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Harry Reid in Pahrump April 5

Featheriver — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:24:41 +0000

Free showing of Capitalism: A Love Story in Pahrump

Featheriver — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:29:27 +0000

Citizens of Pahrump will be treated to a free showing of Michael Moore’s new documentary Capitalism: A Love Story.

Capitalism: A Love Story is a 2009 American documentary film directed, written by and starring Michael Moore. The film centers on the financial crisis of 2007–2010 and the recovery stimulus, while putting forward an indictment of the current economic order in the United States and capitalism in general.

Topics covered include Wall Street‘s “casino mentality”, for-profit prisons, Goldman Sachs‘ influence in Washington, DC, the poverty-level wages of many airline pilots, the large wave of home foreclosures, and the consequences of “runaway greed.”

The film also features a religious component where Moore examines whether or not capitalism is a sin and if Jesus would be a capitalist.

When and where is it showing for free in Pahrump?

When: Sunday, March 28, 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Where: Salvation Army, 721 S. Buol Road, Pahrump, NV
Admission: Free
RSVP: Val Von Holt at (775) 751-1776

The Moore film has won awards at the Venice Film Festival, the “Leoncino d’Oro” (“Little Golden Lion”) award for his documentary, and he also received the festival’s Open Prize. The documentary was also nominated for the festival’s Golden Lion award.

The film runs for 127 minutes. I’ve seen it twice. I can tell you that if you are into politics at all you will find the film enlightening and it will hold your undivided attention. Be sure to go to the bathroom before the film starts.

A tip of my hat to Val Von Holt and Margery Kay Hanson for putting all this together.

Political Fundraising and Communications: A How To in Las Vegas Saturday

Featheriver — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:29:29 +0000

Type:

Education – Workshop

Date:

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Time:

8:30am – 12:00pm

Location:

1210 S Valley View Blvd, STE 114

Description

The Nevada State Democratic Party and The Clark County Democratic Party invite you to a Fundraising and Communications Workshop. Whether you’re a candidate, an officer or activist in a club, caucus, or committee, please join us for this valuable FREE workshop featuring experts Amy Ayoub and Dan Hart.
WHEN: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 9 a.m. to noon. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m.
WHERE: NSDP Headquarters, Conference Room, 1210 S Valley Blvd, Suite 114, Las Vegas, NV 89102
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Political Fundraising: Success Secrets You Need to Know
It’s All About the Money
Successful fundraising can be the difference between a winning campaign and a losing effort. Here is your chance to learn the secrets of successful fundraising from Nevada’s top political fundraiser and certified World Class Speaking coach, Amy Ayoub. Since opening her firm in 1998, Ayoub’s proven techniques and strategies have raised more than $100 million for her political and charitable clients.
In this exclusive and one-of-a-kind forum, prospective Democratic candidates and their staff members will:
* Conquer the Fear of Asking for Money
* Learn the Secrets to Successful Call Time
* Master Proper Prospect Identification
* Discover When and How to Hold a Profitable Event
* Develop a Plan of Action
This workshop is designed for candidates, campaign staff and volunteers responsible for raising ANY amount of money.
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Ask and You Shall Receive
Are you overwhelmed at the thought of using internet-fundraising for your campaign?
Have you ever thought: I need the financial support of my friends and family but I don’t have enough hours in the day to call them. Would an email work? Where do I begin? I don’t even have a website.
Erica Norris, political fundraiser and marketing coach, will help you understand how to put the internet to work for you. You will learn to:
* Create an Engaging Website
* Build an Active Online Community
* 5 Steps to Successful Online Solicitations
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Communicating (On Your Terms) With the Political Press
When interacting with the press during political operations what you say and how you say it can make the difference between success and failure.
Join Dan Hart, well-known political operative and sought-after political commentator, as you learn how to face this challenge and turn it to your advantage.
You will become skilled at:
* Understanding the nature and motivations of press people
* Being consistently ON message
* Answering tough questions
* Handling a crisis
Please RSVP at rsvp@nvdems.com, and call 702-737-VOTE for more information.

Nye County Democrats host Jefferson-Jackson Dinner April 10

Featheriver — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:09 +0000

Greetings,

On Saturday, April 10, 2010 the Nye County Democratic Party will be holding its Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at the Nevada Treasure Resort in Pahrump. The evening begins at 7:00 pm. Our speakers will be; Senator Harry Reid, Congresswomen Berkley and Titus, State Treasurer Marshall and State Controller Kim Wallin. We will also have candidates for office speaking.

