It DO Mean a Thing!: Swing State Profiles – Nevada
As we push toward November 4, it's time to focus on our nation's Swing States (i.e. the ones who will pick a president for the rest of us based on whoever's negative ad they saw last.) So tough toodles, Texas. Nous sommes désolés, Massachusetts. Let's investigate a state that matters for a change…
Nevada's Key Players
* Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who serves as a subtle contrast to John McCain by being a doddering old man without being crotchety.
* Wayne Allyn Root, the self-proclaimed "King of Vegas," and the only vice presidential candidate that will give you the guaranteed winner of Monday night's Giants/Browns game when you call his toll-free hotline!
* Governor Jim Gibbons, who felt the nation's housing crisis firsthand when he got kicked out of the governor's mansion by his wife.
Obama's Constituency
* Liberace impersonators.
* Canadian Vegas star Celine Dion, who got booted from the Hillary ticket and is plotting her high-pitched, warbly revenge.
* Residents of Yucca Mountain, who resent McCain's plan to store nuclear waste in their crawlspaces.
McCain's Constituency
* The state's powerful prostitution lobby, which is counting on McCain to deregulate their industry.
* Casino owners who would like to see Social Security privatized and invested in slots.
* Miss USA pageant contestants who are hopeful McCain will name them to his Cabinet.
Predicted Winner: Obama
Nevada's urban centers (Las Vegas and Reno) are exploding with new residents who are largely young and liberal. Add in the eleven Democrats who live elsewhere in the state, and they should be able to push Obama over the top.
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I guess it's no surprise Nevada is a swinging state since they allow gambling and hookers in Vegas.
Also there are Mormons in Nevada. That's more McCain votes. But I agree that Obama wins.
I really hope that Wayne Allyn Root's fame in Vegas will help Bob Barr gain enough to carry the state of Nevada. Barr all the way, baby!
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/
George Carlin lamented being fired from a Vegas club for saying 'sh!t' in a town where the local industry is 'cr@ps'.
Hope that when congress is feeding taxpayers cr@p s@ndwiches, the people in Nevada will stand up and do the right thing. Including all the famous football players who have recently relocated to the cr@pshoot state.
For better or worse, it really is a microcosm of the new America, a dreamland wrapped inside a mirage mascarading as the American dream substituing speculation and glitz for hard work and ingenuity to get rich quick.