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Obama's popularity, conflicting CD2 polls and water politics

Wed, Aug 24, 2011 (4:08 p.m.)

In 2008, President Barack Obama won Nevada by 55 points. Today, some of his staunchest supporters from that campaign are deeply disappointed in his performance. What does that mean for his chances of again carrying the state, which is seen by his campaign as a key 2012 battleground? Nevada's special congressional election is three weeks away and polls are either showing Republican Mark Amodei with a big lead on, or in a dead heat with, Democrat and state Treasurer Kate Marshall. We explain. Then, in the desert nothing can get more political than who controls water. Michael Squires hosts.

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  1. According to WWW.NevadaYesWeCan.INFO Ed Hamilton, a Republican from Henderson, NV has filed his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission(FEC) to run in the June 2012 Republican primary election against incumbent US Senator Dean Heller,
    Hamilton was originally one of the fifteen Republican candidates who filed with the Nevada Secretary of State to run in the September 13, 2011 Congressional district-2 special election. The Nevada Supreme Court, however, effectively ruled that only Mark Amodei can be the Republican nominee for the special election...

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