Hi Everyone:

I'm proud to announce that 2+2 is endorsing Senator Dean Heller for Senate 2012.

For those who don't know, Senator Heller is the Republican candidate for Senate from the State of Nevada, and this is a race that will have a major impact towards getting successful federal poker legislation. Thus, this Senate race should be of great importance to all US poker players regardless of home state. In the next few days (and weeks), we will be providing more information relative to this endorsement.

Best wishes,
Mason Malmuth
Owner and Publisher
Two Plus Two Interactive LLC

Any reason you aren't endorsing Harry Reid also?

Yes can we know why?

Really? I certainly need a detailed explanation for this. His opponent Shelley Berkley is a pretty staunch supported of online poker as well and was one of only a few that voted against UIGEA.

I know 2+2 is only acting on poker interests, but Heller looks horrific as a candidate on numerous political issues included his disgusting opposition to gay marriage.

Because he's not running for re-election this year?

hmmm

endorsed abortion before, but now is pro life (gotta toe that party line)


In 2007 Heller voted against the Employment Non-discrimination Act that would have prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Heller is opposed to gay marriage

from wiki

why should i vote for this guy again

here we go again, sigh.

Gogogo Ipoker bill.

Mason, have you met with Heller personally?

This Heller guy seems like he is truely evil. I don't care what his stance is on poker... being a good person comes first!

Not yet. But we're meeting with the campaign's political director on Monday and hope to meet Senator Heller in the near future.

Best wishes,
Mason

Look at what 2+2 endorsements did for Gary Johnson's run for Republican Presidential nomination...


I fail to understand why mason keeps going back to the party that got us into this mess by passing the UIGEA, I hope your endorsement works as well for this guy as it did for the last one.

Obv TR when this happens.

Mason can obviously endorse whoever he wants, but I'd be very interested in why he is better than berkeley from a poker perspective

MM doesn't play online poker.

Because poker needs to be passed before Berkley would take office. Hopefully by getting the endorsement from 2+2, Heller will work harder to get the necessary support for the lame duck.

He's not. I would love to hear MM's reasoning.

Looking forward to a solid LirvA rant.

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but dean heller is a bigot who supports online poker this year. tough choice for nevada bigots who play online poker in 2012.

*bigotry cite: http://www.ontheissues.org/house/dean_heller.htm

Is online poker worth putting this guy in office. I mean this guy is you're standard republican degenerate. Against everything. Even federal minimum wage. Wtf. The list goes on and on.

Be smart. Vote democrat.

I'd vote for Adolph Hitler or Jerry Sandusky if I thought it would bring back online poker back.

This is an interesting race. It's definitely the first Senate race where both major party candidates are strong poker advocates.

Rep. Berkley has been terrific for poker and was standing up for us prior to players even considering organizing and fighting back. On the other hand, Sen. Heller has been taking the lead in encouraging Republican senators to support online poker legislation -- quite the thankless task among some of his colleagues.

So, from a poker standpoint, IMO we can't go wrong with either candidate. In Berkley, we have an advocate with an impeccable track record for poker. In Heller, we make much-needed inroads into the Senate GOP. We need more Republican support and we benefit greatly by making this as bipartisan as possible.

I think it's great that people and companies are coming out in favor of both of these candidates, showing that poker players care about their rights and in the political process.

A man with his priorities straight. I like it. Assuming its a well timed edgy joke

Deleted most of my post but I have read little about Heller but everyone that has followed this race knows his opponent is in ethical hot water right now. You may want to research her before you go jumping on the anti bandwagon.

OMG.

It is my hope, as an American, that you will all vote for whomever is the best overall candidate and not vote for someone just because of their stance on Internet poker.

(Single-issue voters are stupid.)

No issue (or combination of issues) is going to have a bigger impact on my life than online poker, so for me to consider anything else when rating a candidate would be stupid.