Tickets are: $40.00 each/$70.00 per couple/$300.00 per table. You may call me at 775-910-3494 to order tickets or you may send a check to: 1201 S. Hwy 160, Suite 105, Pahrump, NV 89048. If you would like the tickets mailed to you, please enclose a SASE otherwise you may pick them up at the door.

We need to get an accurate count for dinner for the caterer, so please contact me as soon as possible if you will be coming.

We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Kathleen L. Bienenstein,

Chair, Nye County Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Committee

Rory Reid campaign in Pahrump in January

Featheriver — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:17:31 +0000

There will be an informational/training session with Rory Reid’s senior staff at the home of the Nye County Democratic Party Chair on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:00 pm. Please call 775-910-3494 for directions and to RSVP.

It is important that we get Rory elected our next Governor. Please plan to attend.

Thank you.

Bonnie J. Swadling

Chair, Nye County Democratic Party Chair

Pahrump’s Town Hall Meeting last Sunday

Featheriver — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:14:17 +0000

Last Sunday I attended the Pahrump Town Hall Meeting at the Pahrump Nugget. Over 200 people attended, 50 of whom arose and spoke about the current health care system, the formation of that system being considered in Congress, or their personal experiences with the health care system.

Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign were invited to attend along with Congressman Dean Heller. Likewise invited were Congresswomen Shelly Berkley and Dina Titus though neither represents Pahrump. None attended or sent a representative. Only two of them even acknowledged their invitations.

Five chairs were set in front of the audience with their pictures appended to represent the Nevada’s Congressional Delegation.

A number of cameras recorded the event.

Dan Schinhofen, my fellow columnist in this newspaper, put the affair together. His idea, and a good one I thought, was to video the event and send copies of the video to each member of the Congressional Delegation. Since none of the Delegation had held their own Town Hall Meeting in Pahrump, or anywhere else in Nye County, residents of Pahrump was afforded no opportunity to discuss health care reform with any of their elected representatives in Congress. To his credit, Dan is seeing that the Delegation will hear from Pahrump whether they like it or not.

I doubt they will like it.

The reaction of the audience upon learning none of the elected Congressional members would attend or be represented by a member of their staff was negative. It was as though the audience felt they were being ignored. I could not escape the feeling that members of the audience can be expected to reciprocate by ignoring the Delegation on their next election day.

Having watched other Town Hall Meetings across the nation on TV I was not sure what to expect from the Pahrump audience. I was billed as being the Progressive liberal, Dan as the Conservative–opposite bookends of the political spectrum. And we are. We both were co-hosts of the event.

Though the event was not a political rally I could not help but scan the audience to see if I could identify any Democrats. Out of the 200+, I saw eight I could recognize.

The audience was well behaved. No banner waving, no orchestrated demonstrations. No AR15’s or handguns in view. As each spoke their allotted two minutes, the audience quietly and respectfully listened to each.

I saw the entire event as a classic example of grassroots democracy in action. The audience was attentive and engaged. I commend them for that.

The comments were a wide-ranging smorgasbord of views held by those that spoke. It displayed the intensity and seriousness with which they viewed the state of the current health care system and of their views of proposed reforms.

One man told of an experience with his wife who experienced cardiac emergency. He took her to Desert View hospital, learned there was no cardiologist to attend her. She had to be taken by helicopter to Desert Springs hospital in Las Vegas. He related the helicopter transport cost $16-18,000 and her stay at the Las Vegas cost another $26,000.

Two others shared their experiences in Canada’s health care system with ill loved ones in which they were told to take them home to die peacefully.

Distrust of government seemed to me to be the common theme throughout the audience. Fear of “socialized medicine,” intercession of government bureaucrats between patients and their doctors, inability of government to conduct any program successfully.

Only two of the number of bills wending their way through Congress were mentioned–HR 3200 and HR 676. Several speakers would refer to “the bill” without identifying which bill they were speaking. One of the problems, it seems to me to be prevalent, is that there has yet to be a single bill to arise for the public to address. There are several more, each from multiple Senate and House Committees. For example, the S 703 bill was not mentioned Sunday.

Until all the pending bills are digested into a single bill, it is almost impossible to evaluate the impact of health care reform.

