Veterans Could Be Key to Nevada's Bigger Prize

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/issues2004/battleground_nevada.htm

Michael Moody may be the past president of the local Republican Men's Club here, but these days he's feeling more affinity toward the "band of brothers" John F. Kerry trotted out for the Democrats' nominating convention in Boston last month.

Despite his GOP roots, Moody joined a Veterans for Kerry rally in July with about 75 other vets and their spouses. He explained that he has grown alarmed by the Bush administration's approach to Iraq and what Moody considers to be a hostile foreign policy in general. So he has decided to work to put fellow Vietnam veteran Kerry into the White House.

"I think Bush's policies have alienated us from our allies and energized our enemies," said Moody, who was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor here in 1982. "We have to elect John Kerry to show the world that Americans all aren't like Bush. ...I'm coming over to this side."

President Bush's Iraq policy is issue number one here in Nevada, one of about 18 crucial battleground states where both major candidates are focusing efforts this year. Most political pollsters and analysts view Iraq and the economy as the top two issues in the country. But the economy in Nevada has been relatively strong, making the Iraq issue even more prominent.

[Pachamama]

1. That and the Yucca Mt. issue...Kerry will take Nevada & Oregon for same

reason of the Veterans vote...Oregon has been hit hard w/the # of nat'l guard participation and deaths....Unemployment is bad in Oregon too...

But getting back to the point of this post - Nevada goes Kerry because of the military vote and Yucca Mt.