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Roberta McCain pays visit to Silver State delegation

ST. PAUL – The Nevada delegation’s lunch meeting at the St. Paul hotel here today had an unexpected guest: Roberta McCain, Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s 96-year-old mother. (PolitickerNV.com, Alex Isenstadt)

Link: http://www.politickernv.com/alexisenstadt/2372/roberta-mccain-pays-visit...

Gibbons sighting

Gov. Jim Gibbons is on the floor of the convention, standing by the Nevada pole chatting with Assemblywoman Heidi Gansert and state Sen. Barbara Cegavske. (Review Journal, Molly Ball)

Link:  http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/conventions/Gibbons_sighting.html

McCain: No politics

How do you stop being political at a political convention?

McCain campaign senior adviser Charlie Black told the Nevada delegation at lunch that that’s exactly what the nominee wants them to do.

“John McCain’s been a personal friend of mine for over 30 years,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever, in thousands of conversations, I don’t think I’ve ever had a conversation with him where we didn’t talk about politics one way or another -- until today.” (Review Journal, Molly Ball)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/conventions/McCain_No_politics.html

Gibbons joins Nevada delegation

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Jim Gibbons arrived at the convention hall and has joined the Nevada delegation on the floor.

As he made his way around the back of the hall, someone snapped his photo. He seemed alone. (Las Vegas Sun, Lisa Mascaro)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/winning-the-west/2008/sep/01/gibbons-jo...

McCain adviser: Candidate will be in Nevada ‘frequently’

Charlie Black, a D.C. legend and key adviser to Sen. John McCain, just addressed the Nevada delegation.

Personal and best wishes from John and Cindy McCain. John McCain’s been a personal friend for more than 30 years, he said. (Las Vegas Sun, J. Patrick Coolican)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/winning-the-west/2008/sep/01/mccain-adv...

Lieutenant governor to report from Republican National Convention

Nevada Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki will join thousands this week in St. Paul, Minn., the site of the GOP National Convention.

This will make the fourth Republican National Convention for the Stateline resident, who is chairman of Sen. John McCain’s campaign in Nevada. (Nevada Appeal, Jeff Munson)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080901/NEWS/808309972/1070&ParentP...

How the GOP handles Gustav could ripple back to Nevada races

St. Paul, Minn. — It’s not often that politics offers a do-over, especially one as dramatic and with such high stakes as Monday’s for the Republicans, as Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Gulf Coast. (Las Vegas Sun, Lisa Mascaro)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/02/how-gop-handles-gustav-could...

No politics as local as Assembly politics

With the primaries behind them, this is the Democrats’ goal as they look to the state Assembly elections in November: (Las Vegas Sun, Brian Eckhouse)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/02/no-politics-local-assembly-p...

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Candidates for Carson City mayor and supervisors will debate this week in the first major forum since the primary narrowed the fields earlier this month.

Six candidates had run for mayor and five for Ward 4 supervisor. Since there were only two candidates that filed for Ward 2 supervisor, that race went straight to the general election. (Nevada Appeal, Dave Frank)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080902/NEWS/809019985/1001&parentp...

Nevada GOP delegates proud to have female VP candidate

ST. PAUL MINN. -- For many of the women in Nevada’s delegation to the Republican National Convention, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s nomination as their party’s vice presidential candidate represents an opportunity for their party to reclaim the issue of gender equity from their Democratic rivals. (Gazette Journal, Anjeanette Damon)

Link: http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/NEWS19/80901026&O...

Gaming down? Sure. Drinking? Not so fast

Carson City — The latest state tax numbers were gloomy. Sales taxes fell to levels not seen since 2006. The gaming tax is down 6 percent. Tax from property sales was down 29 percent. (Las Vegas Sun, David McGrath Schwartz)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/02/gaming-down-sure-drinking-no...

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