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latimes.com - 10/12/2009

Sen. John Ensign complicates Nevada campaigns

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As Nevada candidates gear up for 2010, there are risks to either condemning or supporting the senator, who in June acknowledged an extramarital affair with an aide. > Politically speaking, Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is about as battered as it gets.

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/6/2009

Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Embattled Republican Sen. John Ensign told CNN Tuesday he did not break Senate ethics rules by helping to secure a lobbying job for the husband of the woman he had an affair with. "I think it's pretty clear. I said in ... (more) Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules

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tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/6/2009

Ensign: I 'Absolutely Did Nothing' That Violated Ethics Rules

— tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com — CNN's Dana Bash and producer Ted Barrett waited outside embattled Sen. John Ensign's (R-NV) office in Washington today and asked him about a New York Times report that he flouted a lobbying ban by trying to get a job for Doug Hampton -- his mistress's ... (more) Ensign: I 'Absolutely Did Nothing' That Violated Ethics ...

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lasvegassun.com - 10/6/2009

Harry Reid true to his word to John Ensign

— lasvegassun.com — National Democrats sent out a missive Monday morning saying that with Sen. John Ensign under fire there was “one person still defending him: Sue Lowden.” But Ensign still has at least one other friend in Nevada — Harry Reid. Through a spokesman Reid ... (more) Harry Reid true to his word to John Ensign

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Covering Ensign: In Glory or Inglorious?
Desert Beacon — ... writes that Senator Coburn (R-OK) should have stayed out of the sordid affair altogether. The Los Angeles Times reports on how the Ensign affair “complicates Nevada campaigns.” The ...

Forget Perez Hilton, Miss America goes for Judge Rush Limbaugh
Top of the Ticket — Forget Harry Reid vs. Republican TBD.  Or John Ensign vs. his own poor decisions. The upcoming Las Vegas contest we’ll be watching: Rush Limbaugh vs. Perez Hilton. Which uber-personality wrings more political headlines from a beauty pageant? Hilton, the scrappy celebrity gossip blogger turned this year’s Miss USA contest into a fine piece of political theater by asking Miss California ...

Cheers and jeers for Nevada's happy Harry Reid today
Top of the Ticket — ... since Ensign’s been in political purgatory and Reid has declined to criticize him.  But father Mike Ensign is a former casino executive and Reid has been a longtime Friend of Gaming. ...