Caucus Aftermath: The Price of Negative Advertising? »
NN&V Exclusive (Stephen Allott) – On Saturday, February 4, the much heralded “First in the West” caucus rolled into the State ofNevada. Much planning and organization was completed by the state and local parties. Indeed, a special caucus location and time was arranged to accommodate those who were unable to attend the caucus during the day for religious reasons. Finally, the day arrived, and Republican voters trooped to the polls to cast their votes. But, [...]
Caucus Chaos: My After-Action Report »
(Chuck Muth) – * After initially predicting over 100,000 Republicans would participate in the Nevada GOP presidential caucus, the party began ratcheting that figure down. First to 70,000; then to 55,000. I predicted 40,000. In the end, total participation in the Chaos Caucus: 32,894. Lame. * Considering how fouled up the caucus was, as is, can you just imagine the nightmare same-day registration would have caused? * The only thing worse than “spin” is bad [...]
T.R.U.N.C. Hosts Santorum Tuesday, Jan. 31 »
(Las Vegas, NV) – TRUNC (Tea Party and Republicans Uniting Nevada Conservatives) is hosting Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum Tuesday, Jan. 31st 4:30-5:30PM. Senator Santorum from Pennsylvania will be campaigning in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday January 31st. He will make one of his stops at the TRUNC office 2041 N. Jones Suite 103 (corner of Lake Mead and N. Jones) from 4:30-5:30 pm. Senator Santorum will be answering questions, addressing the crowd, posing for pictures [...]
Nevada Republican Party Will Twitter, Google Caucus Results »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nevada state Republican Party officials today announced they expect all the major GOP candidates will visit the state ahead of the Feb. 4 first in the West caucus. The Nevada GOP is also introducing social media into the process, using the Google and Twitter platforms to report the caucus results beginning about 5 p.m. that day from 16 of the state’s 17 counties. Final results won’t be known until sometime [...]
Caucus, Schmaucus. Let’s Get Rid Of It! »
(Nancy Dallas/NewsDesk) – While it is a bit late for this election cycle, Nevada Republicans should return in 2016 to selecting its Presidential representative through the Primary election process. Although there are some viable arguments for holding a vote (by caucus or primary) at an earlier date than the scheduled June 14 Primary, the current caucus set-up is a quagmire of uncertainties and confusion for most, and a rather expensive endeavor for the Nevada Republican [...]
Perry Opens Nevada Campaign Office »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Many who follow politics have been wondering where all the candidates are. For a state that is “supposed” to have the third caucus/primary in the nation, only a handful of presidential candidates have been campaigning here. And of those, their presence is only just now becoming known. Gingrich will be holding a fundraiser next week at Mundo’s. Cain has been here several times, and his campaign office has been active [...]
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