You just can’t make some things up.
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Way back on May 14, 2009, I wrote in Muth’s Truths that Nevada Republicans had the potential of fielding a “dream team” of top-tier candidates who could potentially lead the beleaguered party back from the political wilderness.
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As we’ve discovered recently, Sen. John Ensign’s record on keeping promises, pledges and vows ain’t so great. So it should come as no real surprise that he’s broken his Taxpayer Protection Pledge by promoting and voting for the Travel Promotion Act.
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Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman continues to float the notion that he might throw his crown into the race for governor next year….either as an independent or in the Democrat primary against the Son of Reid. And many folks continue to pooh-pooh his chances, maintaining Oscar just won’t “sell” in the rurals.

An extremely likable fellow with a buxom babe on one arm and a martini glass at the end of the other won’t sell in Tonopah? Or Elko? Or Ely? Or Winnemucca? Don’t bet on it.

“Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to appoint his former chief operating officer, Dianne Cornwall, to the Nevada Gaming Commission when a seat becomes vacant in April,” CityLife editor Steve Sebelius wrote on Friday, adding that “sources who asked to remain anonymous say the appointment has been under consideration for some time, and that it is a common topic of discussion within the governor’s staff.”
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“State Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio warned today that a citizens committee expected to propose changes in taxes and state spending to improve the quality of life in Nevada must not be filled with ‘tax users’ for its recommendations to win public acceptance,” reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week.
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The last time the Nevada Republican Party was this broke and broken was the year before Reno attorney John Mason took the reins in 1995.
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Keith Schwer is the director of The Center for Business and Economic Research at UNLV. And after GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval indicated in interviews this week there was still room to cut in the state budget, Schwer responded thusly in a news interview:
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Last week, after a meeting with Gov. Jim Gibbons, the Las Vegas Review-Journal “Flash” headline read: “Democratic legislators say state budget can’t be cut further.”

Wow, talk about the boy who cried wolf.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Heck joined Gov. Jim Gibbons this week in signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. In doing so, Dr. Heck issued the following statement:
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