The final item I would like to mention here is about the influence of special interest money on Congress’ treatment of healthcare reform.

I am nagged by the thought that perhaps one of the reasons, if not the reason, none of the Nevada Congressional Delegation appeared is that the actual constituents of the delegation is the health care insurance companies who feed so much money to members of Congress. Congress seems to be controlled and directed by those corporate interests, rather than ordinary citizens such as attended the Pahrump Town Hall Meeting. Perhaps that 200+ were forgotten the day after election.

Update: September 3, 2009. The Pahrump Valley Times stories about the Town Hall Meeting. Emotions vivid at health care forum and Obama proposal compared with Canadian health system.

Pahrump’s Conservatives and Progressives Demonstrate

Featheriver — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:13:12 +0000

Yesterday, August 24, the conservatives and progressives of Pahrump met outside the Town Office of Pahrump while the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met inside with Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo.

I was told that the conservative demonstrators outnumbered the progressives 3-1.

I didn’t see see any firearms nor fights. I could hear some loud arguing going on, but other than that there was no breach of the peace observed. I saw no cops. The two groups kept a respectable separation from each other.

The conservative group obviously doesn’t like Harry Reid or healthcare reform.

Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2009:

The Pahrump Valley Times has a couple of stories about Senator Harry Reid’s visit to Pahrump on Monday, August 24 which fits in here. (See Reid on Stump in Pahrump). The issue of the PVT won’t be online until sometime later today but I’ll manually try to type (now known as keyboarding) it in here to complete the posting on this topic. So, bear with me. There are two stories on the Times’ front page about his visit.

Mark Waite reported that Senator Reid, in a closed door meeting with “a couple of town and county officials” discussed some topics.

He addressed what was described as a $1 million request for a reconnaisance study of Wheeler Wash. That is a “10-acre entrance to the Last Chance Park site and a Municipal Utility District that would allow recycled effluent to be used to water the fairgrounds site.”

Additionally, “A press release from town manager Bill Kohbarger said the Pahrump Airport and a railroad spur also was discussed.”

Reid said town officials had a good plan for a recreational complex at the fairgrounds with baseball and soccer fields. It was Reid who first announced the 426 acre property was awarded to the town in a congressional act 10 years ago,” reported Waite.

Reid said “The most important thing is to be able to do something with sewer and water. What we need to try to do to help is have a municipal utility district–it’s called a MUD.”

So we set it up where there would be 10 acres which would be an entry way to all those thousands of acres for people to have an equestrian trial, to have walking trails.

(Note: All that for some equestrian walking trails? Lord mercy, seems to me there is plenty of space in Pahrump where one can walk. I don’t understand why any of that is necessary. As to the sewer and water thing, I can only say I don’t know much about that. My wife and I live on a 1.25 acre plot with our own water well and a septic tank for sewage which is working well for us. Incidentally, the well and septic tank was put in by County Commissioner Butch Borasky and have served us well for the past six years. But I realize there are other residents of Pahrump that are tied into a different system.)

There have been some discussions, Reid said, with the Paiute Indian tribe about completing a proposed 230-kilovot power line extension from the Valley Electric Association grid to connec with NV Energy in northwest Las Vegas.

Reid acknowledged he hadn’t heard about Wheeler Wash before. He did say that “[d]etention basins could be built to help drain water coming down Wheeler Wash without spending $200 million to $300 million.”

Putting on his election campaign hat, Reid said “Nye County has benefitted from economic stimulus money already. There will be more money for transmission lines to spur renewable energy projects in Nye County, feeding the power generated to populated areas.”

“We need to look at what can be done to get these renewable energy projects up and running,” he said.

“Local officials are in support of renewable energy projects in Nye County,” Reid said. Government officials asked for a six month extension on a deadline to break ground in 2010 in order to be eligible for tax breaks in the stimulus package.

Then the report by Waite turns to the guts of what this blog post topic is about: healthcare reform. Here is what the PVT reported what Senator Reid had to say about that:

On a national scale, the debate over health care reform has been front and center lately. Reid said American today spends one-sixth of every $1 on health care, a figure that will rise to one-third in 10 years.

Reid heaped blame on the insurance industry for spreading false information about health care reform. He siad the insurance industry and most Republicans don’t want any bill on health care reform at all.

