Kate Marshall
Cognitive dissonance
September 21st, 2011
Sometimes,when you try to analyze politics, you have trouble. Politics, governance, and—let’s face it—voters aren’t always logical. So let’s consider the following, and maybe you can explain it. Read more »
What the Numbers in Nevada’s House Race Don’t Prove
September 16th, 2011
Kate Marshall lost to Mark Amodei by 20 percentage points in the race in Congressional District 2. What does it mean? Read more »
The Democratic-Republicans
September 2nd, 2011
The many names for the first political party created by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison included Republicans (not the same as the modern ones), Jeffersonians, Democrats and some combination thereof, including Democratic-Republicans. Unfortunately for Kate Marshall, it isn’t 1798, and being a Democratic-Republican doesn’t necessarily work. Read more »
Politics
Taking Aim After Ames
August 25th, 2011
Today’s mass media have no better critic than Jon Stewart (or, should we say, Stewart with his producers and writers). Recently, he showed why, dedicating a Daily Show segment to Ron Paul finishing second in the Ames Straw Poll to Michele Bachmann. Granted, some of Paul’s beliefs are Out There, but his beliefs—call it his ideology or aura, or a combination of both—loom large in Nevada politics. Read more »
Politics
Marshall on the Money
If she were in Congress, could Nevada’s treasurer help set federal finances straight?
August 18th, 2011
Right away, you get that Kate Marshall is smart—which, regardless of your party—comes as a relief in this political climate. She sits down at the breakfast table in Rumor Boutique Resort and orders tea, then dives straight into dissecting the debt-ceiling debacle. Read more »
