A little bit of New Hampshire came to Nevada this afternoon as John Edwards campaigned among the brunch crowd at Harrie’s Bagelmania near UNLV.
The 25-minute appearance was as close to retail politics as Democratic presidential candidates have come in the Silver State this election cycle. (As for the Republicans, who can forget Rudy Giuliani’s swing […]

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Bogged down with business in Washington, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid offered some pre-debate analysis in an early-morning interview with the Sun.
The Senate Majority Leader deviated little from the talking points he delivered Tuesday in a conference call with Western reporters.
On tonight’s CNN debate in Las Vegas: “This debate indicates the (Democratic National Committee) did the […]

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Nevada Sen. Harry Reid and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar held a conference call this afternoon to discuss Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate and the importance of the West in the race for the White House in 2008.
Reid, as the public face of the Nevada caucus, and Salazar, as the public face of the Democratic National Convention […]

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Freedom’s Watch, the conservative advocacy group with ties to Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman and world’s sixth-richest man Sheldon Adelson, launched a print ad campaign today, targeting seven members of Congress in newspapers across the country.
(The ads can be viewed at FreedomsWatch.com)
Earlier this year, the group aired $15 million worth of TV ads in tossup […]

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* UPDATE: Mission Industries apparently came to the bargaining table this afternoon ready to deal.
The industrial laundry met with the Culinary Union for about an hour today, before the union announced both sides had reached a tentative agreement. Details won’t be known until the deal is ratified by members tomorrow, but initial comments from the […]

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Culinary Union boss D. Taylor says he doesn’t want to be distracted by presidential campaigns knocking on his door for his organization’s endorsement because he still has to wrap up contract negotiations on behalf of about 2,500 members. It’s a bold position for a man in a primary state with less than 11 weeks to […]

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