Daily News Roundup

• "Is Bush the worst ever?" asks Andrew Whyman in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza. Is that a rhetorial question? Furthermore, worst what? Mr. Whyman leaves that to our imagination. (Link)
• Meanwhile the Tahoe Daily Tribune carries the AP story on Rep. Doolittle's intervention in a ski resort sale. It's one of today's examples on how inherently wrong the campaign finance system still is. (Link)
• Maybe the Tribune knows this and that's why they give El Dorado District Attorney candidates Gary Lacy and Vern Pierson some free (I presume) space on its opinion page. (Link) and (Link)
• The Record-Courier explains the importance of turnout in Douglas County in the CD-2 Republican primary. (Link)
• The Nevada Appeal takes a look at the new Interior Secretary, Dirk Kempthorne, and takes issue with the President: "Unfortunately, Bush's policies have succeeded in bringing shallow partisanship to the public lands debate ... you're either a bleeding heart environmentalist or you're an off-roader chasing wildlife across the landscape.That's demeaning to real Westerners, who care deeply about the land and believe in common sense when it comes to its management." Boy, when papers in the good old west call Bush demeaning you really know Republicans are in trouble this fall. (Link)
• Blogging goes town hall meeting. With the usual side effects. The Las Vegas Sun reports that "Boulder City officials have mixed emotions about Internet chat on public issues". (Link)
• Example number two of all that is wrong with campaign finance. The Sacramento Bee writes on why a big Democratic donor switches sides. (Link)
• Last, but not least, the LA Times looks at Westly and Angelides in their more naughty than nice campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor. (Link)