CONCORD, N.H. — I just picked up a flier for an event for Sen. John McCain here Saturday.
Special guest: Wilford Brimley.
For a guy battling the idea that he’s too old to be president, oatmeal salesman Brimley, who’s looked 75 years old for the past 25 years, is a curious choice as your surrogate.

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The dangers of buying advertising ahead of time: I just heard a Joe Biden ad here in New Hampshire. The veteran senator dropped out of the race last night.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It’s 4 a.m. and I’m sitting here at Eastern Iowa Airport waiting on a flight back to Vegas. I can’t wait to get back to a place that doesn’t dip into the single digits, but I’m still awestruck by my Iowa experience and what happened in this tiny, nearly all-white state […]

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Iowa roundup.
To start off, it’s impossible to overstate how significant last night is to American politics. And also Nevada politics (though you’ll have to wait for the Sun print edition for that analysis.) Voters in Iowa roundly rejected their respective party establishments, as noted in this New York Times analysis.
People want something different.
What […]

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If nothing else, Governor Bill Richardson’s campaign knows how to spin.
After capturing two percent of the delegates in the Iowa caucus tonight, his campaign issued a press release with the proud headline, “Bill Richardson Makes Final Four.”
The release:
DES MOINES, IA– New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson finished in fourth place in today’s […]

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All attention, of course, is on Iowa this evening. Except — if campaigns are to be believed — for many of Nevada’s campaign workers because they have work to do.
Only Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign will be holding a “watch party” - what the cool kids call sitting at a bar as results come in, even […]

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WASHINGTON — Here’s a quick round-up of interesting finds from the weekend papers in case the holiday cheer kept you away from the press.
The New York Times continues its series on Public Lands in the West with a look Sunday at the surge in off-roading. Here’s the link http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/us/30lands.html?_r=1=slogin and some early graphs from […]

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WASHINGTON _ Much has been said about Sen. Harry Reid’s first year as majority leader, including our package considering his performance in Sunday’s Sun.
But as 2007 comes to a close, the first session of the 110th Congress continues on, at least in the Senate.
Reid, you might recall, stepped off the Senate floor for the holidays […]

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WASHINGTON — This just in: Nevada Sen. John Ensign’s workload in Mississippi was shored up today as the state’s governor announced the appointment of Republican Rep. Roger Wicker to serve out the term of Sen. Trent Lott, the Republican Whip, who stepped down this month.
Lott’s unexpected departure put the state in play for 2008, giving […]

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley is in Iraq today, her first-ever trip after five years of war, and the critic of President Bush’s war strategy makes a surprising assessment as she finds signs of hope in once war-torn parts of the country.
“It’s not like we were walking in the park on a […]

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