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| Sen. Harry Reid may need all the help he can get |
| 2009-05-25 |
| Well, now we for sure know why Nevada Sen. Harry "I Did Too Smile Once Back in High School" Reid is calling in the Big Guy for a grandiose fundraiser on Tuesday. A new statewide poll of 625 Nevadans confirms previous research that the four-term Democrat is not well-liked. In fact, he's downright disliked. Fully half the respondents think of him unfavorably. Only 38% think of him positively; 11% didn't care, according to the survey by Mason-Dixon for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. About 45% said they'd vote to oust the 69-year-old Senate majority leader, 17% said they'd consider somebody else, and about a third would vote for him. Going into such elections, incumbents prefer 2-to-1 favorable-to-unfavorable ratios. Reid already has about $3.3 million in the bank to avoid being "Daschle-d": in which a Democratic majority leader is unseated by Republicans as Tom Daschle was five years ago. Of course, Daschle went on to become a millionaire advisor to a rich guy, while not paying a lot of taxes and not becoming secretary of Health and Human Services -- so losing isn't necessarily all bad. President Obama this week will fly out to Las Vegas on Air Force One for a celebrity-studded funder with Bette Midler and Sheryl Crow, despite his criticism last winter of bankers who go to Las Vegas for taxpayer-funded parties. And then the president will hop over to Los Angeles the next day. All that Nevada Republicans need to beat Reid is a viable Senate candidate, but there is none yet. U.S. Rep. Dean Heller is a possibility, though he's not widely known. Republican John Ensign is well known statewide and enjoys a 53% favorable rating. Trouble is, he's already the state's other senator. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I'd love to help him out - which door did he come in? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-25 11:53 |
| #3 Let's see: Republicans need a "viable Senate candidate." "Viable" means "able," "not-disliked," and "well known enough." How does the average citizen learn who is who? And who is the 900 pound gorilla shaping who is liked and who is not liked? |
| Posted by: James 2009-05-25 09:31 |
| #2 Bring back Chic Hecht! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-05-25 08:09 |
| #1 Harry can also rely upon all those Californistas who've learned nothing and who've moved into the state inflating property prices, over the brink and into collapse, to mindlessly continue their lemming behavior of pulling the switch for him come election day. The only question is whether they can economically hold out till the election to help. Look for 'extended' unemployment benefits soon from the Donk Congress near you. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-05-25 07:58 |