Why Nevada? (4.00 / 1)

How did the DNC determine Nevada was a good choice for an early voting state? Could there be a stranger state? It's like picking Hawaii or Montana to be representative of the nation (or New Hampshire, ha!).

Why not Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico or Washington? At least those states have normal economies based on something besides gambling, prostitution and strip mines.

Also, just to be mean, I would like to say I have driven across most of the West and there is nothing uglier than Nevada. It really was just begging to be nuked.

"Don't hate the media, become the media" -Jello Biafra

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by: LandStander @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 02:05:55 AM UTC

And a caption... (0.00 / 0)

"Come for the casinos, stay for the...um..."

"Don't hate the media, become the media" -Jello Biafra

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by: LandStander @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 02:07:12 AM UTC

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union membership (0.00 / 0)

I'd think, or you can blame Harry Reid.  Arizona clearly pushed pretty hard. 

http://www.cnn.com/C...

New Mexico clearly would be pointless with Richardson running.

New Jersey politics at Blue Jersey.

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by: Hopeful in NJ @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 02:10:39 AM UTC

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Most of them are too big, oddly enough. (0.00 / 0)

Eight congressional districts in Arizona, seven in Colorado, nine in Washington makes them too damn big for an early state.

Utah, Idaho, New Mexico are all too weird for an early state (peculiar demographics in some form or other). 

Oregon could have been perfect: same population as Iowa, a couple very liberal cities, a large conservative rural area, some swing resource-type mini-cities in the south.  Montana could have worked too, although Oregon is a much more politically balanced state whereas Montana is pretty damn red.

Nevada is kindof a disaster.  Weak political culture, very three-men-in-a-room, some truly shitty newspapers.  The union and Latino vote are the only saving graces, but the union endorsement process is kindof an insidery game and if it turns out to be determinative, well that's lame.  We'll just award an early state to whoever sweet-talks Culinary the best?

Anyway, it will be interesting to see the results tomorrow.

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by: texas dem @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 13:24:35 PM UTC

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Caption (0.00 / 0)

"Where the hell is Carrot Top's other hand?"

You're welcome for the lovely mental image.

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by: NedR @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 02:15:49 AM UTC

New Years 2008 (0.00 / 0)

I was just there on NYE through January 3rd, 2008 and things weren't nearly as congested or overcrowded as the scene you are describing.

And since NYE is one of the busiest times of the year in Las Vegas, I would have to assume that its the primaries which are making Vegas so crazy right now. Maybe the locals didn't expect the huge influx of press types that I'm sure have turned up all over the place.

Crazy that political events (primaries nonetheless!) are drawing larger crowds and creating more chaos than even New Year's Eve is producing for that city.

End this war. Stop John McCain. Cindy McCain is filthy rich.

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by: wiretapp @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 03:15:51 AM UTC

my quote... (0.00 / 0)

..."This is what happens when Donald Trump takes a shit."

Have fun in Vegas. Since you're blogging it you obviously don't expect for your time in Vegas to stay there.

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by: Paul Blumenthal @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 05:04:08 AM UTC

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Vegas - the only place the words "Carrot Top" and "Fantasy" appear together.

"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that."
-Lawrence Summers

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by: kbuck @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 05:48:09 AM UTC

Caption (4.00 / 1)

Last show Friday - your ticket is your buffet receipt.

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by: dune2 @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:06 AM UTC

My capton would be... (0.00 / 0)

...............................................'The Shining City on the Hill'!

So appropriate for a Democratic Party which now has avowed Republicans admirers and sycophants running to be it's Presidential nominee.

So....bi-partisan has this  once great institution become that one of it's candidates supported in the midterms for Senator a man who was not a member of the Democratic party and still supports this 'good friend and colleague...' despite his endorsement of a Republican as her opponent in the upcoming Presidential Race.

So enamored of this spirit of good fellowship that even the progressive blogosphere has taken to supporting candidates who find much to admire in previous Republican administration's known chiefly to historians for their raw criminality and overt racism.

Yes....over a decade after his death Ronald Reagan's.....

...........................................'The Shining City on the Hill'!

once again exists in the delusional fantasies of many Americans.

Peace, Health and Prosperity for Everyone.

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by: ACitizen @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 07:12:39 AM UTC

I'll vote for "Shining City on a Hill" (0.00 / 0)

Vegas is usually horribly crowded whenever I'm there on the strrip.  The other areas are not so bad, especially Downtown, the real Vegas.

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by: howardpark @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 14:19:30 PM UTC

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Caption: (0.00 / 0)

"If I rotate my head 90 degrees, will that make me cool again?"

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by: texas dem @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 13:31:48 PM UTC

The Las Vegas Airport... (0.00 / 0)

...was the most organized I'd ever seen!

Arriving for dKos06, walking from the plane to the baggage carousel was a veeery interesting walk, reflected by your observations of tigers, girls, etc...

The luggage got off fast (Delta, not Southwest) and we picked it up and walked to the door to catch a cab.

There was a guy there that asked us the number in our party, directed us to a painted square with a number in it, a cab pulled up, the driver threw everything in and roared off to the Riviera.

I swear, from getting off the plane to checking into the hotel was about 45 minutes!

So if you don't need a car, take a cab in LV!

Send Bush to The Hague in 2009!

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by: InquisitiveRaven @ Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 19:46:31 PM UTC