Sunday, September 21, 2008
Something About Nevada
I mean something about the local races in my area. We have two Senators, neither of which is up for re-election this year. Good for them. One of them is Harry Reid. In case you think he's Satan in a suit, he's got at least four more years. Sorry about that.
But there is one race of interest. My district is represented by John Porter. He's been doing that for a while now. The Democratic challenger is Dina Titus, who we last saw almost beating the embarrassment that is our governor two years ago. She runs a good race, but objectively she has one or two things working against her. She has a southern accent, and she's a Democrat. I don't mind either of those things, but a lot of people do. Still, it's apparently a close race.
I say that because Porter has attack ads running demonstrating that Titus is "out for herself," as opposed as being for "us," and Titus of course is answering with her own version of the truth. Some of what they say is true, some is borderline, some is pulled out of somebody's, um, ear. But my point is that it is a close enough race to engender that sort of thing, which is a novelty for Southern Nevada. Apparently, around Clark County we are becoming more liberal, which must be consternating to our friends up in Elko County, to say the least. (I'll worry more about that when they reject our tax contributions, but that's another story.)
In any event, I really don't think Porter has done a bad job at all, but he has some real competition. This is the lady who almost beat out the Republican for governor, and there are those, mostly those who don't like to see Nevada laughed at, who now wish that she had. Porter, who I'd have thought had his district sewed up pretty well, is fighting for his job.
Just goes to show, you never know.
S.
But there is one race of interest. My district is represented by John Porter. He's been doing that for a while now. The Democratic challenger is Dina Titus, who we last saw almost beating the embarrassment that is our governor two years ago. She runs a good race, but objectively she has one or two things working against her. She has a southern accent, and she's a Democrat. I don't mind either of those things, but a lot of people do. Still, it's apparently a close race.
I say that because Porter has attack ads running demonstrating that Titus is "out for herself," as opposed as being for "us," and Titus of course is answering with her own version of the truth. Some of what they say is true, some is borderline, some is pulled out of somebody's, um, ear. But my point is that it is a close enough race to engender that sort of thing, which is a novelty for Southern Nevada. Apparently, around Clark County we are becoming more liberal, which must be consternating to our friends up in Elko County, to say the least. (I'll worry more about that when they reject our tax contributions, but that's another story.)
In any event, I really don't think Porter has done a bad job at all, but he has some real competition. This is the lady who almost beat out the Republican for governor, and there are those, mostly those who don't like to see Nevada laughed at, who now wish that she had. Porter, who I'd have thought had his district sewed up pretty well, is fighting for his job.
Just goes to show, you never know.
S.
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