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WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: 1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? 2. Most interesting thing you have read or heard this week? 3. Does the Kavanaugh spectacle, no matter what happens, affect any of these NV races? On a scale of 1-10, how damaging was Heller's "hiccup" remark? 4. One fun one this week: Name the three greatest Nevada leaders of the last quarter-century and tell me why. 5. Who does Trump -- and his visit -- help more in November here -- Dems or Repubs?   The insiders,...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT. This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? Was it smart strategy for Steve Sisolak to come out against the water grab? Does it mean anything in the race? Best and worst ads so far? Any thoughts at all on RGJ poll?   Usual wisdom from the insiders. To wit: ►Best answer of the week on best and worst ads: I watch Netflix.  ►Yep: Will be interesting to see what candidates show up for the...
Welcome to the Weekly Report This week’s questions:   Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing of the week? You are in gov and U.S. Senate debates: What would you ask? Most impressive first-time candidates?   Some savage (those debate questions!) and cynical (everything else) this week:   ►Through the looking glass: What world am I living in?  Donald Trump’s presidential staff works against his agenda, there’s talk of a legislator bringing a bus full of his prostitutes to use...
Welcome to The Weekly Report. This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? Early voting begins seven weeks from Friday: Where are we? What's new? Any pithy observations on major races, Legislature, anything? Relatively meager response, as I feared on this Labor Day weekend. But what came in was, as usual, excellent insight. For what it’s worth, my takes:   Sisolak is on TV now, but he took a long time to reload. If it’s...