10 Quotes by Brad Coker

Unless it's over 50 percent, I'm always skeptical. It could pass. It could fail. You can't really make a call.

Nevada was never Carter country back in the 1970s, and I just don't think Jack Carter has much of a chance, although you never completely dismiss anyone. Absent any fiasco by Ensign, Carter is going to have a tough time.

Basically, Crist and Davis are nominal front-runners. Going in, they are going to be the favorites.

Fortunately for the president, it's the summer of '05. The critical time will be July of next year. They've got about a year to get the ball up the field a little bit. What that is, I don't know, but I suspect that involves stability, more local control, and starting to pull the troops out because they can, not because it's necessary for the US midterms.

The overall leads and sizes of the leads haven't changed all that much, which tells me that, other than real-interested, more-tuned-in voters, the large majority of voters haven't paid all that much attention.

We've polled both of these questions before, and the numbers have not changed a whole lot. There is a strong majority in support of each.

Every smoking referendum I've ever polled has passed and I don't think Nevada is any different. What's unique about Nevada is that there is controversy in having two competing smoking initiatives.

There seems to be a lot of mixed feelings on the issue. Voters seem to be split into three different camps on the big picture question, and a good chunk didn't know if they fell into any of them.

Any ballot measure can lose if there is a well-financed campaign against it. In general, it is easier to convince voters to vote no than yes. Nothing is ever a slam dunk.