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"Ralston Retorts" commentary: GOP women trivialize gender bias with outrageous attacks on state Senate caucus
In case you missed it, here's my commentary from Thursday's "Ralston Reports" about that letter written by a group of GOP women attacking state Semate Minority Leader Michael Roberson for his supposed gender bias in snubbing colleague Barbara Cegavske:
Las Vegas councilman who once opposed The Family's projects is now a good man
A beautiful, sweet Nevada political story, surely with a happy ending: From outsider to anointed. That’s the Stavros Anthony tale as the former Metro cop and ex-regent who ran for office crusading against two Goodman family projects is about to be consecrated by the lobbyists who appear most frequently before the council and Goodman II.
National media on Vegas presidential debate prep locale: It's a "sh--hole"
Among the many pleasures of my holiday season vacation, in between the excessive sleeping, drinking and eating, I devoured the latest Politico e-book: "The End of the Line." The excellent, detailed recitation by Jonathan Martin and Glenn Thrush of the last 34 days of the campaign contains a brief snippet about President Obama's "three-day cram session" in October at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson. The "scene out in the Westin resort.....was tense, surreal and unsettling, 'just full of bad vibes,' one team member would recall," the authors write.
Sun wins holiday season poll of best Nevada newspaper for politics
But, to be, fair, the sample size is not large. The question: Which newspaper do you trust the most for coverage of government/political news? Results:
NRA spent $20,000 in Nevada legislative races since 2010
The National Rifle Association spread around five figures to Nevada legislative candidates in 2010 and 2012, including to key Carson City players.
Reid and LaPierre in 2010: Soldiers in arms
Frankly, I had forgotten, until reminded on Twitter (of course!), how strongly pro-gun Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was when the Clark County Shooting Park opened in March 2010. Standing next to the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, Reid talked of him like a soldier in arms ("We have stood together in so many battles over the years.") and bragged of past, present and future efforts to oppose the assault weapons ban.
It's Michael McDonald in a landslide
If I didn't know better, I'd say the incumbent GOP boss stuffed the ballot box. The results of the site poll:
What will Reid do on guns?
This is one of those times when it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to separate the personal from the political. And for a political being as complicated, calculating and yet paradoxically erratic as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the personal impact may override anything else. Yes, even with the man I call Prince Harry, who would have certainly made Machiavelli blush at his mulifarious political schemes and who would have happily been Mick’s muse as he belted out “Sympathy for the Devil.”