Las Vegas and the President

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Wednesday February 03, 2010 · 1:35 AM PST

2010/02/03 · 01:35

The day after President Obama and Senator Harry Reid killed Yucca by defunding the nuclear waste program, (a promise the President made during his presidential campaign) the President has caused a ruckus in this city when he told Americans to be responsible with their money at a New Hampshire town hall.

Las Vegas is upset at remarks the President made in New Hampshire, in which he urged Americans to use their money responsibly and not blow it on gambling. The city's mayor, Oscar Goodman held a press conference and said that the President is "no friend of Las Vegas." Elected officials in Nevada are all furious at the President and want him to stop using Las Vegas as the poster child of bad behavior.

This city's political class are still reeling from remarks the President made last spring in Indiana when he said that companies which received bailout money should not go on Las Vegas junkets.

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 2:40 PM PDT

2008/06/03 · 14:40

Former U.S. Senator John Edwards delegates have announced their support for Barack Obama.

16.5 delegates to go to clinch the nomination.

UPDATE: 10 delegates to go.

Donate here.

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Saturday January 19, 2008 · 4:46 PM PST

2008/01/19 · 16:46

As many of you know I am an Obama supporter and a first time caucus goer. Here is my experience...

We showed up at 10 AM and the Hillary camp was all set with signs and volunteers. It didn't take long for the Obama volunteers to neutralize Hillary's head start. For starters, we noticed that Hillary's supporters were breaking the rules by placing Hillary signs where they were not allowed and we asked them to take them down, which they did. We then noticed, that a car sporting Hillary signage, was double-parked, blocking people who needed access to handicapped parking. We told a woman who just had a hip replacement to park her car right beside the car.

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Friday November 16, 2007 · 9:06 AM PST

2007/11/16 · 09:06

I am so disappointed with the Democratic Party of Nevada. These folks are not Democrats, they're Hillary supporters. The audience was an embarrassment and I am ashamed to be from this city. No wonder we elect mob lawyers for Mayor.

The audience was basically divided into two sections. One side was UNLV, the well behaved section and the other section was the Hillary (oops, I meant the DNC) section. The DNC section is where I was seated and it was filled with Hillary supporters. The guy next to me said he was for Edwards and lied, because the only person he cheered for was Hillary. Loud, obnoxious, women were sitting behind me that talked throughout the debate and sneered "trial lawyer" every time Edwards spoke and called Obama "arrogant". I wanted to turn around and tell them that I guess they didn't have the nerve to call him "uppity".

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Saturday September 29, 2007 · 8:40 PM PDT

2007/09/29 · 20:40

This is historic -- Senator Obama is going to have 350,000 donors and half a million contributions by the Q3 deadline. I thought I'd make this diary a live blog of Senator Obama's Q3 numbers.

Update:

We did it! Over 350,000 donors to the Obama campaign. This is a historic moment in US political campaigns. One more goal to reach -- we are closing in on the half a million contributions mark. Please give to the Obama campaign.

Update II:

Goal reached. History made.

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Sunday August 26, 2007 · 6:22 PM PDT

2007/08/26 · 18:22

Yesterday I posted on Alegre’s diary a picture of a t-shirt I saw in a store at the mall. The t-shirt had a picture of Barack and Hillary with a caption that read, "Bros before Hoes". I was offended and made my husband take a picture of it.

Here is the picture

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Thursday August 16, 2007 · 4:08 PM PDT

2007/08/16 · 16:08

John Edwards’ campaign is facing serious financial troubles and the decision to scale back staff in Nevada is proof. He is choosing to not compete in the most diverse state of the early primary contest. While John Edwards scales back, his rivals: Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton are opening up offices and expanding their staff in Nevada. To add insult to injury, Bill Richardson announced hiring 7 Nevada staff on the same day, Edwards campaign made the strategy shift.

Yesterday, I asked Elizabeth Edwards if the Edwards campaign have given up on Nevada. This was her response:

John and I have been to Nevada more than anyone. (57+ / 0-)
John has been more than any other candidate. I have been more than any other spouse. Staff gets shuffled all the time, and frankly, the shifting calendar (which is not yet set in stone) will probably result in more shifting from various places. John will win Nevada.

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Barack’s Town Hall in Las Vegas

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Sunday August 12, 2007 · 1:03 PM PDT

2007/08/12 · 13:03

This past Friday, Barack Obama paid Las Vegas a visit to speak with the Culinary Workers and the National Association of Black Journalists (please read this excellent diary on Barack addressing the "black enough" question by psericks) -- and to conduct his first Town Hall in the city. I attended the Town Hall that afternoon along with 2,000 potential caucus goers who are enjoying the attention they’re getting from our Democratic candidates.

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Sunday July 29, 2007 · 1:24 PM PDT

2007/07/29 · 13:24

What’s it with all this hullabaloo on foreign policy? And while we are still at, whose side are you on? As a liberal who’s looking for a drastic change in our foreign policy from what we’ve had post-9/11, I side with Barack Obama. I don’t need to disclose my strong support for Barack to any of you since I have been both open and vocal about it on this site. However, this debate highlighted the reason I am supporting Barack over Hillary and to a lesser extent John Edwards – Barack is unabashedly liberal and draws others to the Democratic Party with his politics of change that is highlighted with his liberal position on the Iraq war. Barack sees no shame in being a liberal and embraces it with his positions and his rhetoric. He does not try to go to the right of anyone like Hillary or change his rhetoric to please a General election electorate.

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Saturday March 17, 2007 · 3:04 AM PDT

2007/03/17 · 03:04

It looks like Big Dawg is steaming mad because the NY Times is not aggressively going after Obama about a quote of his on the war, and in not doing so, the paper is giving preferential treatment to the Junior Senator from Illinois. I guess he did not read the NYT's hit piece on Obama's stock buys.

"He quoted Obama as saying in some other newspaper a couple years ago that he didn't know how he would have voted. He also said that Obama had said at some point in 2006 that there was very little difference between his position and Bush's position on Iraq. He said that The Times had not reported these comments prominently. It was like two minutes on how Obama was getting a free ride while the paper pursued the Hillary-should-apologize storyline...He was just upset about it. He was passionate."

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Tuesday February 27, 2007 · 12:18 PM PST

2007/02/27 · 12:18

That is the headline on the Cincinnati, Enquirer.These headlines are showing across the nation -- Austin, LA, Iowa, Cleveland, and the list goes on. The local headlines are all about the huge crowds Senator Obama is drawing. Unusual for this early in the campaign. Along with the large crowds small donations are being collected. This is truly a grassroots campaign and a campaign like no other.

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Sunday February 18, 2007 · 6:07 PM PST

2007/02/18 · 18:07

Barack Obama was in Las Vegas today and had a great turn out for his first visit since he announced his candidacy. Here is my photo dairy.

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