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Obama addresses party faithful in Reno

RENO — Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois told a small crowd of party faithful and union members Sunday that too many people “feel as if the American dream is slipping away.” (Nevada Appeal, Geoff Dornan)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080818/NEWS/549905620/-1/rss05

Reid calls for bipartisan summit on energy

LAS VEGAS — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says he’s putting all energy solutions up for discussion at an energy summit set to begin today, including one the Nevada senator rarely endorses.

“I’m not opposed to nuclear,” Reid told reporters Friday as he touted the meeting of national energy experts and politicians in Las Vegas. “I just know that in most parts of the country we can’t use it because of the water, it uses so much water.” (Nevada Appeal, AP)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080818/NEWS/744894237/-1/rss05

Where the going gets tough (in Reno), Obama gets going

Reno — Sen. Barack Obama met privately with a handful of Nevada’s Democratic leaders Sunday before giving a short speech and answering questions from about 250 labor leaders and union members.

During the private meeting, Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, an early Obama supporter, jokingly reminded Obama that he won Washoe County by 10 points in January’s Democratic caucus, she said. (Las Vegas Sun, David McGrath Schwartz)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/18/where-going-gets-tough-reno-...

GOP says Obama inexperienced

Although U.S. Sen. Barack Obama strived to woo additional Nevada voters during his Sunday stop in Reno, a spokesman for political rival U.S. Sen. John McCain said because of Nevada's conservative voting nature the Silver State's electoral votes are expected to continue their Republican trend. (Gazette Journal, Kristen Larsen)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEWS18/80817041

Contract extension for Sparks city manager in limbo

Sparks City Manager Shaun Carey is in limbo when it comes to a contract extension from his bosses, the city council members. (Gazette Journal, David Jacobs)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEWS18/80817038

Lady Luck decides tie elections in Nevada

Voters do not always decide who wins an election. In 1972, Dorothy Wilson was re-elected justice of peace by the flip of a coin.

On election day, incumbent Wilson and Billy Weyer both received 146 votes for the seat on the Gabbs bench. Amazingly, they both received 133 votes in Gabbs and 13 votes each in Ione. (Gazette Journal, Patty Cafferata)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEIGHBORHOODS/80...

Democrats target two Senate seats

CARSON CITY -- With the preliminary round now out of the way, the serious business of party politics has begun for state lawmakers -- and Democrats are looking for a way to take control of the Senate, where they last held the majority a distant 17 years ago.

A single Republican seat now gives the GOP control of the 21-member upper house of the Legislature, where Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, has held sway since 1993. (Review Journal, Sean Whaley)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27067489.html

Democrats’ strategy: Tie every Republican to Gibbons

Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley’s eyes fairly twinkled and I thought I could hear her salivary glands starting up as she answered the question of whether Democrats planned to tie the Jim Gibbons albatross around the neck of every GOP candidate in the coming 80 days. (Las Vegas Sun, Jon Ralston)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/17/democrats-strategy-tie-every...

Isn’t it time Iraq started paying for reconstruction? Ensign, others say yes

Not since late last year has the war in Iraq been the top issue on voters’ minds.

In poll after poll, Iraq slips down the list — usually No. 2, but sometimes dropping another rung.

Jobs and the economy have topped voter concerns as the mortgage mess unfolded, unemployment rates soared higher than post-9/11 levels in Nevada, and $4-a-gallon-gas emerged during the summer driving season. (Las Vegas Sun, Lisa Mascaro)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/17/isnt-it-time-iraq-started-pa...

Washoe is must-win ground

When Sen. Barack Obama visits Reno today he’ll be campaigning in a region widely seen as the key battleground for winning Nevada in November. (Las Vegas Sun, Michael Mishak)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/17/washoe-must-win-ground/

Gibbons' tax hearing hits snag

A planned Sept. 11 Nevada Ethics Commission hearing on a complaint filed by Democrats over a big property tax break for Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons hit a snag when one commissioner - a former state Democratic Party chairman - recused himself. (Nevada Appeal, AP)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080816/NEWS/526383642/-1/rss05

Nye County races must be staged again

Call it a do-over, election style.

Come Nov. 4, voters in Nye County will get one more crack at a pair of school board races that looked like they had been decided during Tuesday's primary. (Review Journal, Henry Brean)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27047159.html

Reid summit in green spotlight

The biggest name on the program for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s first energy summit, last summer, was Harry Reid. And even he slipped out of the Reno Peppermill after delivering the morning’s keynote address. (Las Vegas Sun, Lisa Mascaro)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/16/reid-summit-green-spotlight/

RNC panel rejects both Nev. delegations

LAS VEGAS— Citing flaws in the selection process, a key Republican National Committee panel on Friday recommended that neither of Nevada’s two dueling delegations be seated at the party’s national convention in September. (Gazette Journal, AP)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/NEWS18/80815061

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