{"id":46785,"date":"2023-10-13T14:13:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=46785"},"modified":"2023-10-16T11:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:49:55","slug":"this-is-probably-the-last-place-i-should-be-today-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/this-is-probably-the-last-place-i-should-be-today-but\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Probably the Last Place I Should Be Today, But\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Chuck Muth)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 If I was Tom Brady, on a higher floor, and on the other side of my hotel this morning, I could throw a football to the Pentagon.
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So if Hamas actually pulls the trigger on its \u201cGlobal Day of Jihad\u201d on this Friday the 13th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 and if Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cwoke\u201d military is asleep at the switch (again) \u2013 I\u2019ll have a front-row seat if one of the barbarians who has crossed our open southern border made his way to our military\u2019s headquarters.
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It\u2019s not like they haven\u2019t struck there before.
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But life goes on \u2013 until it doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 So onward\u2026
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As I teach in my campaign training seminars, no one knows it all when it comes to politics.\u00a0 If you\u2019re serious about this business, it\u2019s a never-ending learning process.
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As such, I encourage candidates to constantly take time and opportunities to increase their knowledge and sharpen their political skills.\u00a0 And say whatever else you want about me, but I do practice what I preach.
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So I\u2019m here in Arlington, Virginia \u2013 just outside DC \u2013 for the next ten days attending the \u201cCampaign Leadership College\u201d (CLC) being conducted by the Leadership Institute, for which I have been a volunteer instructor over the past twenty-some years.
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And with that in mind, someone asked why I\u2019m attending as a student rather than a teacher?\u00a0 Simple\u2026
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You can always learn something new or be reminded of something you\u2019ve forgotten.\u00a0 Indeed, this program is gonna include some intense, high-level stuff.
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Plus\u2026I\u2019m going to do the same thing when I get back that I did in 1996 after attending Newt Gingrich\u2019s \u201cCampaign Management College\u201d \u2013adapt the material to do the same level of training in Nevada.
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I mean\u2026why reinvent the wheel, right?
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Two other Nevadans have joined me here: Former State Assemblywoman Annie Black from Clark County and Right-to-Life leader Melissa Clement from Washoe County.
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You know who\u2019s\u00a0NOT<\/u>\u00a0here?
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Any of the candidates whose names will be on the ballot next year, or any of the \u201cprofessional\u201d political consultants or campaign managers who will be running those races.
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They already \u201cknow it all.\u201d
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Which is a shame. Because they don\u2019t.
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For example, I know with metaphysical certitude that if Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown had invested ten days to be here with us, he\u2019d return to Nevada and run a very different, much better campaign.
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And be in a\u00a0FAR<\/u>\u00a0better position to\u00a0WIN<\/u>\u00a0next November.
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Ditto every other candidate.\u00a0 And most campaign managers\/consultants.\u00a0 Because it\u2019s not the best candidate who wins.\u00a0 It\u2019s the best campaign.
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Now\u2026
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I\u2019ve gotten some blowback from a handful of readers who were ticked off that I didn\u2019t include their favorite candidate earlier this week when I asked for your thoughts on the U.S. Senate race.
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One person texted that I wasn\u2019t being \u201cfair\u201d to the other candidates as a journalist should be.
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First, I\u2019m not a \u201cjournalist.\u201d\u00a0 Never have been. Never have pretended to be.\u00a0
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I\u2019m a conservative activist.\u00a0 I was a \u201cblogger\u201d long before the word \u201cblogger\u201d was even invented (I think by Al Gore).
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I share my opinions based on over two decades of experience in this biz.\u00a0 Those who don\u2019t like my opinions are free to click on the \u201cunsubscribe\u201d button at the bottom of this email.\u00a0
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Secondly, everyone who is legally eligible to do so has the right to run for whatever office they choose.\u00a0 However\u2026
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\u2026they do\u00a0NOT<\/u>\u00a0have the right to be taken seriously.
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Too many candidates violate one or more of my \u201c7 Worst Habits of Highly Unelectable People\u201d \u2013 especially #1: Running for the wrong office.
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Candidates who have never run before, have never served in office, have little to no money, no name ID with the general public, no knowledge of what it takes to win a race – and, frankly, no chance of winning \u2013 but decide they want to be a U.S. congressman or U.S. Senator rather than run for a school board seat or local office or the state Legislature have every right to do so.
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That doesn\u2019t mean I have any obligation to take their campaign seriously.
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Probably the worst example of this today in Nevada is Jim Marchant.
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Don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 Nice guy.\u00a0 Solid conservative.
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But he couldn\u2019t hold his comparatively small State Assembly seat in 2018 when he ran for re-election in a \u201cswing\u201d district that leaned Republican.
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So naturally, that somehow qualified him to run for Congress in 2020 in a much larger district in Clark County that had a much bigger Democrat registration advantage.\u00a0 He lost.
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So naturally, that somehow qualified him to run statewide for Secretary of State in \u201cpurple\u201d Nevada in 2022.\u00a0 He lost.
