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In court filing, pollster reveals great detail about Lowden, vulnerabilities, last campaign
“I’m not the one with the checkbook. The consequences of inaction have been conveyed.” – Robert Uithoven, Sue Lowden’s campaign manager, 4/30/10 Almost exactly four years ago, Sue Lowden’s U.S. Senate campaign was struggling for money.
Lowden files FEC report showing no progress on debt
Lieutenant governor hopeful Sue Lowden has filed a "no activity" report with her still-unresolved U.S. Senate campaign from 2010, indicating she has not paid any of the $600,000 debt she owes.
Hannity and Fiore vs. Jonny Boy
FOX's Sean Hannity and Planet Loon's Michele Fiore were on his show together Monday evening and let yours truly have it. Enjoy:
GOP Chairman McDonald wants your money -- and you can play golf, too!
The state Republican Party has no money or respect, but it overflows with chutzpah. How else to explain Chairman Michael McDonald's remarkable attempt to raise money through a golf tournament next week asking for up to $10,000 in sponsorships and touting a gushing, airbrushed bio of himself? The Inaugural Chairman's Cup Golf Tournament looks like a parody, but it's real. Why? "THE CHAIRMAN NEEDS YOUR HELP!" Does he ever! And how clever is this:
Reid's PAC boosts Flores and Brager, wades into regent races
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's leadership PAC gave $5,000 to lieutenant governor's hopeful Lucy Flores last month, trying to boost her chances in the race to keep Gov. Brian Sandoval from running against him in 2016.
MY COLUMN: Loss of respect for institutions by those in them dangerous for democracy
Former Speaker Joe Dini dies, two years after the passing of fellow legislative giant Bill Raggio. Sen. Dean Heller calls an armed mob of sovereign nation folks standing up for rancher Cliven Bundy “patriots.”
Ex-BLM official: Agency must speak out to explain Bundy Ranch situation
The Bureau of Land Management, which has been noticeably silent since backing off the Bundy Ranch roundup, needs to publicly explain what happened or uninformed and incendiary voices will dominate the discussion, a former, high-ranking agency staffer said.
Reid labeling Bundy supporters "domestic terrorists" is not helpful
Update: After the commentary posted below, Reid expanded his attack beyond Cliven Bundy's supporters and called the rancher a "domestic terrorist."
Reid: Bundy supporters are "domestic terrorists"
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the armed supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy are "domestic terrorists." "These people who hold themselves out to be patriots are not," Reid said at the Paris hotel of the armed horde that descended on the environs of Mesquite, just northeast of Las Vegas. "They are domestic terrorists. What happened in Mesquite was domestic terrorism."
Former BLM official: Bundy must be arrested
A federal marshal and local law enforcement should arrest Cliven Bundy and incarcerate him until his cows are removed from public land, a longtime BLM veteran said Wednesday.