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Palin phenomenon doesn't register in Nevada, figures show

CARSON CITY -- If Sarah Palin's selection as the GOP's vice presidential candidate was seen as a boost to Republicans, it wasn't reflected in Nevada's voter registration numbers last month.

Figures released Wednesday by the secretary of state show Democrats in Nevada increased their registration advantage over Republicans by 18,961 voters in September, the first full month after Arizona Sen. John McCain picked Palin as his running mate.


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  • Latest figures show Democrats now have an 80,666 registered voter advantage over Republicans, with 498,143 Democrats listed among active voters compared with 417,477 Republicans.

    At the end of August, the Democratic advantage was 61,705. During September, Democrats added 39,266 voters compared with 20,305 additional Republicans.

    Democrats have been beating Republicans in the registration game almost every month since the election in November 2006. At that time, Republicans had 6,998 more registered voters in the Silver State than Democrats.

    In September, Democrats added even more voters in Carson City, where Palin visited Sept. 13 in her first appearance without McCain and drew 5,000 enthusiastic supporters.

    At that appearance, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, who chairs the McCain-Palin campaign in Nevada, said the Alaska governor was generating so much excitement, it would lead to additional registration and a victory for their ticket in November.

    Krolicki applauded Democrats for putting in the "elbow grease" needed to register so many new voters. But he added that the polls still show a close race between McCain and Barack Obama in Nevada.

    "We have seen a Democrat surge in registration, but we have not seen it in the polls," Krolicki said. "A registration is not a vote. I believe Republicans who are registered voters will show up in November and support McCain-Palin."

    Democrats added 419 voters in September in the capital city, compared with 345 additional Republicans.

    State Democratic Party Chairman Sam Lieberman said the excitement for Palin faded with the news about the Wall Street meltdown and the declining economy.

    "People talked about Sarah Palin for a while because it was a surprise pick, but now we have more important things to talk about," Lieberman said. "We need to stop talking about Sarah Palin and start talking about the issues that engage real Nevadans, like the economy, foreclosures and jobs."

    Lieberman said he was confident the registration surge will lead to additional Democratic victories in the Legislature and help put Obama in the White House.

    The increase in Democratic registration has been particularly significant in Washoe County, where Democrats trail Republicans in registration by 1,900 voters. Two years ago, Republicans had a 17,000-voter advantage in Washoe County.

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    Rick Mathews wrote on October 04, 2008 05:50 PM: What a misleading headline. Voter registration has little to do with Sarah Palin. There will be a number of Democrats that vote for her.


    Jeremy wrote on October 03, 2008 12:43 AM: At one point, I was considering voting for McCain. But after listening to Palin the past couple of weeks, that's very unlikely. She has a limited radius of responses that she uses regardless of the question. Ultimately, she comes across as clueless and incoherent.


    Vegas wrote on October 02, 2008 11:19 PM: There were 2 debate moderators and 1 VP candidate. One debate moderator was Sarah Palin. She asked herself her own questions and provided her own rehearsed answers. Biden was the only VP candidate on stage. Period. She was speed reading talking points. She looked like a first grader reciting lines in a school play without emotion or feeling, just rushing through it, not even knowing or realizing what they're saying.

    They keep saying she's "folksy". We already have that in the White House now. We have George Bush. Palin is like George Bush, but he's smarter. She memorized a bunch of stuff and spit it out faster than a machine gun. Rambling on and on and on with filler and talking points.

    She was the same old Palin. She doesn't answer questions. Well, Sarah, no answers, no votes. Palin is more of the same. She is certainly the ultimate bridge to nowhere.


    McCain/Palin 2008 wrote on October 02, 2008 04:19 PM: Has anyone noticed in today's paper not one bipartisan article about the candidates? The two articles in the paper both saying Obama is the presumptive nominee. The local politicians are holding brandy and cigar meetings too seduce people into voting for Obama.

    Vote now. Vote early: EVERY VOTE IN THIS STATE IS GOING TO COUNT. FOX NEWS CONFIRMED THIS ABOUT NEVADA LAST NIGHT. PRINT FORMS OUT HERE:

    https://secure.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/ABEV/


    McCain/Palin 2008 wrote on October 02, 2008 04:09 PM: VOTE EARLY BY MAIL. PRINT OUT FORMS HERE:

    https://secure.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/ABEV/


    McCain/Palin 2008 wrote on October 02, 2008 04:08 PM: Mr. Lieberman, What's more important to YOU than a conservative Republican framing the Whitehouse for the next 30 years? After all, Governor Palin is only 44. To McCain/Palin supporters: This is typical of the liberal media trying to brainwash us into an assumptive close. Most of the people I know are voting for McCain/Palin. The liberal politicians here in town are feverishing trying to woo the people who have too much money to care about taxes and the black vote because Nevada is what they call the "tightest" state in the country right now. We're 50/50 split on McCain/Obama. Fox News confirmed this last night. EVERY VOTE IS GOING TO COUNT. VOTE EARLY BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. VOTE NOW.


