We in the state of Nevada thank our senior Senator, Harry Reid for giving us, the people of Nevada and Westerners a voice in the Democratic presidential nomination. Without Senator Reid it would not have been possible. In reaching out to all the members of the committee and openly supporting Chairman Howard Dean's "50 state strategy", Senator Reid secured this important victory for our state.
Nevada and Western issues will be addressed during the Democratic presidential nomination, thanks to the man from Searchlight, Nevada, Senator Harry Reid.
From the beginning, Reid orchestrated the contest. When Danny Thompson, spokesman for the Nevada AFL-CIO, and Horsford went to New Orleans in April to make the case for Nevada, they didn't go empty-handed. Reid turned to Billy Vassiliadis of R&R Partners - the firm that came up with the "What happens here stays here" slogan for Las Vegas - to produce a video and marketing package.
"Nevada started off with a bang at the DNC meeting in New Orleans when they presented. It was a lavish, well-done presentation, and that impressed the rules committee," said Marc Ambinder, an associate editor for The Hotline, a Washington, D.C., political newsletter that has followed the deliberations closely.
Reid's staff worked with Thompson and Horsford on their presentation and then hit them with prep questions and answers.
The presentation was not Vegas glitzy, though. It studiously avoided portraying the Las Vegas that much of the country has come to perceive. "We just had to explain to people that we have a strong working class, union and minority population," said Pilar Weiss, political director for the Culinary Union, which consulted on the effort.
Thompson said the presentation was "on message" and focused on the criteria that the party had set: strong labor movement, diverse population, a geographic layout that would allow for retail, door-to-door politics.
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As the fasterst growing state in the nation, Nevada has changed a lot demographically. This change in demographics contributed to our state becoming more Democratic. Also, Nevada is a union state and 24% of its voters are union or from union households who vote heavily Democratic. In 2004, John Kerry lost Nevada by 2% and I strongly believe that Nevada will turn blue in '08.
I vow to work hard for the Democratic Party to show my gratitude to Senator Reid. As a new resident of this state, my goal is to work on GOTV in the '06 congressional races and then focus on the presidential nomination after the mid-term elections.
Thank you, Harry Reid.