Posted on 12/29/2008 5:14:05 AM PST by Shellybenoit
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is up for re-election in two years, and the way things look now he may be in for the fight of his political life. Reid has always been more liberal than his home state of Nevada, and some of his more recent stances. such as trying to prevent off shore drilling, have not exactly endeared himself to the voting public. At present he has a 38% approval rating, not exactly stellar for a sitting senator. But that doesn't matter since he blames his low rating on president Bush. Word is that Reid has been targeted by the Republican Senate Committee
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Not without a viable candidate to oppose him. Something Nevada is sadly lacking on.
I hope so!!!!
Lord knows it should be in a sane world.
Who is his replacement?
Lance Burton, when someone pisses him off, poof-slight hand of the master-magician, they disappear!!!!!!!/Just Asking - seoul62.......
No.
No. BHO and the voter registration fraud machine will be able to guarantee Dingy Harry a victory...if he will only play ball with the new man in the White House.
A potted plant.
I don’t have a clue!...but anybody would be better.
I actually thought Pennsylvania would dump Murtha, but they didnt.
Harry wil be around a while.
I will not miss this guy if he loses in 2010. He has led the fight against victory in Iraq. He has led the Senate to a 9% approval rating. His personal approval rating is only 38% in Nevada. I can not understand how the Democratic Party made gains in Congress with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi as their leaders. Unfortunately, most people who voted democrat in the last election cycle don’t know who their leaders are or what they stand for.
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It didn't help that the NRA ran pro-Murtha ads in the last few days before the election. There are also quite a number of companies in the district which get major defense contracts due to Murtha's pull.
But time is against this old buzzard. Even the counties which have a huge Democrat voter registration edge (which is all of them) are trending Republican. Ours (Westmoreland) is one example. Democrat registration is over 60% and McCain won with 58%.
The center of the target is right above his eyebrows!
That is the same problem we have in NY. The dems can run a weak candidate and the RNC manages to find a weaker one.
Kenny Guinn (the governor at the time) refused to run for the Senate in 2004.
It didn't help that the NRA ran pro-Murtha ads in the last few days before the election.The NRA would not throw a pro-gun-rights politician under the bus unless he were caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy...and that might not even be enough.
This is blatant disrepect for the membership in my opinion.
IMHO, not a loss. With the help of the legislature, that little sweetheart enacted a "transfer fee" on all homes sold - and took over $1,000 out of my pocket when I bailed out.
As someone here said, no matter how weak the Dem candidate is the Pubbies always find a weaker one. They could have gotten rid of Reid in the last election as he barely won the time before that, but the Pubbies put up a lesser-known guy named Ziser and never supported him afterward.
The whole Republican party needs a MAJOR purging.
IMHO, not a loss. With the help of the legislature, that little sweetheart enacted a "transfer fee" on all homes sold - and took over $1,000 out of my pocket when I bailed out.He was really popular with the people of Nevada. He would have won if he had run. In any event, he is better than Reid.
They could have gotten rid of Reid in the last election as he barely won the time before that, but the Pubbies put up a lesser-known guy named Ziser and never supported him afterward.None of the stars were willing to run for the Senate.
None of the stars were willing to run for the Senate.
Even so, the Pubbies should have made some effort to back their guy. he came out to our town, gave a good speech, and seemed less of a RINO than others when I talked with him about details. Never saw one ad or heard about him after his appearance.
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