“The status quo helps the insurance industry. The insurance industry is the biggest benefactor of what we have now. The insurance industry wants everything to be just the way it is.”

The American public should have the same privileges federal employees have to pick the health insurance coverage they want, regardless of pre-conditions.

There is no socialized medicine. This is all a figment of someone’s imagination. No one’s talking about a single-payer system, but what we are talking about is a public option of keeping insurance companies honest.

Democrats would have 60 votes in the Senate to pass health care reform, but Senators Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., (Note: Senator Kennedy has now died) and Robert Byrd, D-W.Va, are sick. One Republican, Olympia Snowe from Maine, is in favor of health care reform.

One of the things that the insurance industry has done, together with all the Republican leadership in Congress, is they don’t want a bill. They know how successful some of our programs have been in in the4 past, like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid–all imperfect programs but all good programs and kind of like the face of the Democratic party. We want to do some health care now and take another whack at the insurance industry, but the Republicans aren’t helping us. We want bipartisanship. We’re doing everything we can.

There’s waste in the health care system that can be cut. The pharmaceutical industry spends 70 percent of its money on marketing, not research. Medicare isn’t allowed to negotiate for lower-priced drugs.

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At town hall meetings, not everyone that comes is in love with me, is in love with the federal government. But in the past people weren’t trying to disrupt meetings. People have a right to speak up, but it’s not even a fine line, it’s a bright line between asking questions and disrupting meetings, yelling and screaming.

That basically, covers what Mark Waite reported in his story. Now let me turn to the second story on the front page of the PVT written by Gina B. Good. She wrote:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, made several stops in Pahrump on Monday, addressing local, county and national issues (see story above).

His small entourage visited the town office, where he met with town board Chairman Nicole Shupp and Vice Chairman Bill Dolan, Town Manager Bill Kohbarger, County Manager Rick Osborne and Assistant County Manager Pam Webster. County Commissioners Lorinda Wichman and Joni Eastley as well as town Economic Development Director Al Balloqui were also present.

Reid next held a press conference, followed by a meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building where he spoke with VFW and American Legion members.

It was a long day for Reid, who had traveled from Searchlight and no doubt had more stops to make on what was his first swing through Pahrump on the way to the 2010 elections.

The trip came none too soon for Reid.

A statewide poll of 400 registered voters taken last week by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., an independent polling firm, puts Reid behind at least two challengers. He is 11 percent behind former University of Nevada-Las Vegas basketball player Danny Tarkanian, now a Las Vegas businessman and the son of retired basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, best known as Tark the Shark, who led his UNLV team to a national title.

In the same poll, State GOP Chairman Sue Louden also leads Reid by 5 percentage points, although she has not officially declared declared her candidacy.

However, Monday was all about Reid, and as his vehicle turned into the entrace of the town office, he was greeted by Pahrump residents holding signs both for and against varous issues. There were also protesters carrying homemade “Bury Harry” and “Goodbye Dirty Harry” signs. One man made a sign portraying President Barack Obama as a clown.

Reid didn’t actually encounter any protesters as he was guided into a cleared town office for the meeting. But it was a long, hot morning for those waiting outside.

A group favoring House Bill HR 676 staked its claim along Highway 160.

HR 676, is the National Health Insurance Act, introduced by Congressman John Conyers Jr., D-Mich, who represents Detroit. Conyers’ Web site states the bill’s purpose is “to ensure that every American, regardless of income, employment status, or race, has access to quality, affordable health care services.”

According to organizer Margery Kay Behrens, who has lived in Pahrump for 15 years, “Organizing for America” has requested our presence to greet Harry Reid and the tea baggers with signs, banners and ‘tea’-shirts in support of HR 676, single-payer health care.”

Disabled Vietnam veteran Oscar Guajardo (Ms. Good didn’t get Oscar’s last name correctly) was with Behrens, holding a professionally printed sign supporting Latinos for Obama. “Medicare, Medicaid and the VA are all run by the government,” he said. “So the concept that the government can’t run anything is not true. I don’t know what I would be able to do without my VA and Medicare.”

Guajardo moved to Pahrump about 10 years ago and has a daughter attending Floyd Elementary School. “When I was in the military,” he said, “they were very good to me.”

Sara Mendez said she is transplanted Canadian. “I have a sister with skin grafts and she didn’t have to pay a penny because she pays about $36 a month for health care.” Mendez also mentioned a brother in Canada who had an aorta replaced without paying anything.

