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John O'Neill wrote on July 31, 2008 11:00 PM: There is NOTHING wrong about Porter embracing the so called "middle class" health insurance program. If we spend TRILLIONS of tax dollars on a country the size of California (Iraq) and not spend $50 billion (funded by a tobacco tax) on insuring children, middle class or not, we are a nation of IDIOTS!
We MUST change the face of healthcare and insuring those who do not have or cannot afford to have it is actually a BENEFIT to our nation.
Everybody points to Canada and England...BS, we are the USA and we can do anything thy do better than they do it.
The fact that Bush and this congress has run this country into the ground with programs like the prescription plan and a misdirected war is PROOF that we are on a path to globalism and our standard of living will soon be on par with that of Europe.

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Michael Green wrote on July 31, 2008 09:46 PM: Thomas, if the R-J was 95% behind Titus, I hate to think what the R-J does when it doesn't like somebody.

As to brains, I'm not going to say the best educated candidate is always the best one. That would be silly. But to be dumber than Gibbons, the options are to be plant life or dead.

By the way, do you realize you have the same name as the R-J editor?

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Genius wrote on July 31, 2008 06:45 PM: Pelosi and Reid have basically done NOTHING for this country except obstruct progress at every opportunity. Titus would just be another in a long line of fruitcakes in Congress. Abolish the Senate.

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thomas wrote on July 31, 2008 06:38 PM: michael! With all her smarts and with Gibbins being so dumb as you stated.The RJ was 95% behind her and she loses.Does that mean if someone with half a brain runs against her she should be easy to beat.Maybe having Dingy Harry in her corner didn't help any.

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Jim Nance wrote on July 31, 2008 05:11 PM: A voted for Ms. Taxus is a vote for the Ms. Extremely Liberal Pelosi!!!!!

The US has over trillions of oil and natural gas just sitting there waiting to be drilled for.

Ms. Pelosi says "Nope....Never....ever...drill for that...We do not need it."

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Sad Summerlin wrote on July 31, 2008 05:10 PM: For those that think that the RJ was targeting only TITUS with this article, please let me quote a very relevant passage:

"But perhaps it all evens out. Over the past year, we've seen Rep. Porter run to the left -- embracing the farm bill, an expansion of a health insurance entitlement for middle-class children, and other big government programs -- as a way to protect himself in a district in which Democrats currently hold a slight edge in registration. Now Ms. Titus, a reliable liberal in Carson City and no political amateur, has tacked to the right on offshore drilling to enhance her chances of defeating the incumbent.

Excuse the voters in the 3rd Congressional District if they've torn up their programs."

So yes... even the RJ presents a balanced attack on Porter for Flip Flopping on issues as well...

The tragedy here is that while we are being partisan in our attacks of each other on this blog, our government officials busy contorting themselves to fit what they expect us to want best in leadership rather than what is RIGHT for our country...

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Arby's wrote on July 31, 2008 03:52 PM: Vote for Titus
She needs to pass a law to give herself a raise at UNLV (she is a teacher)
And a Raise for he hard work in congress

State employees should not be allowed to hold public office it is a conflict

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Michael Green wrote on July 31, 2008 03:41 PM: BR, I confess to being general and I appreciate your response. The problem is, to my knowledge, Titus never "encouraged" her to press charges--indeed, Titus and her campaign thought the Mazzeo business would prove to be a diversion from other allegations of corruption, some of which continue to be investigated and some of which were obvious to everyone but Gibbons, his most dedicated supporters, and those who cannot bring themselves to acknowledge that Dina Titus in a coma is smarter than Jim Gibbons on his best day.

Dobbole, I don't think the R-J leans right; I think it almost falls over. Not that I don't think other publications lean left or right. My main problem with the R-J is its culture of denial that its biases have any effect. The "Fairness Doctrine" refers to an FCC regulation regarding TV stations, and I don't think most TV stations think enough about news to lean one way or the other! Most of them just do it badly, pure and simple.

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br wrote on July 31, 2008 02:58 PM: BR I can use your name and make fake posts as well

rb's

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dobbole wrote on July 31, 2008 02:46 PM: M Green

Do you really think this paper is a right leaning paper? What about other papers and news outlets? As I see it every kind of news outlet, (internet, newspaper, TV, magazines, cable, schools…) except for am radio are left of center. Every time we check voter registration or campaign donations from these outlets they are usually 5 to 1 or more in the democrats favor. I would say the RJ hits both sides of the issues more than the NY Times but that doesn’t make them a conservative paper. The fairness doctrine has been coming out of the mouths of democrats more and more lately as they think they are rightfully back in power. Do you think they would truly make it fair (apply it to TV, Cable, NPR, internet news, schools, FM, AM…) or just use it to shut down people that disagree with them?

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