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Nevada's Republican U.S. Senate primary will be one of the big national storylines in today's elections. The winner of the Sharron Angle-Danny Tarkanian-Sue Lowden horse race gets Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November's general election.
Additionally, Gov. Jim Gibbons is expected to have the words "lame duck" officially attached to his title by nightfall. Former federal judge and Attorney General Brian Sandoval is the favorite in the Republican primary for governor. A victory by Mr. Sandoval wouldn't be attributable to the country's anti-incumbent climate, however. Gov. Gibbons' personal shortcomings are to blame for Mr. Sandoval entering the race in the first place.
But 11 other states are casting ballots today. Two more members of Congress could join the growing list of Washington politicians already rejected by voters this year.
In what will be the country's most-watched race tonight, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln faces Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in a runoff for her seat's Democratic nomination. If Sen. Lincoln loses today, as some polls suggest she will, she'll become the third senator sidelined by the electorate before November. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, previously were ditched by their respective parties.
And in South Carolina, GOP Rep. Bob Inglis, a six-term incumbent, could be knocked out over his 2008 vote to bail out the banking industry.
Meanwhile, in California, Republicans will choose nominees for governor and the U.S. Senate. A pair of women who are former business executives -- Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina -- are poised to advance in those respective races.
Nevada's third different primary election date in six years has not ignited voter excitement. As usual, total turnout is expected to be embarrassingly low. Early voting ended Friday with about 15 percent of registered Nevada voters casting ballots, about 161,000 total. Election officials expect less than half of the total turnout to visit the polls today.
But if higher turnout leads to more uninformed votes, then lower turnout is preferable. An uninformed voter who votes for candidates without knowing anything about them cancels out the votes of citizens who take the time to learn what the candidates stand for.
If you vote today, first visit reviewjournal.com, look under the "Las Vegas Review-Journal Hot Topics" banner and click on the link to our primary election Voter Guide. Make your vote an informed one.
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Miles, since you're so concerned about which self-interested politicians run against each other in November, let's just have you be our designated voter.
I know my vote would count. It's the candidates that don't count. It makes no difference to me who wins among any of the primary candidates. None of them have my best interests at heart. Furthermore, none of them have given me any reason to vote FOR them, but only AGAINST somebody else. I can just as easily vote AGAINST the incumbent in November as I can now. Any other candidate besides the incumbent will do.
There's no sense it choosing who I would RATHER have in office. I would RATHER have none of them.
Hey, Miles, engaging only in black and brown markets for commerce is hard work. It would be so much easier to just hit walmart for my toilet paper and such. But that would not be avoiding taxes like the plague. This avoiding tryanny is extremely hard when it surrounds you every day in nearly every aspect of your life. A little couch time while the sheeple play another game of Democracy in Action is warrented.
It is even more fun to watch after when the winners hopes and dreams are crushed by yet another politico they voted for does the exact opposite of what they promised to do. And the whole game starts again. Believe me, sitting on the couch watching the circus is the place ot be. It is all extremely entertaining.
Gibbons is the main person pushing for the Real ID (national ID)here in Nevada. This is after 27 other states have nullified this insane federal mandate. Why is he still pushing for a national ID that the majority of other states have already said no to. It would make sense for it to work everyone would have to be on board. I smell a crook. Is Gibbons brother in law somehow making money off this push for a defunct national id?
Other than that I liked him. Well, there was that property tax stuff that he was involved in. But, hey who doesn't expect a flithy politician to shoot for some kind of kick back?
David I sure hope your "lay on the couch until I figure a way out of this tyranny" plan comes to fruition. I'm sure that's how Edison invented the light bulb and Bill Gates started Microsoft.
Thanks for the tired worn out suggustion, Nomad. But I think I will stay right where I am at and come up with creative ways to avoid the tyranny that results in your voting. All in the true spirit of the founding fathers. See, they, like me, just wanted to be free.
Examples of freeing myself include applying for and getting every government (unconstitutional mind you) hand out that is offered and avoiding any and all taxes like the plague. See, this is what a true patriot would does instead of playing their little game of voting.
To answer your question, no. I am not a government goon so I am not a terrorist.
Gibbons is the only politician I can think of that actually kept his campaign promise... and all he has caught is endless grief and everyone ready to jump on the Sandoval bandwagon. Reid or Sandoval for governor. You want me to beat you up for 60 seconds, or just one minute, Nevada?
On the contrary Independent your vote carries more weight in the primary. Since we have less turnout each vote means more. Feel free to relax on the couch watching a movie. I might suggest "Idiocracy."
As a registered independent, I have little incentive to vote in the primary election. In fact, so do registered Democrats and Republicans.
So we get to replace Harry Reid with Lowden, Angle, or Tarkanian? And Gov. Gibbons with Sandoval or Rory Reid? Such a deal. We get to trade old self-interested politicians with new self-interested politicians. As a matter of fact, I DO have more important things to do, such as relaxing on my couch while watching something from Netflix.
I have yet to see any candidate for any office give me a reason to vote FOR them, instead of just AGAINST the incumbent. Until then, I'm not giving up any precious couch time. I'll just vote AGAINST the incumbent at the general election.
Seems the police arrested two fellows that wanted to rid themselves of democracy. Hopefully you are not someone who is so radical that you need to carry out terrorist acts. Try going to North Korea or Iran and see if they would grant you amnesty to vote.
Nomad84, you should be thankful I don't vote because I would be voting for someone that wants to grant amenisty to illegals. Good thing for you I have much more important things to do than voting for who gets to mug me and my family. Like watching a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond. Feel free to continue to play their little game of voting. I'll be over here thinking of ways to actually free myself from the tyranny of Democracy.