Perhaps the Democrats think the fourth time is the charm?

It has been four months since Jon Porter was elected to a third term in the House of Representatives -- clearly, past time to start thinking about who the Nevada Republican's next opponent will be.

State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus was an early name in the ring, saying shortly after she lost the gubernatorial race that running for the 3rd Congressional District was one of many options she was considering.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is feeling out other potential names for the suburban Las Vegas district, which is growing fast and has as many voters registered as Democrats as it does Republicans.

Henderson Police Chief Richard Perkins, the former speaker of the Assembly, and Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, the son of the U.S. Senate majority leader, acknowledged recently that they have been approached about running for the seat.

"I'm thinking about it. I haven't made any decision," said Reid, who is also serving as the state chairman of Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Think hard, Rory - the last time your family was involved in a race against Porter, your candidate wound up in jail...given Dad's real estate troubles, it might be time to keep a low profile, ya know?

That aside, this permanent campaign is getting annoying...it is getting to the point where I sometimes wish there was a law prohibiting campaiging at least until the year of the actual election. Nothing to be done about it, but it is distressing - which is probably the point, especially on the Democrat side: the more people they can nauseate with the process, the better Democrats feel their chances are.

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