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#reidbill: Dead or Alive?

by , Dec 8, 2010 | 3:15 pm

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The Las Vegas Sun published an article with breath-stopping title and sensational image of Reid ponderously looking downwards while chatting into his cell phone.

Twitfeed #reidbill erupted.

But take a closer look at this article -> frankly it doesn’t make any sense.

1. “Rest easy, traditionalists: online poker will not be entering the legally authorized gaming arena this lame duck Congress, and that probably means it won’t be happening any time soon.” -> this sounds like the bill is dead.

2. Reid “would not be adding legalization of online poker to his list of objectives during the lame duck.” -> objectives? so is it dead?

3. “We’re still working on that, we’re not able to,” Reid said.-> Is he working, or he not able?

4.  “But if Reid says there’s still too much work to be done on it, that doesn’t seem too likely an outcome anymore.” -> if it’s not an objective then when why is he working on it? Is it unlikely, or dead?

5. Why is the *Las Vegas Sun* the one reporting on this?

The only thing that seems relevant in this article is why it was published in the first place.


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3 Comments to “#reidbill: Dead or Alive?”


  1. Dan Michalski     says:
    December 8th, 2010 at 3:29pm

    What are you suggesting about the LV Sun? that they may be a tool used for other purposes? clearly possible in NV, but i haven’t figured out who’s who yet in terms of Sun vs. RJ. (lol on our “vegas journalist” having to ask that question of our DC reporter.)


  2. Scarlet Robinson     says:
    December 8th, 2010 at 3:55pm

    Lmao. I’m just saying a Vegas paper reporting as a primary source in a huge freakin’ international story that’s going down in DC seems a bit odd.. with not a whisper outta DC.

    Yeah I’m saying it sounds like it’s a tool!!! And uh.. a very oddly written one at that. But I don’t know much about the Sun v. LVJ (that would be your domain ed. as pointed out) I would have been more inclined to take it much more seriously if it were:

    1) Written by LVJ – as a paper that has tracked this Reid bill story ALL ALONG, even hosting the first draft o-the-bill online

    and/or

    2) Written with a real single point (or even two.. or three.. )

    I can see this is the beginning of a strong DC v. LV storyline between us @Pokerati …


  3. nrocme     says:
    December 8th, 2010 at 4:20pm

    My guess is that the bill will be attached after the floor vote.
    Same as UIGEA was. This article will remove focus maybe?