Remember, Atlantic City's casino culture is failed and it looks like the State of New Jersey may have to take them over Nevada has unemployment of 14% and a foreclosure rate 5 times higher than out state. Michigan let in one casino - now it … [Read more...]
Casinos are going BANKRUPT all across the USA!!!
More about good old Greektown Casino: it pulls in a million a day, and it is sinking like a derelict row boat. See: http://www.freep.com/article/2... Casinos are not only no answer, but if there was a right time, it is past and … [Read more...]
Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in Virginia
What is striking about how the process of disenfranchisement and voter suppression works is how much it relies upon the media to repeat and amplify the breathless and hyperbolic accusations of so-called voter fraud against voter … [Read more...]
Anti-Equality States Jonesin’ for Marriage Tourism Cash
According to his U.S. Census data, there are about 6,300 gay couples in Nevada. Based on what's happened in Massachusetts since it legalized gay marriage, he estimated about half of those couples would get married here if they could. If … [Read more...]
Michigan, Florida… now Nevada?
Part one of Nevada's convoluted process of selecting its 25 delegates to the national convention had its problems, if you remember. Part two was even worse yesterday. An estimated 10,000 people showed up at Bally's Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas … [Read more...]
NV, SC Predictions
Tomorrow is the Nevada caucus and South Carolina GOP primary. My predictions: NV: Hillary eeks out a victory over Obama, despite Barack's support from the influential Culinary workers union. Edwards finishes a respectable third. On the GOP … [Read more...]
How caucuses will work in Nevada (as far as anyone can tell)
A quick read of the Official Rules (source: PDF) tells us much information. Differences with Iowa are underlined: As in Iowa, caucusgoers must be physically present at a given time and place, though in this case the caucuses are held … [Read more...]
This Week With Barack Obama, December 16-22, 2007
obama at storm lake, ia, december 17th Obama … [Read more...]
This Week With Barack Obama, December 9-15, 2007
Obama embraces U.S. soldier Brian Jesness during a campaign rally stop in Mason City, Iowa Obama and Oprah's … [Read more...]
Primary and Caucus rearrangement – Yea!
The fighting words from the NH crowd are simply short sighted. It's almost as if they are taking it personally. They shouldn't.After all, NH is mostly white and conservative (even the democrats) so why should they get first shot at picking … [Read more...]