How Gov. Gibbons can get his groove back
How Gov. Gibbons can get his groove backBy Chuck Muth For the Nevada Appeal So, is Gov. Jim Gibbons toast? In a general election held today ... yeah. But in the Republican primary next June? Not so fast.Brian Sandoval will raise a boatload of money and will rack up a boatload of "establishment" endorsements. Mike Montandon probably won't raise as much money but will be a favorite of movement and social conservatives. But neither has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge that Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed - and the next session of the Legislature will, once again, be all about raising taxes or not.By the way, the two winning Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey this week both signed the Tax Pledge, as did 22 winning legislative candidates in both Virginia and New Jersey. Nevada Republican candidates, are you paying attention?Anyway, GOP primary voters will be reminded over and over again that when the Legislature sent Gov. Gibbons that $800 million gorilla tax hike earlier this year, the governor...