{"id":46642,"date":"2023-08-21T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=46642"},"modified":"2023-08-22T05:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:49:59","slug":"nevadas-little-caucus-that-shouldnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/nevadas-little-caucus-that-shouldnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada\u2019s Little Caucus That Shouldn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Chuck Muth)<\/em>\u00a0– The Nevada Republican Party\u2019s decision to hold a competing presidential caucus two days after the legislatively mandated presidential primary next February seems to be as popular among Republicans as wearing COVID face diapers.
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And the party\u2019s reasoning for excluding the vast majority of Republican voters from participating in the nomination process \u2013 only the winner of the caucus, not the primary, will receive delegates to the national convention \u2013 just doesn\u2019t hold water.
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Think about this: What were the GOP\u2019s major failures at the ballot box last year?
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To start, Republicans lost a U.S. Senate seat by fewer than 8,000 votes while 175,000 active registered Republicans stayed home and didn\u2019t vote.\u00a0
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Clearly, getting out the vote (GOTV) was a\u00a0MAJOR<\/u>\u00a0failure of the party – and it clearly dropped the ball and lost the \u201cballot harvesting\u201d and \u201cearly voting\u201d games with the Democrats.
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And there are still some out there quacking about \u201cvoter fraud\u201d even though the party has never been able to actually prove and back up its allegations.
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So if party leaders were smart (insert sarcasm here) they\u2019d embrace the February 6 GOP primary \u2013 on Reagan\u2019s birthday! \u2013 and use it as an opportunity to test out new get-out-the-vote, ballot-harvesting, and early voting programs (if they have any), as well as give any new election integrity measures a test run.
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Think of it as a pre-season game.<\/strong>
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Then they can take what they learned in February, make changes as needed, and give their programs another test run in the June primary for every office other than president.
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Then take what they learned in June and be ready to go toe-to-toe, ballot-by-ballot in the critical general election in November.
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And while I know most people are mostly focused on the race for the White House right now, here in Nevada we have a much more important problem to deal with.
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Democrats control the Nevada State Assembly with a super-majority and are only one seat away from controlling the Nevada State Senate with a super-majority \u2013 and three GOP Senate seats are in serious jeopardy.\u00a0
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And if Nevada Republicans fail to pick up a seat in the Assembly and lose a seat in the Senate, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo will be a sitting duck.\u00a0
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Democrats will have the 2\/3 votes needed to override most of his 75 vetoes this session and will have the votes to pass massive new tax hikes the governor will be helpless to block.
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I realize the Trump campaign and the Nevada GOP are joined at the hip. But we have big trouble right here in River City. Our governor and legislators need the party\u2019s help far more than Trump does.
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So holding two pre-season primary games in February and June to get ready for the November general election Super Bowl \u2013 where just a handful of votes can be the difference between winning and losing \u2013 would be a much smarter strategy than trying to stack the sparsely-attended presidential caucus in Trump\u2019s favor.
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For those who have asked, here\u2019s what can be done about it\u2026
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I\u2019m told the Nevada Republican Central Committee will be meeting in late September in Winnemucca (making it as inconvenient as possible for southern Nevada Republicans to participate, of course).
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And I gotta believe the Central Committee members can over-rule the party\u2019s leaders and scrap the caucus \u2013\u00a0IF<\/u>\u00a0there are enough sane, common-sense members on the committee.
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We\u2019re doomed.
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Politics on the Rocks Tonight: It\u2019s On!<\/strong>
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Tonight\u2019s Politics on the Rocks happy hour with Gov. Joe Lombardo and Congressman Mark Amodei is on.\u00a0 \u201cHurricane Hilary\u201d gave it her best shot, but the show will go on.
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A couple of quick updates\u2026
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1.)\u00a0 The event has been sold out for weeks, so unfortunately those on the wait list won\u2019t be able to get tickets and no tickets will be sold at the door.
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2.)\u00a0 There\u2019s still a chance that \u201cHilary\u201d will rain on our parade.\u00a0 However, there\u2019s a covered parking garage adjacent to Vic\u2019s Las Vegas restaurant so you won\u2019t have to walk in the rain if she does.
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Parking in the garage is just $2\/hour\u2026and if you get your parking ticket validated at the hostess stand, you\u2019ll even get a discount off of that.
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3.)\u00a0 When it comes to food, attendees can pay-as-you go if you want to grab a bite.\u00a0 Vic\u2019s has put together a special food-and-drink menu for us (see below) or you can order anything off the regular menu.
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4.)\u00a0 Doors open at 6:00 pm for mixing and mingling and taking selfies.\u00a0 We plan to have the governor and congressman say a few words around 6:30 or 6:45 pm from the stage.
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5.)\u00a0 That is, of course, provided \u201cHilary\u201d doesn\u2019t interfere with their schedule.\u00a0
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Congressman Amodei is flying down from Reno this morning\u2026and I think we all know the state of air travel \u2013 even on a good day \u2013 under the Biden administration.\u00a0
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And if there are serious emergency matters the governor has to deal with, that could throw a monkey wrench in his plans. So\u2026fingers crossed.
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Again, this is the first time we\u2019ve hosted an event quite like this at such a swanky, new restaurant.\u00a0 And anything that can go wrong, might.\u00a0 We\u2019ll just roll with the punches.\u00a0
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But owner Sue Lowden and her team have bent over backwards to make this happen and I think you\u2019re in for a whale of a good time.\u00a0 There\u2019s even going to be a pair of $100 gift certificates to Vic\u2019s as door prizes.
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And maybe even a very special signing ceremony you won\u2019t want to miss.
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See ya tonight.\u00a0 Cheers!<\/p>\n

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FAMOUS LAST WORDS<\/strong>
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\u201cJon Ralston is known for stirring the pot, so to speak, and he is quite frequently wrong. He has no clue\u2026” \u2013\u00a0Democrat Nevada Attorney General A.Ron Ford, Nevada Week, 8\/2\/23<\/em><\/strong>
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\u201cI don\u2019t understand much about politics\u2026\u201d \u2013\u00a0Liberal blubber-blogger Jon Ralston, 1\/2\/20<\/em><\/strong>
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Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, publisher of Nevada News & Views, and founder of CampaignDoctor.com.\u00a0 You can sign up for his conservative, Nevada-focused e-newsletter at MuthsTruths.com.\u00a0 His views are his own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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