Ron Paul
The Day the Nevada GOP Died
February 8th, 2012
One of the running gags of the Republican presidential campaign season has been to say that the winner of each GOP debate has been Barack Obama. Some see that as funny, others as silly. But when it comes to the Nevada Republican party’s 2012 presidential caucus, truer words were never spoken. Read more »
The Week
A Raucous Caucus
February 2nd, 2012
Then there’s the caucus system itself, which Nevada can’t quite seem to master. In 2008, the Republican contest turned into a chaotic mess of long lines and voter confusion. The Democrats didn’t do any better: Hillary Clinton supporters sued the Democratic Party to prevent caucus meetings at Strip hotels, fearing that the location would be a boost to Barack Obama. This year, things may get even weirder. Read more »
Betting on Ron Paul
December 14th, 2011
Four years ago, Nevada’s presidential caucus demonstrated the closeness of the Democratic presidential race when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton wound up in a pitched battle for delegates. This time around, the Republican presidential caucus would figure to matter: Newt Gingrich suddenly has risen to the top, the latest in a line of (seemingly) more conservative candidates the base prefers to Mitt Romney. 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 »
