In a state well known as a political backwater still groping to come out of the Dark Ages, NevaDUH is also known for its stranger-than-fiction political alliances.
Over the years one of the strangest has been the treaty between Boss Harry Reid, currently Majority Lardasser of the Senate, and Co-Sinator John Ensign, pretty much a has-been-never-was of the near extinct Repug Party. Through almost every major issue that has arisen, and through elections by each party, it has been the "unwritten rule" that one lardass just does not criticize the other lardass no matter how apart they might be on the little things like the war in Iraq or the $700 BILLION Wall Street giveaway.
But now there just might be a crack in this wierd alliance as Boss Reid has hired a pit-bull bitch to do his ankle biting.
Once upon a time....there was a semi-respectable political writer in NevaDUH named Erin Neff who worked for a not-so-respectable flat-earth news rag named the Las Vegas Review Journal. It was long suspected she was a closet Dummocrat in drag who did what she did for the money (namely a paycheck, bennies, and name recognition she could not get on her own merits).
Then early this year Neff boldly came out of the closet, quit her job, and started an obstensibly "independent" blog called ProgressNowNevada
The idea is power in numbers, Neff said. By bringing together a large number of people around a broad array of causes, from health care to the environment to gay rights, the group can put pressure on elected officials. And with instant communication through e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and similar online tools, the pressure can be immediate.
However....what Neff forgot to tell NevaDUH bloggers is that she is Boss Reid's prostitute all bought and paid for by Boss Reid's Searchlight Leadership Fund. As Neff has carefully hidden this from NevaDUH bloggers, we must thank Molly Ball of the LVRG for revealing who is now signing Neff's paychecks.
So as the Boss edges into his 2010 election in a state where his favorable/unfavorable ratings are split at 47/47, he can now attack Ensign and say it was his prostitute and not him doing it. I'll let Ensign evaluate how technically correct the Boss is here but I suspect that if and when the Repugs can ever find a warm body to run against this cold corpse, Ensign is free to help them out.
All in all, I'd have to say that Boss Reid resorting to these cowardly tactics to push his election along just underscores his real desperation for 2010. As for this 40+ year Democrat, I have dibs on being first in line to vote against this useless pile of dung we've had for waaay too long.