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TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: We'll see.
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 201
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 303
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 450
Good morning, everyone. I have a confession: The sixth annual National Clean Energy Summit, a k a the Harry Reid Annual Funeral for Coal, was my first. I stayed for a half-day, but that was enough. I got the message: EVERYONE loves renewables. The Mandalay Bay room was...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Caught between animal activists and Hispanic activists: Latest Clark County Commission controversy.
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 202
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 304
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 451
Good morning, everyone. As you surely know, the National Clean Energy Summit 6.0 occurs today at Mandalay Bay, with two cabinet secretaries, a former movie star who was governor and...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta.
DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 203
DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 305
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 452
Good morning, everyone. “Breaking Bad” is back, and all is right with the world. Walter White and his supporting cast never disappoint. “The Newsroom is still on, and, well, it is still a Sorkinesque disaster. He seems to think...
Good morning, everyone. You know how I hate to criticize the newspapers in our fair state. But consider this: A new organization has formed that requested 14,000 voter registration forms and is being partly funded by the number one GOP donor in the world, and neither the Sun nor the “newspaper” has picked up on it. I guess it’s just a blogger’s thing.
I actually understand that there are more important stories out there, including the one leading the Sun’s site today: “World’s oldest hip-hop...
Good morning, everyone. I realized something after I interviews the Bunce Brothers last night on “Ralston Reports” and that is: Neither knows anything about the state budget. And then I realized something else: neither do most legislative candidates. Oh, and too many who actually “serve” up there. They offered up the shibboleths of “cutting waste” and “more efficient government,” but specifics were as rare as a William Jennings Bryan-like speech in Carson City. (Actually, maybe Michael...
Good morning, everyone. So I paid a visit to my doc Tuesday for a routine checkup (all good, dear Flashees), and I noticed something that made me smile. My physician is a partner of Larry Lehrner, who is ex-Rep. Shelley Berkley’s husband. And guess who has moved into the same office complex? The Nevada Republican Party. This reminds me of that ad with the guy who is one question behind (bad Internet connection). If the state GOP wanted to spy on Lehrner, it should have moved in about two years...
Good morning, everyone. How did Bob Woodward miss the biggest media story of the new millennium? It was right under his nose! I wonder if we can soon put “Chat with Bob Woodward” in our Amazon shopping cart? Do Prime customers get Deep Throat anecdotes, too? Why did this happen? Simple: Follow the money.
The sale naturally makes me wonder about papers here in Nevada. I think, in order, the newspapers most likely to be sold are:
The Sun
The “newspaper”
The RGJ.
I wonder what the pricetag would...
Good morning, everyone. The congressional kids are on recess, which means they get to go play on trips to Israel (Dina Titus) or come home for some R&R and, probably, manufactured news (not that I am putting the National Clean Energy Summit in this category). Rep. Steven Horsford will emerge from his recovery this week to show he is getting back to fine fettle (Isn’t “fine fettle" a great English idiom?).
Lots of stuff for premium subscribers Sunday, including a new prospective candidate...
Good morning, everyone. If you haven’t seen/heard the clip yet, you missed Harry Reid scolding his colleagues as a father might an obstreperous child. “Sit down and shit up.” You don’t hear that often on the Senate floor. But, so far as I can tell, they listened to Prince Harry.
Tonight on “Ralston Reports,” a first: We have to bleep a guest who swore on the air. Luckily, the interviewer was taped with Ben Chavis, an outspoken education reformer. He’s actually a great interview, so please watch...
Good morning, everyone. “Lowden announces interest in Nevada lieutenant governor's race.” Ah, “newspaper.” No. She already had done that. Both Las Vegas papers showed what a daunting task Lowden has by mentioning the infamous “chicken lady” stuff from 2010 – the Sun even had video! I don’t want to be a, ahem, Chicken Little here, but that is not helpful.
I gave you my take Wednesday. She could be a factor in the race IF she puts in her own money and doesn’t listen to the wrong people. Or, as...