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December 1, 2008

Jon Ralston

Jon Ralston is thankful?!
By Jon Ralston
Politicians and high-profile figures celebrate this week’s holiday just like the rest of us — by giving thanks for the blessings in their lives.
Coming season of hope makes one sanguine on leaders’ readiness to tackle budget woes
By Jon Ralston
The holiday season is upon us, thus the time is right for passing out presents. So today, I give the gift of optimism, one delivered without sarcasm or irony, one delivered in the spirit of the season.
Sen. Rebuild’s facing a long, bumpy road
By Jon Ralston
So how do you rebuild something that doesn’t exist?
Voters can’t be trusted
By Jon Ralston
As the short, unhappy judicial career of Elizabeth Halverson mercifully comes to an end this week — barring a reversal by the state Supreme Court — let’s be clear who deserves culpability for her ever possessing a black robe.
Battle preparations being made for a 2010 slugfest between Reid, Krolicki
By Jon Ralston
The next major race in Nevada, the one that started the day after the election, will be the most expensive, most watched and most vitriolic contest in state history: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bid for a fifth term.
The state’s budget crisis
By Jon Ralston
Emptying out the notebook at the end of the week after the Republican Party died in America and conservatives, here and elsewhere, are wringing their hands to figure out what went wrong, whom to blame and what to do as the economy, here and elsewhere, slowly crumbles:
The governor’s faux attempt at leadership
By Jon Ralston
Gov. Jim Gibbons’ no-new-taxes pledge appears to have an expiration date, coinciding with a Democratic landslide in Nevada (political reality intrudes) and the impossibility of lopping another billion-plus from the budget (policy reality bites).
Pondering the future of state politics
By Jon Ralston
Can a political tsunami become a policy wave? That is the question analysts across the country are asking about President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders as they look at the hammerlock the party has on the federal government.
Writer of Titus’ political obit, marvels at her revival
By Jon Ralston
“It’s over. Dina Titus is a walking political corpse and only a miraculous makeover can revivify her.” — Not-so-prescient pundit, Nov. 29, 2006
Hello, Campaign 2010: Handicapping the field in the races for governor, U.S. senator
JON RALSTON:
By Jon Ralston
The best thing about election seasons is that one always seamlessly slides right into another.
Jon Ralston puts his name on the line with election forecast
By Jon Ralston
For the lonely pundit, predicting election outcomes is a no-win proposition.
Questions ahead of Election Day
By Jon Ralston
Political campaigns are about many things, beautiful and ugly. They are decided by soaring rhetoric and sleazy innuendo, substantive ideas and phony promises, grass-roots connections and financial advantages. But, mostly, they are decided by cold, harsh numbers.
Budget mess is Dems’ first test
By Jon Ralston
As Democrats vote in record droves in Nevada’s urban counties and Republicans cling bitterly to the prayer that the other 15 can save John McCain, is the state about to undergo an unprecedented realignment?
Why Porter might just ride out a perfect Democratic storm
By Jon Ralston
Jon Porter should be done, cooked, finis.
A roundup of campaign trail tidbits
By Jon Ralston
Eleven days and counting until insane political people — candidates, their consultants and their supporters — regain their equilibrium and stop hectoring the poor, put-upon members of the Fourth Estate with tales of horrific dirty tricks that simply must, must be reported before Nov. 4.

Blog: Ralston's Flash

Krolicki: What I did with college fund was kosher (1 Comment)
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki continues his "best defense is a good offense" approach to a pending indictment with a statement and letters supporting his case. ...
4 days, 21 hours ago
State senator: Tax increases are necessary to meet constitutional obligation on schools, services (5 Comments)
That's what Democrat Bob Coffin is saying in a lengthy auto-response to anyone who emails him. Check it out because it is, in its way, ...
5 days, 21 hours ago

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Face To Face: The Final Take

Updates from executive producer Dana Gentry

Michael Mosley released to "shared" custody (7 Comments)
Sixteen-year-old Michael Mosley, in juvenile detention since his arrest more than a week ago at the scene of the accident that killed 15-year-old Olivia Hyten, ...
6 days, 20 hours ago
Mosley: Can't Control Son (79 Comments)
Judge Donald Mosley, in an interview with my Channel 8 colleague Jonathan Humbert, essentially admitted he is powerless to control his 16-year-old son Michael. Michael ...
7 days, 6 hours ago

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