Her husband, Bill Mendez, said Spain is rated seventh for their health care by the World Health Organization. He quoted a Spanish doctor as saying, “There is no such thing as being socialist in medicine–we are humanistic.” The Mendez’ have lived in Pahrump for two years.

A few steps away, a trio of protesters, with home made signs had other thoughts, centering on self-reliance and states’ rights.

Katreen Romanoff said, “Society is swerving away from respect and consideration of the individual and it comes from the top down. Harry Reid doesn’t want to face a town hall meeting because of those few on television.”

Romanoff aslo mentioned she was against a global government and was afraid with the tremendous debt the administration is foisting upon the country that the whole monetary system could collapse.

Sandy Darby said her husband, Mike, a member of the town board, was invited to join Reid’s meeting in the town office, but declined.

About HR 676, she said, “It’s nice those people over there want everyone to have health care, but can we afford to pay for it? Health care should be left to the individual and to state law, not to the federal government.

“What’s going to motivate people to work? What’s going to be left? We know what’s best for our state. Harry Reid went in the back door so he wouldn’t have to listen to us.”

Sal Ledesma didn’t mince words. “We should remove Reid as a senator. He doesn’t represent the state of Nevada. He represents Washington, D.C. He is not a resident of Nevada any longer.”

Long-time resident Harley Kulkin was standing with Ted Holmes and others in the parking lot of the town office. They did not carry signs.

For the most part, the 30 or so people waiting outside the town office stayed in their own groups. However, a shouting match erupted when Shirley Matson, holding an anti-Reid and anti-Obama sign left her group near the side entrace to the office and walked up to the highway to check out the supporters favoring single-payer health care.

“She started it. She called me dumb; that crossed the line,” said a man supporting the health care plan as he and others in his group herded Matson back toward her own group. “Your evil tactics are going to kill this country,” he shouted at her.

Matson, who has lived in Pahrump for two years, was angry but regained her cool quickly. “We’re just individuals–moms and grandpas–who don’t agree with Obamacare. A few of us old broads got together and made our own sins.

“I am 60 years old. What if I need a hip replacement? Will I get it or will I just be told to take Tylenol?”

On page A4 of the Times was the following:

While U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev, isn’t hosting a town hall meeting on health care reform in person in Pahrump, two local party activists are.

Republican Dan Schinhofen and Democrat Jack Wood will co-sponsor the Pahrump town hall meeting from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Pahrump Nugget Convention Center.

The meeting will be videotaped and a copy sent to the Nevada Congressional delegation.

Reid will hold a town hall teleconference from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday. Interested parties need to register online at http://www.reid.senate.gov by noon, Thursday. Only people with a 702 or 775 area code may participate.

After a five minute briefing, Reid will be available to answer questions by telephone.

Whomever wrote that notice is mistaken about one point, I’m not a “co-sponsor” of the event. I don’t frankly know who is sponsoring it or paying the Pahrump Nugget for the use of their facility. My involvement came about when Dan Schinhofen phoned me and asked if I would be a co-moderator, whatever that is and I agreed.

Senator Harry Reid will be in Pahrump Monday—Nye Democrats asked to demonstrate

Featheriver — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:32:28 +0000

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will be in Pahrump Monday, spokesman Justin Barasky announced this week.

Reid will meet with local officials, Barasky said, but disclosed only that he will meet with the Nye County Sheriff’s Department. Reid will be available for questions by the media for a halfhour Monday afternoon.

The senator’s office will also be hosting a conference call next Friday on health care reform. Nevadans who want to phone in their comments must first log onto http://reid.senate.gov/.

Reid’s office expects 50,000 Nevadans may call in to comment on the hotly-debated plan by the Obama administration. [Pahrump Valley Times]

What the PVT didn’t include in their report is that Pahrump’s (and maybe Las Vegas) Tea Baggers intend to demonstrate at Pahrump’s Town Offices at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 24, 2009.

Democrats are being asked to rally and demonstrate in support of Senator Reid and healthcare reform to counter the demonstrating Tea Baggers.

