I live in the reliably Republican third district in Nevada. Jon Porter is a Tom Delay lapdog and I was excited to see that someone, a guy named Barry Michaels, has stepped up to run against him. I was quickly disappointed when I read his bio:
"I have what most would consider a "checkered past" and have paid the price several times over. I am a convicted white-collar offender (ex-felon) who spent fifteen months of a twenty-one month sentence at the minimum security Nellis Federal Prison Camp in North Las Vegas for security and tax violations that occurred in 1992."
Are the democrats in Nevada in such bad shape that the only person we can find to run against Porter is a convicted felon?