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Good morning, everyone. I was up early, as ever, working away, television off in the pre-Twitter age when the phone rang. “Are you watching TV?” my producer, Dana Gentry, asked. I was not, so I had missed the first plane hit. The rest of the day was a blur. Serendipitously, we had the Israeli ambassador scheduled for the show, a great guest. But he soon canceled, I was soon at the television station for a day that seemed to never end. Watching the replay this morning, it is still so, so...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Reaction to the president's speech.
DAYS UNTIL "RALSTON REPORTS" AIRS AT 6:30 IN THE SOUTH AGAIN: 6
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 174
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 273
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 420
Good morning, everyone. You don’t hear politicians – nay, most human beings – use the phrase “emotional contagion” in a sentence, much less on television. But that’s exactly how Andrew Martin, the assemblyman...
UPDATE: This post catalyzed quite the interesting legal debate over what exactly this PAC and its affiliate (especially) might have to disclose after my suggestion that the use of an LLC might be for disclosure evasion. Some attorneys think that SB 246 from last session will force the LLC to disclose but it is by no means clear. If the LLC is simply seen as a vendor not providing free services, it may not have to disclose. Ad one attorney among several who weighed in told me:
"Let me put it...
Gaming and mining run Nevada because lawmakers are in their pockets, so the citizenry needs to have better access to the petition process to ensure democracy survives.
That’s the essence of a fairly amazing document filed this week with the Nevada Supreme Court, likely the final brief before the justices begin hearing arguments in a long-running case in which some government gadflies are taking on the state’s moneyed interests over access to the ballot.
The case actually was filed against the...
A few years ago, my mentor and a great journalist, Bob Stoldal, told me he worried that I was doing so much that he got to wondering, “When do you have time to think?”
It was, as usual, the right question. And it came to mind as I finished reading Peter Hamby’s impressive and provocative study of campaign reporting, “Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus? Searching for a better way to cover a campaign.” The study, which can be read here, was done for Harvards’s JFK School.
Hamby, an excellent...
It may be moot after the president's speech Tuesday evening, but the Clark County GOP plans Wednesday to adopt a resolution opposing military intervention in Syria.
The key passages:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Clark County Republican Party hereby declares that we believe military intervention in Syria to be against the best interest of the United States and it’s citizens at this time; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clark County Republican Party wishes to offer it’s full support to...
Niger Innis, who is exploring a run against Rep. Steven Horsford, is in Washington, DC, and his allies filed a federal PAC last week.
The New America PAC -- the filing is posted here -- is overseen by Dan Backer, who is a lawyer for TeaParty.net, for which Innis is a strategist.
Innis, reached via email, would not comment on the PAC filing or his incipient candidacy. But he appears to be moving forward.
I have also posted here Innis' pitch to the National Republican Congressional Committee and...
Good morning, everyone. Because I have a fertile, nimble mind or because I sadly have a very narrow focus even on non-workdays (i.e. no life), I got to thinking over the weekend when the last really competitive governor’s race was in Nevada. Even if you consider the Jim Gibbons-Dina Titus contest a close one – and the final numbers belie how obvious the outcome was going to be – that is an outlier. So how long has it been? Four decades!
I was thinking of starting a new feature – Politician...