Prepare your signs to carry in support of Senator Reid and healthcare reform. Contact Margery Behrens at (775) 910-9159 or via e-mail at margerykaybehrens@msn.com and let her know you intend to participate in the counter-demonstration. You may want to wear an Obama T-shirt or other clothing showing your support for President Obama, Senator Reid and healthcare reform at the demonstration. It is recommended you be on your best behavior at the demonstration. Show the Tea Baggers you are mature, intelligent adults capable of expressing your support in a peaceable manner. Don’t forget some bottled water and a hat to ward off the sun.

Now is the time for all good Democrats to come to the aid of their party.

Your chance to support a Clean Energy Plan

Featheriver — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:02:08 +0000

Show your support for a Clean Energy Plan

Let our elected officials know we need green jobs.

Host: Nevada State Democratic Party

Type: Meetings – Informational Meeting

Date: Monday, August 10, 2009

Time: 8:30am – 10:00am

Location: Steps of the Cox Pavilion of the UNLV campus

Street: UNLV campus at Tropicana and Swenson

City/Town: Las Vegas, NV

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Email: kirsten@nvgreenvote.org

Description

Friends,

Last year, Americans voted overwhelmingly for change, including an energy policy for the 21st Century.

Members of Congress are working to jumpstart our economy and create new, green jobs in Nevada by passing a historic Clean Energy Plan. Unfortunately, big oil and gas companies are using scare tactics to stall this work and are organizing a protest Monday against any sensible reform to our nation’s outdated energy policy.

PLEASE JOIN US — Monday, August 10, at 8:30 a.m. on the steps of the Cox Pavilion of the UNLV campus — to let our elected officials know we need green jobs and a Clean Energy Plan now! It’s important that we show our support for a Clean Energy Plan.

Join other Nevadans to send a public “thank you” to Sen. Harry Reid for the work he is doing to support a Clean Energy Plan in Congress and call on other senators to vote in favor of jobs that can’t be exported overseas. Sen. Reid recognizes that we must harness Nevada’s vast solar, wind and geothermal energy potential to stabilize our energy costs and create much-needed jobs!

Free parking is available in the Cox Pavilion parking lot on the UNLV campus at Swenson and Tropicana. For more information, please go to www.rebuildnevada.org. To RSVP, please email kirsten@nvgreenvote.org.

Anyone think that perhaps the Nye County Democratic Party ought to hold a Rally in Pahrump? After all Nye County is a perfect spot for “green jobs” rooted in alternative energy sources of wind, solar and geothermic. Why not ask your Nye County Democratic Central Committee to put on a rally here in Pahrump.

Dina Titus targeted by GOP

Featheriver — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:18:41 +0000

The GOP is not letting any grass grow under it’s feet. It is busily identifying freshman and sophomore members of Congress it will target and seek to oust from their elected office. [Blue Jersey]

One of those targeted by the GOP is Representative Dina Titus who represents Nevada’s Congressional District #3. Titus isn’t alone, there are 70 on the targeted list. Republicans are working together in their grassroots organizations. The following statement from the GOP says:

Hi friends, Below you will find a list of 70 districts that the NRCC is targeting this cycle. As Chairman Sessions stated earlier this week at a pen and pad briefing, “There are people proactively coming to us. We are doing far less recruiting and more catching.” With that said we have the opportunity to focus on many more districts and some unusual districts that haven’t been targeted in a long time. We are very excited about our prospects in 2010 and look forward to having your support! If you have questions about a particular district please shoot me a note.

Here in Nye County, Nevada in Congressional District #2. The only grassroots endeavor I am aware of that is working to unseat Republican incumbent Dean Heller (ProjectVoteSmart) is the national Organizing for America organization. I’ve heard of no such local grassroot effort being mounted by the Nye County Democratic Party.

Cindy Trigg, a Democrat, in Northern Nevada had announced she was a candidate for District #2, but dropped out about a month later.

Paul Reeves, of Pahrump, announced he is a Democratic candidate for District #2 last Monday, August 3 at an event sponsored by the Pahrump Chapter of Democracy for America.

Jack Schofield, of Las Vegas, has indicated he is also a Democratic candidate for District #2, and is expected to publicly announce his candidacy soon.

So far as I know both Reeves and Schofield are running on their own without encouragement or assistance of the Nevada State Democratic Party or the Nye County or Clark County Democratic Parties. Nor have I heard of any recruitment efforts by the state or local Democratic organizations to find a competent, viable and electable candidate to run against Dean Heller.

Heller, being the incumbent, has the full GOP organization behind him. Makes it very lonely and difficult for a Democratic Candidate.