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Ensign energizes first, pleads second

St. Paul, Minn. — One sure way to whip the crowd to a roar at the Republican National Convention is this: Talk about freedom, throw in Ronald Reagan and invoke impassioned responses to yes-no questions.

Nevada’s Republican Sen. John Ensign used it Thursday night to great success. (Las Vegas Sun, Lisa Mascaro)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/05/ensign-energizes-first-plead...

Three petitions backed by Las Vegas casino owner won’t be on ballot

Three initiative petitions backed by Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson — two of them designed to take money away from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority — won’t be on Nevada’s November ballot. (Nevada Appeal, Geoff Dornan)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080905/NEWS/809049945/-1/rss05

‘Tis the season of annoying political calls

From this creaky old chair in my second floor office, I can easily think of two jobs that I wouldn't be particularly interested in doing.

The first is backing up a semi. Because our loading dock is directly beneath my office, I watch this small drama occur several times each day as the trucks deliver newsprint and ink. The good drivers make it look easy; I've watched with amusement as the bad ones have taken out street signs. (Nevada Appeal, Barry Ginter)

Link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080905/OPINION/809049957/-1/rss05

Heller: ‘Western’ ticket good for my bid

Republican Rep. Dean Heller said Thursday his party’s nomination of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president this week completes what he sees as a “Western” ticket that will help carry him to reelection in November. (Las Vegas Sun, Michael Mishak)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/05/heller-western-ticket-good-m...

Titus launches first TV ad Thursday

The day after her opponent, U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Henderson) released his first TV ad of the 3rd Congressional District race, state Sen. Dina Titus (D-Henderson) is following suit. (PolitickerNV.com, Daniel Trudeau)

Link: http://www.politickernv.com/danieltrudeau/2406/titus-launches-first-tv-a...

JOHN L. SMITH: Though forced off the ballot, Woodbury remains key to commission race

Political strategies can be made to sound so complex. I'll try to reduce the Clark County Commission District A race to its simplest terms.

Democrat Steve Sisolak, you have a lot of work to do and had better hope the voter turnout surge for the presidential election lifts your Democratic dingy. (Review Journal, John L. Smith)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27901449.html

Nevadan recalls POW ordeal 

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Here's how Nevada Republican delegate Bill Elander describes becoming a prisoner of war: a bad day.

"After 50 or 60 missions, I had a bad day," the Sparks resident and retired Air Force lieutenant colonel said in an interview at the national GOP convention. "I was shot down in 1972 and captured right over Hanoi." (Review Journal, Molly Ball)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27901419.html

Raggio challenge rejected 

CARSON CITY -- A legal challenge aimed at keeping veteran state Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio off the ballot this year was rejected Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court.

The high court tossed out the challenge filed by retired Reno labor union member George Bethurum, noting that its July ruling on term limits cleared the re-election path for the Reno Republican and many other longtime state lawmakers who are in at least their 12th year in current elective posts. (Review Journal, AP)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27901394.html

FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS: Judicial candidate accused 

A candidate running for embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson's seat is facing a complaint brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that alleges he helped set up an improper stock scheme that netted him and six others $3.91 million.   (Review Journal, David Kihara)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27901399.html

Meal sponsorship tells tale of state parties’ strength

St. Paul, Minn. — For all the questions directed at the Nevada Democratic Party on corporate sponsorship of events at the party’s convention last week, the state’s Republicans are suffering another kind of indignity: Digging into their pockets to pay for meals. (Las Vegas Sun, Lisa Mascaro)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/05/meal-sponsorship-tells-tale-...

Nevadans say McCain solidified his support

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a characteristic understated tone that belied the jubilant mood of the crowd surrounding him, U.S. Sen. John McCain accepted the Republican nomination tonight in a speech that sought to move beyond partisanship in an appeal to voters who have yet to make up their minds. (Gazette Journal, Anjeanette Damon)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS18/80904061

Governor names appointees to state insurance system

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons has named a state administrator to the board of directors of the 42,000-member state insurance system. (Las Vegas Sun, Cy Ryan)

Link:  http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/04/governor-names-appointees-st...

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