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"I’m actually reaching out to the Blue Dog Democrats which is a group in Congress that are fiscally conservative. "
- Jill Derby Democratic candidate in CD 2 on with whom she would align herself with if Nevadans send her to Congress. - Thursday, August 10, 2006.
"Maybe somebody’s going to have to go back to the classroom, who knows, assistant provost for something, maybe they need to go back to teaching those psychology classes. So maybe you shift them that way. "
- Dina Titus Democratic candidate for Governor on how you get 80% to 90% of the K through 12 budgets to the classrooms without having to fire a lot of administrators. - Wednesday, August 9, 2006.
"Well, I’m not a lawyer but I’m a doctor and I am the one candidate in this campaign who’s has not gotten over $100,000 from special interests and lobbyists to run his campaign. "
- Paul Mozen, Republican candidate to replace Sharron Angle in Assembly District 26 after hearing his opponents throw charges at each other about one being a lobbyist and one an attorney for a large firm that does a lot of lobbying. - Tuesday, August 8, 2006.
"Any time I’m next to you I’m nervous. "
- Alfredo Alonso, The Law firm of Lewis and Roca, responding to George Harris Publisher of Liberty Watch Magazine’s question, “Are you nervous?” - Monday, August 7, 2006.
"Can we talk about something relevant rather than school-yard-pettiness? Can we find another subject? This is ridiculous. "
- Andrew Barbano, nevadalabor.com, reacting to a discussion about Republicans acting like Democrats. - Thursday, August 3, 2006.
"Senator Amodei has West Nile virus and voters of Nevada have West VILE virus from all the TV ads being thrown at ‘em. "
- Joe Guild, attorney commenting on all the negative TV campaign ads on the air. - Wednesday, August 2, 2006.
"Unfortunately a few elections ago this negative (advertising) started the hammering, the slamming, the name calling - those kinds of things. And the people that did that won. What the voters need to do if they’re tired of it, like they keep crying that they’re tired of it, is they need to get out there and start voting against the people that do that. "
- Dick Gammick Washoe County District Attorney, discussing how to get candidates to run positive campaigns. - Tuesday, August 1, 2006.
"I long for the days when I didn’t have to pay attention to politics until after Labor Day. Now I have to interrupt my summer and think about politics and who the candidates are. "
- Bill Bilyeu, attorney, bemoaning the early primary date. - Monday, July 31, 2006.
"Most people watching this know they have used marijuana and they have not gone on to heavier drug use. That is a myth made up by prohibitionists to explain why something less dangerous than alcohol is illegal. "
- Neal Levine, Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana on the theory that marijuana is a gateway drug. - Thursday, July 27, 2006.
"We’re looking at lowering taxes next year for the folks of Storey County. "
- Greg “Bum” Hess, Storey County Commissioner on how the success of the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center has affected the county. - Wednesday, July 26, 2006.
"They’re our number one priority right now, those 19,000 souls. "
- David Stix, Mayor of Fernley, on protecting the current residents water priorities vis-à-vis a Northern Nevada Water Authority. - Tuesday, July 25, 2006.
"There’s no positive feeling that comes from being associated with that headline. "
- Judge Nancy Saitta, on being a case study in the recent LA Times ”Juice for Justice” series. - Monday, July 24, 2006.
"It’s very hard to call me a Liberal if you look at my legislative history and Gibbons Tax Restraint Initiative and Education First. "
- Dawn Gibbons on being accused of being the most liberal candidate in the 2nd Congressional District. - Thursday, July 20, 2006.
"They’ve gone from saying oh she won’t really do it, to this is getting interest, to oh hell, she might win. "
- Gubernatorial candidate Dina Titus on initial doubters of the potential success of her campaign. - Wednesday, July 19, 2006.
"We’re talking about roads and highways now, a shortfall of 2.4 billion dollars over an 8 year period. I would think it would be good business to take 300 million of that money (the projected surplus) that could be utilized for roads and highways, and take a bite out of that apple. "
- Gubernatorial candidate Lt. Governor Lorraine Hunt on what she would do with the projected surplus after putting 200 million into the rainy day fund, to avoid raising state gas taxes and building toll roads. - Tuesday, July 18, 2006.
"If you’re saying to enjoy the same rights and benefits of a married couple but you’re calling it a civil union then you may as well call it marriage. If there’s some distinction on a civil union then I might be willing to look at it and consider it. "
- Barbara Lee Woollen candidate for Lt. Governor on her ideals philosophies and opinions. - Monday, July 17, 2006.
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