Ensign Finally Takes Some Questions »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) - U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., today reiterated his intention of completing his term of office despite having acknowledged earlier this year that he had an extramarital affair.
The Ensign Interiew, Q&A Compilation »
(Nevada News Bureau) – A compilation of quotes from Sen. John Ensign’s exclusive 8:00 am one-hour interview with Alan Stock on KXNT 840 AM this morning:
Alan: “Do you regret what went on? I mean, you had an affair with your best friend’s wife. So, do you regret it? And if so, how come you kept going back?”
Ensign: “I do regret it. If I could ever take anything I’ve done [...]
Ensign says words on radio show »
(Steve Sebelius) – U.S. Sen. John Ensign went on the Alan Stock show on KXNT-AM 840 this morning, agreeing to talk about his personal issues for a few minutes before spewing right-wing talking points for most of the rest of the hour.
While Ensign addressed his affair in now-familiar terms (”a huge mistake” and “something I wish I wouldn’t have done”) and his post-affair regrets, his potential violations of law went largely undiscussed. While Stock did [...]
Nevada Politicians Abusing Taxpayer Funds to Campaign »
(Chuck Muth) – There was a large, almost half-page ad in Sunday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal announcing an upcoming auction being conducted by the Office of the State Treasurer. The ad included the date, time and location of the auction, the terms and conditions of the auction and the website addresses where you can see a catalogue of the items which will be included in the auction.
No big deal, right?
But here’s how the ad was [...]
The National Commission on Healthcare Reform—Part Three »
(Mike Zahara) – We’ve determined that what’s currently moving through Congress is not real reform, but more Medical Industrial Complex protections, posing as reform. Congress is beholden to too many special interests and a bad bill, at this point, is far worse than no bill at all.
In this final piece before the US Senate begins debate, we’ll continue with issues 4 through 7 that the National Commission should address.
4. Citizen lifestyles and risk factor [...]
Townsend’s Excuses for Raggio Way Off Base »
(Chuck Muth) – “In the Republican Party particularly, there is a fatigue with RINOs and moderate Republicans,” Rush Limbaugh said recently, referring to “Republicans in Name Only.” That fatigue appears to be motivating a recall of Nevada’s Senate Minority Leader in Reno.
She Who Shall Not Be Named vs. Lowden/Tarkanian »
(Rolando Larraz/Las Vegas Tribune) – The Las Vegas Review-Journal, the only daily and “largest newspaper in the state” may be confusing, misleading or misinforming the few people that read its newspaper when it comes to news in politics.
First, the paper makes readers believe that its publisher doesn’t like Sen. Harry Reid since its flamboyant person-in-charge attacks the senator almost every week, or at least when he
On page 3B of the Tuesday, November 10 [...]
Tax Pledge Could be ObamaCare’s Undoing »
(Alexander Bolton/The Hill) – The Senate healthcare bill presents a tricky political challenge to Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Arlen Specter (Pa.), the only two Democrats in the Senate to have signed anti-tax pledges.
Americans for Tax Reform, the group which persuaded Nelson and Specter to sign the pledge, will press both lawmakers on the issue during next month’s Senate healthcare debate, putting them in an awkward position.
“If they vote for this bill as the written [...]
Could losing House seat make Hayworth the McCain Slayer? »
(E.J. Montini/AZCentral.com) – Losing his seat in Congress was the best chance J.D. Hayworth had to advance his political career.
If Hayworth hadn’t gotten beat by Harry Mitchell in 2006 he would not have wound up on local talk radio. And without a three-hour weekday radio program to promote himself and trash his potential opposition there is no way that Hayworth would be neck-and-neck in the polls with U.S. Senator John McCain.
But he is.
According to a [...]
Audit the Fed Attached as an Amendment »
(Ron Paul) – I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill.
As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this action, the Federal Reserve’s entire balance sheet will be opened up to a GAO audit. We will at last have a chance to find out what happened [...]
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