With Iowa feeling the chill of freezing rain and Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigning on the West Coast, the Washington Post’s Dan Balz, stuck in Des Moines, muses about changing the entire nomination calendar — based on the weather.
Nevada and its Jan. 19 Democratic caucus gets a mention but, according to Balz, […]

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Some news this morning on the all-important Culinary Union front.
UNITE HERE and its 60,000-member Las Vegas affiliate seem to have agreed that they’ll share in a single endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate — and it may not come until after the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus to improve their odds in betting on a winner.
But […]

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The Democratic National Committee has canceled the last of its six sanctioned presidential debates, with organizers citing the ongoing strike of Hollywood television and film writers.
The debate was set to take place on Dec. 10 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, a regular picket site for striking workers. As the New York Times notes, […]

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The San Francisco Chronicle checks in with a piece on Nevada and the Democratic caucus, and the Vegas clichés aren’t far behind. In fact, in the first sentence we’re treated to no less than three: strippers, dancers and showgirls. Still, the Chronicle stretched beyond the bright lights and spent considerable time in Pahrump.
The piece highlights […]

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The Reno Gazette-Journal has a new poll, on the heels of this month’s Democratic debate, showing “only” 33 percent of those surveyed said they would definitely or probably attend their party’s caucus, while 39 percent said they may not or will not participate.
At first blush, the number seems low, hence the use of the […]

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It’s the day after Thanksgiving and things are getting intense out there. For retailers and shoppers, it’s frenzied Black Friday, launching the holiday shopping season. And the campaigns, the Los Angeles Times notes, are rushing toward a few climactic days in January that can decide the presidential race.
With the Iowa caucuses set for Jan. 3, […]

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So New Hampshire today finally weighed in on its caucus date, pushing Nevada to No. 3 on the Democratic nomination calendar.
New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner said this afternoon that the Granite State will hold its presidential primaries on Jan. 8, five days after the Iowa caucuses. The Nevada caucuses — both Democratic and […]

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The Culinary Union doesn’t relish surprises.
The 60,000-member union of casino and hotel workers is known for running a tight shop, and its discipline is second to none in Las Vegas when it comes to keeping internal business — well, internal.
So Culinary officials were as shocked as local political scribes when they read a report in […]

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Republican presidential aspirant Mitt Romney is increasingly using immigration to go after his rivals, as he did this past weekend at a town hall event in Henderson. While Romney is quick to say he has no problem with “legal immigration,” he outlined an aggressive agenda to penalize states whose polices he claims create a […]

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Voters looking for substance after the flash of Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate found it at UNLV on Friday, where experts from past Republican and Democratic administrations said the next president’s biggest challenge will be to restore U.S. credibility around the globe.
The winner next November will take office with a significant advantage, the four former officials […]

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