Danny Tarkanian, Republican challenger to Harry Reid, hosted a town hall in Las Vegas, NV. He was the first person to announce that he'd host a town hall in Las Vegas. He announced that the day he formally announced his candidacy on Newsradio 840 KXNT with Heather Kydd and Casey Hendrickson. Another station heard this, and hosted their own town hall before Danny's. It was a disaster.
Heather Kydd and Casey Hendrickson were asked to moderate the Tarkanian event, and there was no bad press. The crowd was very well behaved, professional and still passionate ... on both sides. It was an amazing event, and the only one hosted by a politician so far.
Harry Reid sent people down to the event ... not just supporters, but some of his people. Which was ironic given Reid's allegation of astro turfers at town halls. The Reid people were welcomed with open arms, behaved themselves, and asked tough questions.
Danny Tarkanian showed everyone how a town hall should be conducted, and he did it because he was asked to by voters. That really says something about his character ... whether you agree with his politics or not. Meanwhile, Reid is devoting 1 hour to a telephone town hall for 50,000 people ... laughable.
Danny must win this election; he is the only trustworthy candidate that we can count on to fight against the insiders of DC. If he wins,
levonet33 1 year ago