Daily Glean: What's a gal gotta do to get a little attention?

• The campaigns of Tessa Hafen and Jill Derby better start having some fairly aggressive conversations with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. A story in Friday's New York Times, headlined "Women Wage Key Campaigns for Democrats" identifies seven "women to watch" running for House seats -- and neither Hafen nor Derby is among them. Let's hope the DCCC is pushing Hafen and Derby harder in its conversations with contributors than it did in its conversations with the Times.
• Ensign, Porter mentioned in wire service story about Republicans running away from Bush. If the national AP writers would have checked with their Nevada office (or Hotline, for that matter), they would have known that Ensign has flip-flopped and is now deeply and fondly in love with the president. AP
• Responding to Titus' ethics reform piece, "Democrat" candidate Jim Gibson calls her a political opportunist, says "Suddenly after 16 years of inactivity, Sen. Titus now, as a candidate for governor, has taken an interest in ethics with a list of proposals that are dictated by politics rather than good policy." (LVRJ, AP) Cool -- we look forward to hearing Gibson identify which of Titus' proposals he's against when they both appear on Ralston's show, a two-parter airing Friday and Monday (program schedule).
• An LA TV station drops an ad starring the town drunk and urging California bidnesses to move to Nevada. That's silly. Your tax dollars are paying for the ad campaign. That's sillier. LVRJ
• Half of the faculty at Nevada's universities are part-time instructors with low pay and no benefits. Lord High Chancellor Jim Rogers is always saying he wants the higher education system to run more like a bidness. He's a little late -- the universities' hiring practices are already following the Wal-Mart model. RGJ
• The National Republican Senatorial Committee raised $5.5 million last month, according to Congressional Quarterly (subscription, drat) -- five percent of it courtesy of Sen. John Ensign, whose PAC gave the NRSC $275,000. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee only raised $3.8 million.

Comments

[bmt]

What the otherwise good RGJ article didn't point out is that Nevada's part-time university instructors are the lowest paid, in that position, the nation. Not to mention they have many other indignities heaped upon them so that Nevada can save money.

[Homer Simpson]

There's more the article didn't say, which is understandable, since it involves Clark County Community College. The president--a favorite of the totally quality-driven, inclusive Lord High Chancellor--is trying to outsource faculty as much as possible by limiting hiring of full-time faculty. That way, he gets cheap labor. He's free to try any screwy scheme he likes without full-time faculty to say, hey, that isn't good for our students. And he pleases the Lord High Chancellor, who doesn't give a shit about quality as long as everyone keeps kissing his ass. And these guys think they know something about business!

[Michael Green]

Jim Gibson is a fine one to be questioning Dina Titus's commitment to ethics when he and his Henderson pals swiped so much state money for a college they wanted only for downtown redevelopment, then never came through with all of the money they were supposed to.

[Diogenes]

The NY Times and maybe the DCCC don't know Nevada is part of the lower, contiguous 48. Sometimes you have to wonder if Reid knows about the elections in Nevada. If the good Senator as minority leader of the Senate can't remind the party that one of his aides is running for Congress, there may be a BIG problem.

[Michael Green]

I'm not defending or offending anyone here, but were the seven women to watch in races that they appear likelier to win? I think Hafen and Derby certainly CAN win, but their battles may be more uphill. And I don't think anyone should expect Reid not to want desperately for Hafen, as a former staffer, to beat Porter, who awoke from his two-term slumber long enough to attack Reid by claiming that he was doing something that Porter actually was doing: curling up with Jack Abramoff's people.

[mc]

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[Beastie]

Michael Green, I agree with you on something. I think that Tessa Hafen can win too, and I hope she does. I have known her family my whole life. Her brother AK was my friend growing up, and her old roommate is marrying my cousin. I think it helps Tessa that she is from the same area as Porter, some of those people who voted for Porter before will probably vote for Tessa this time around. Tessa is a smart and honest person, and I think she would be a great congresswoman. I am definitely voting for her.