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So naturally, that somehow qualifies him to run for a much more expensive and high-profile seat in the U.S. Senate this cycle.\u00a0 He\u2019ll lose again, despite having somewhat of a base among some GOP primary voters.
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Failing upwards.
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And for those who want to argue that a particular candidate can win solely because they\u2019re a woman, a black, a Hispanic, gay, or of some religion\u2026save it.\u00a0 Homie don\u2019t play that.
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Again, it\u2019s not the best candidate \u2013 or some \u201cidentity\u201d candidate – who wins.\u00a0 It\u2019s the best campaign.\u00a0
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Just being a black Mormon lesbian who was born in Mexico isn\u2019t enough if you have no money, no experience, no name ID, no professional campaign management, and no experience in sales and marketing.
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ESPECIALLY<\/u>\u00a0if they\u2019re not here in Arlington, Virginia, this week with me, Annie, and Melissa.\u00a0 I have no obligation to take seriously candidates who don\u2019t take seriously the need to learn how to\u00a0WIN<\/u>.
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You know who\u00a0IS<\/u>\u00a0serious about winning in Nevada?
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Gov. Joe Lombardo\u2019s political team.
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In fact, political operatives and organizations supporting the governor aren\u2019t only recruiting and endorsing certain candidates for races up and down the ballot next year, but have invested funding for much of the\u00a0campaign training<\/a>\u00a0and candidate development programs I\u2019ve been putting together over the summer.
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Including covering some of our expenses to be here in DC for CLC the next ten days.
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They\u2019ve also invested resources in our\u00a0Pigpen Project<\/a>\u00a0to clean up the voter rolls before next year\u2019s elections \u2013 a project that has already successfully removed hundreds of voters from the \u201cactive\u201d registration file, for a variety of reasons, so they won\u2019t be automatically mailed a ballot next year.
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This governor\u2019s political professionals and support PACs are\u00a0SERIOUS<\/u>\u00a0about winning races.\u00a0 So am I. And I\u2019m grateful that they\u2019re investing in our projects that the Nevada GOP has neglected, blown off, or mismanaged over the past dozen years or so \u2013\u00a0ESPECIALLY<\/u>\u00a0the training.
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Look, I get it.
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Not every candidate can afford to take ten days off, fly clear across the country, and hole up in a classroom with two dozen of some of the most experienced, successful, and talented conservative political professionals in the country today.
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Though many who aren\u2019t here certainly could be if they wanted to.
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But thanks to support from PACs and organizations backing the governor\u2019s agenda, you soon won\u2019t have to.
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In fact, I\u2019d planned on launching training programs around the state \u2013 including some of Nevada\u2019s rural cities and towns \u2013 right after Labor Day.\u00a0 Until a flood took out my home-office and I had to cancel the trip.
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But I pretty much have my office reconstructed \u2013 though not the wall around my house that was wiped out \u2013 and I\u2019m here in Arlington sharpening my skills and knowledge. So I\u2019ll be back in the saddle upon my return and we\u2019re gonna get this ball rolling.
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But don\u2019t be surprised if Muth\u2019s Truths are far and few in-between over the next two weeks.
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To wrap up, I\u2019ll leave you with this observation on the fuster-cluck House Republicans are conducting today just on the other side of the Potomac River from where I\u2019m staying, courtesy of our friend and conservative stalwart Steve Moore of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity\u2026
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House Buffoons<\/strong>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe leading horse in the race for Speaker of the House is changing by the hour, and it is making the Republicans look like the gang that can\u2019t shoot straight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cOur hope – now that Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise have been foolishly voted down – is that Jim Jordan of Ohio will be the next speaker. But a gang of moderates are now saying they will vote no \u2013 and that could prevent him from getting to the magic number of 217. The chaos caucus is spreading in the House like a virus.<\/em>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cOur view: it\u2019s time for ALL House Republicans to rally behind the solid ideas Jordan has championed his entire career.<\/em>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cNo dissents. Total unity.<\/em>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAs we wrote a week ago, this is a time of great peril \u2013 all the more so because we have an incompetent and dangerous president. Don\u2019t be distracted from that for one more day. Biden is the clear and present danger to fiscal sanity and our national security.<\/em>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cJordan is a full-fledged fiscal conservative. He\u2019s pro-growth. He\u2019s a tough-as-nails blue-collar Ohioan. He\u2019s been amazing as Judiciary Committee chairman \u2013 and the investigations into Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and the overall corruption of House Democrats have been masterful.<\/em>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIf the Republicans aren\u2019t smart enough to rally and unite, they don\u2019t belong in the majority.\u201d<\/em>
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7 Worst Habits of Highly Unelectable People<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Picking the wrong race<\/li>\n
  2. Picking the wrong district<\/li>\n
  3. Picking the wrong issues<\/li>\n
  4. Picking the wrong time<\/li>\n
  5. Picking the wrong consultants<\/li>\n
  6. Picking unnecessary fights with the media<\/li>\n
  7. Picking door-knocking over fundraising<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    FAMOUS LAST WORDS<\/strong>
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    \u201cLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Mahatma Gandhi<\/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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