Most amazing political news last week occurred on Super Tuesday – or as Joe Biden likes to call it Super Thursday – when Biden seemed to rise from the dead and outmaneuver former Dem leader Bernie Sanders. Biden’s overall performance was probably best illustrated in the state of Massachusetts. Mass. was supposed to go to Elizabeth Warren, but she finished a dismal third. What … [Read more...]
Ex-Nevada Sen. Harry Reid endorses Joe Biden for president
Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is endorsing Joe Biden for president. Reids in a statement Monday said that Biden is the Democratic candidate with the best chance of beating President Donald Trump in November. The move comes as part of a wave of establishment support flows to the former vice president heading into the Super Tuesday … [Read more...]
After Report of Aide Quitting, Biden says Latinos a Priority
LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden said Monday that he’s making outreach to Latinos a priority in his Democratic presidential campaign after a news report that his most senior Latina staffer had resigned out of frustration. Biden told reporters on a phone call that he’s spent a lot of time in Florida, California and even Iowa talking to Latinos and has no shortage of concern for or … [Read more...]
Biden Warns about Trump During Campaign Event in Las Vegas
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Former Vice President Joe Biden brought an alarmist warning to a diverse crowd of Democrats late Saturday in early-caucus Nevada during a town hall at an elementary school in a historically minority Las Vegas neighborhood. Biden opened the event saying that as long as Donald Trump is president, the security and future of the … [Read more...]
Outstanding Sparks Native Passes
One of Sparks’ most distinguished natives passed away on October 17, this year. His name was Procter Hug, Jr., who was the Chief Judge emeritus of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. His obituary cited a long and impressive judicial career which gained him all sorts of awards. In addition to having a fine legal mind, he was a superb athlete both at Sparks High and the … [Read more...]
Boomerang on Biden
The big news in Washington last week was the Democrat rush to judgment to impeach President Trump on the basis of a call which he had with the new President of the Ukraine. This effort by the Democrats mainly succeeded in bringing up old allegations against their number one candidate in the Presidential contest – Joe Biden. Once the spotlight focused on the American videotapes … [Read more...]
Sanders Accuses Biden of Distorting ‘Medicare for All’ Plan
By Scott Sonner Associated Press CARSON CITY — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders accused former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday of distorting his proposal to provide single-payer, universal health care through “Medicare for All.” Campaigning in the early caucus state of Nevada, the 78-year-old Vermont senator said one of the things that disturbed him … [Read more...]