I’ve already covered the national cataclysm and the CD2 debacle. Now let’s take a look at what happened in Nevada. Three words: It. Was. Ugly. Silver lining: You can’t bounce back until you’ve hit bottom. Welcome to rock bottom. Republicans now have zero representation in Congress (thanks again Flippo-McShane). ...

  Larry, Daryl, and Daryl, Inc. Lose Impossible-to-Lose Congressional Seat He thought he was oh-so-clever. Strategic brilliance on par with Lee Atwater. Then he lost a Nevada congressional seat that had never been held by a Democrat and enjoyed an astronomical Republican voter registration advantage. Heckuva job, Rory! (Note: From ...

  Surveying the GOP casualty report this morning reminded me of that opening scene in “Patton” where Gen. Omar Bradley was assessing the beating the American Army took at Kasserine Pass. It was nothing short of a bloodbath. A short, far from comprehensive, snapshot… Texas: Ken Paxton lost to James ...

  The Enemy Is at the Gates. Today Is No Day for Spectators, Quitters, or Surrender Monkeys. In light of all the “blue wave” predictions that it’s already over for Nevada Republicans, let me first start out with this infamous quote from Philosopher King and United States Senator Bluto Blutarski: ...

  First it was staffers. Then the grandkids. Now it’s a “clerical error.” When does it become David Flippo’s fault? Mark Amodei has represented Northern Nevada in Congress since 2011. He’s a Republican. A proud one. And he just told the Wall Street Journal exactly what he thinks of David ...

  Been getting some hate mail recently. Some readers say David Flippo is the Republican nominee in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District. So I should support him simply because he has an “R” after his name. For example, here’s a lovely note posted to me on X by Virginia Starrett a ...

  Every time I bring up Erica’s race, I hear the same thing from some self-professed “experts”… “Chuck, AD9 has more registered Democrats than Republicans. I don’t think she can win.” Absolutely not true. And here’s why. Registration tells you who’s on the voter rolls. It doesn’t tell you who ...

  Here’s the bottom line: You just can’t trust Nevada Assembly District 9 candidate Ryan Hampton. With him, the fine print is the main event. If he says “let me be clear,” brace yourself for a San Francisco fog. And when he says he’s fighting for “working families,” he’s only ...

  There’s a scene near the end of All the President’s Men where “Deep Throat,” sitting in that parking garage in shadow, tells Bob Woodward the only three words that matter: “Follow the money.” Everybody remembers the line. What everybody forgets is that Woodward and Bernstein didn’t get to the ...

  For eleven seasons, television audiences tuned in to watch Sam Malone pour drinks, crack jokes, and hold court behind the bar at Cheers – all while carrying, in the background of the show’s mythology, the label of a recovering alcoholic. It was played as one of the show’s quiet ...