn it all on your own.  But it beats not talking to the […]

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