Zac Moyle

GOP Executive Director Zac Moyle and State Chairperson Sue Lowden have to wake up every day with overwhelming fear as they click through the morning news outlets to find out how the state GOP has collapsed that day.

And the irony is that the collapse has almost nothing to do with the two of them.

The R-J resident political guru Molly Ball has a pair of articles showing just how deep that voter registration hole is for the GOP.

For the lazy:

The first story is her political notebook, where she gives the big, ugly number that even GOP Executive Director Zac Moyle can't spin: 55,560. That's the new voter registration advantage that the Democrats hold statewide, which is a 6 point change from the last presidential race.

The second piece tells the behind-the-scenes story about how this is happening. ACORN, one left-leaning independent group, has already claimed to have signed up 60,000 new voters.

Looks like the Nevada GOP will need a swift boat to catch up on this.

Congressman Jon Porter (R-Nev.) speaks to volunteer canvassers during a voter registation kick-off event in Henderson Saturday.HENDERSON—With palm pilots freshly delivered from the Republican National Committee, approximately seventy-five Clark County Republicans launched their first voter registration drive of 2008 in Henderson today, knocking on doors inside Congressman Jon Porter’s 3rd Congressional District.

Nevada Republicans, particularly in Clark County, have lagged behind Democrats in voter registration for months and have seen an advantage of nearly 8,000 votes two years ago now turn into a deficit of over 40,000, according to the secretary of state’s most recent numbers.  In the 3rd Congressional District, Democrats now outnumber Republicans by over 20,000 voters, a troubling sign for Porter and a call for immediate action to Republican parties at the county, state and national levels.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is picking up some Nevada support, the LVRJ reports.

“The three Nevada Republican leaders who are automatic delegates to the Republican National Convention conferred Wednesday and agreed to announce their support for likely presidential nominee John McCain.  read more »