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Seven Holy Days of Reflection: Day 6

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Well, that was almost embarrassing.New Hampshire's vaunted primary had almost produced no change whatsoever in the Republican primary lineup, that is until former Utah Gov.

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Seven Holy Days of Reflection: Day 5

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

You readers know the drill by now: The state of New Hampshire demands seven uninterrupted days following its primary election in which other states may not hold elections of their own. So as a result, Nevada leaders capitulated and moved our caucus back to Feb. 4, when we'll be lucky

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Seven Holy Days of Reflection: Day 4

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

I could be -- and probably should have been -- writing about Nevada's Republican caucus today. But because the state of New Hampshire insists that nobody else in the country may select presidential candidates within seven days of its primary, I'm not. Instead, I'm trying to respect New Hampshire law

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Seven Holy Days of Reflection: Day 3

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Many people have questioned the role that early caucus and primary states play in the political process, suggesting they are not representative of the country as a whole. This is especially true in a place such as New Hampshire, which not only insists on having the first primary in the

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This should drive up turnout

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Nobody ever accused Nevada Democrats of being subtle. I guess this is what happens when you have an incumbent president and you have to try to drive up turnout by other means...

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Seven Holy Days of Reflection: Day 2

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

There are few things more evident in politics than the need of New Hampshire to get over itself and stop thinking that its voters do something magical every four years in which the rest of the nation is in awe. It's a presidential primary, people, not the Burning Man Festival.

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The good capitalism, and the bad

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

The brutal video that takes a hard and critical look at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital -- When Mitt Romney Came to Town -- is now up on the web. You can find it at www.kingofbain.com.Although Romney (and a spate of other conservatives) have criticized

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The Seven Holy Days of Reflection begin

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

The New Hampshire primary has come and gone, that vaunted, first-in-the-nation exercise of direct democracy where anything can happen, anyone can run, and an upset victory can change the entire field of candidates. It is the quadrennial event that gives life to the notion that, in America, anybody can grow

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NPRI throws a Hail Mary

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The Nevada Policy Research Institute's legal arm says its lawsuit against state Sen. Mo Denis for allegedly unconstitutionally holding an elective office and a position in the executive branch simultaneously shouldn't be dismissed, even though he's quit his state job and the alleged violation appears to be moot.The conservative

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When capitalists attack

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson is a very wealthy man. According to Forbes, he's the eighth richest man in the United States, with a net worth estimated at $21.5 billion.So a political donation of $5 million to a super PAC supportive of Republican former Speaker Newt Gingrich

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