Saturday, January 12, 2008

Random Nevada Caucus News

Nevada GOP problems, an angry Dennis Kucinich, Chuck Norris eating Texas BBQ for cash, religious oppression and more news for potential Nevada caucus goers or those who still care about the longest presidential race in U.S. history.

  • Where are the Republicans? Not in Nevada apparently, causing state GOP head Sue Lowden to be "green with envy" over the visits to Michigan and South Carolina.
  • Maybe it's because Nevada's GOP doesn't quite know how to caucus properly. Incline Village Republicans are given the wrong address for their caucus by party officials.
  • Nevada to be invaded by union members. In one case, the union of municipal government workers is sending 100 paid staff to rally their members for Hillary Clinton. The problem? The union only has 3,000 members in the state. Barack Obama calls foul.
  • Dennis Kucinch is mad at being dumped by NBC from Tuesday's Democratic debate in Vegas. Maybe, instead, he should be mad at American voters who have avoided him in droves.
  • Nevadan spends $130K on Ron Paul. Mitch Lau helps keep the Reno News & Review in the black.
  • Nevada newspapers are beefing up for the caucus. The Reno Gazette-Journal will issue a "10 to 12-page caucus primer" Sunday and vows to have "at least eight of (their) 85 news staffers" covering the story Saturday. So it won't just be Anjeanette?
  • Interested in watching Chuck Norris eat BBQ? Or who Janet Napolitano just endorsed? Or who the heck Janet Napolitano is? The Houston Chronicle's Notebook has it all, and a little more.
  • And, finally, the Wonkette exposes the hidden story of blatant religious exclusion of observant Jews by Nevada caucus organizers. No word on angry Seventh-Day Adventists yet.

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