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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? So much in flux, so keeping it wide open this week: What are your general thoughts about where we are, the endgame, what are keys to closing? Who is impressing and who isn't? What is surprising you and what is not? Any thoughts welcome on the session -- same as others, different, whatever?   I am not surprised at the greater-than-usual-return rate...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT This week: Smartest/dumbest moves of the week? What is the most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week? With two weeks left, what is the one narrative of this session that you were sure of in February that has not come to fruition? Who is the single most important person in the building during the endgame? For those of us for whom this all seems like deja vu, what is a reform that could change the end-of-session partisan nonsense and...
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? How does the two-thirds play out -- rank from most to least likely: Budget passes without 2/3 and with MBT; Dems get one or more Repub to pass with MBT and two-thirds; budget passes without MBT. What is the Dem strategy for the endgame? The GOP strategy? Do they exist? Odds of special? My insiders don’t seem to buy the LCB opinion. Seems fitting...
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? One month left: What are the top three stumbling blocks to close? What issue is out there that no one is really focusing on that could throw a wrench into the endgame? What are the key decision points for the governor in the final four weeks? What tough decisions will he have to make? Who or what will influence him? I’m sure everybody is still in...