    HELENWEILS wrote on October 02, 2008 02:50 PM: Yes, please vote for Obamination and his
    "pals" Rezco (an Arab)his chief financier
    until he got indicted for fraud. Now
    Home Boy isn't hangin' with him.
    How about his spiritual mentor, Wright?
    Homeboy ain't hangin with him anymore either.
    Or Ayers? His Terrorist buddy who bombed the pentagon. Still hangin with him, I guess.
    And of course we can't forget Acorn, the
    organization that Obama worked for when
    he was a "community activist". His job?
    Training attorneys to shake down the banks to give loans to the welfare mamas
    (80% of their black kids are from unmarried women) and shaking down "whitey" to give money to his homeboys
    Rezco, Wright, Ayers, and Acorn.
    Shame O you must have been edu-macated
    in those Dummycrat union schools.
    I have never taken a government handout.
    If I live long enough to get social security before they've given it all away to the welfare crowd's kids, wives,
    and disability cheats I will have paid dearly for it. As a self employed person
    I pay 16.9% ss and medicare taxes in addition to my federal income taxes.
    I pay my house payment. I don't believe
    every kid deserves to own designer clothes and Reboks.
    By the way, it's the Dummycrats who
    instigated the Community Redevelopment
    Act and strongarmed banks to give loans to losers who didn't repay them. THAT IS WHY WE'RE IN TROUBLE, AND YOUR ESTEEMED OBAMINATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS!
    P.S. it's not Helium, it's HELEN WEILS!
    I STILL WORK IN MY BUSINESS FOR A LIVING. DO YOU???
    PROBABLY ON WELFARE AREN'T YOU?
    YES, I'M A REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE EVERYONE
    CAN'T BE ON WELFARE, DUMMYCRATS!


    Shame O You wrote on October 02, 2008 02:29 PM: What Helium does not recall or will not tell you is that Palin and her husband had their "small business", the town car wash, shut down because they refused to get permits and business licenses! So much for the "rule of law" Party!

    Helium refuses to acknowledge that Palin fired the Alaska Dairy Board because they wanted to end the State owned dairy because it was a money loser (never mind that it competed with private business). Palin fired them to keep socialsim alive. Now, the dairy is for sale. Welfare farmers in Alaska are crying and asking for a government handout!

    Helium "risked" her life for her business yet no one has been able to find where she has a business licensed in Southern Nevada or a home in her name. Nevada businesses have received over $2,000,000,000 in federal taxpayer "handouts" since 2000.

    Helium will/is getting HER govt handouts in medicare and social security and cheap drugs. Yet, SHE hasn't got her hand out....OH, NO!

    The R Party ran up the biggest deficit in history (under Reagan and now Bush II), and gave millions and billions to the fat-cat contributors/cronies who own businesses...Halliburton/Bechtel/Kelog Brwon and Root/Blackwater....all that money is "taxpayer handout", too.

    Once again the Republican Party and their members refuse to accept responsibility to taking America right to the edge of ruin. Then again, according to their leader, $5 million is rich!

    LOL!


    HELENWEILS wrote on October 02, 2008 12:07 PM: Shock, the Dummycrats don't like Sarah Palin. After all, she's a responsible
    former small business owner that isn't looking to give all of our hard earned tax dollars to welfare mamas and illegal immigrants.
    If you get your precious Obamination
    elected, it will be time for those of us
    who have risked our lives and life savings to start businesses with the hope of making it big someday to close the doors, eliminate the employees and
    stop taking risks.
    After all, if $250,000 is the considered rich and B.O. plans to penalize any who make more. We'll just
    take our marbles, go home and apply for
    diaability or some other government
    redistribution handout. Who needs to
    work??? The Dummycrats will take care of all of us, right???


    Ugly American wrote on October 02, 2008 11:51 AM: It's obvious many Americans are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome after being held hostage and abused by the Bush administration.

    "Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger (or at least risk) in which they have been placed. The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal." - wikipedia


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