Voted Gibbons Out!

More people were allowed to see the third Gube debate because the local broadcaster conglomerate deigned to broadcast it throughout the state.. Frankly our representatives in the State Assembly and Senate should mandate a fixed number of debates for every state office, as well as make arrangements with broadcasters to broadcast via TV and radio every [...]

Let the second-guessing and sniping begin! Warning: This post is subject to updating without notice. Or reason.

AP thought Gibbons said a bunch about Titus being a taxer. Maybe they were thinking about the first debate. I thought I heard him mention it once, like he knew his Southern Nevada audience wouldn’t mind taxing Northern Nevada more. [...]

Couple of Gibbons overstatements in the debate: Gibbons was endorsed by the Latino Coalition. But it’s a Republican Latino astroturf organization. See here and here for more.

Gibbons said something about writing the Geothermal Steam Act. Well, it’s the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 originally written long before Gibbons was elected to Congress. It’s been revised four [...]

The winner of the longest post-mortem on the first debate between Gibbons and Titus is Molly Ball, who turned in her take on the fracas over at the Club for Growth Review Journal. Some high points: Ball raises the question about whether Gibbons’ supermajority requirement for passing tax raises through the state legislature is really working. [...]

Don’t know what to think about something until somebody tells you? Well, then, you’ll want to read all of the Gube debate post-mortems, listed here in no particular order, and subject to updating…

Desert Beacon notes Gibbons’ use of the Repubic playbook.
RGJ discovered that some college students are confused.
CFG-RJ seemed disappointed.
Commentators to a Nevada Appeal story [...]