Gibbons says he could beat Democrat Reid in Nevada Senate race

AP ^ | Associated Press | SCOTT SONNER

[Pubbie]

Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., says he's convinced he could unseat Democratic Sen. Harry Reid next year though he hasn't decided whether to try.

The four-term congressman said he intends to announce by the end of the month whether he'll run against the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate.

[Pubbie]

*Ping*!

"One of the questions is whether or not we have the base of support and the resources to win the race," he said."

He'll have ALL the resources he can possibly want - I'm sure George Allen and Rove promised him the moon and other perks if runs against Reid!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 91. Looks like a winner.

http://www.acuratings.com/acu.cgi?ACT=1&USER_ID=254&YEAR=2002

[KellyAdmirer]

Sounds like a man who is about to run, just wants to line up the funding in advance.

[Pubbie]

Might want to check out this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/968032/posts

It says that the local Nevada GOP bigwigs expect Gibbons to run against Reid.

[Kuksool]

***Gibbons says he could beat Democrat Reid in Nevada Senate race***

I hope Gibbons makes it into a reality.

[GiveEmDubya]

I would like nothing more than to see that weasel Reid thrown out on his ass. Good riddance to him and hopefully Daschle.

[JohnnyZ]

1992 Election
Harry Reid for Senate, statewide: 253,150 votes

1998 Election
Harry Reid for Senate, statewide: 208,650 votes
Jim Gibbons for Congress (one of 2 CDs): 201,623 votes

2000 Election
Jim Gibbons for Congress (one of 2 CDs): 229,608 votes

[Kuksool]

Harry Reid won his 1998 Senate race against Ensign by 428 votes. The NV Senate seat is ripe for the picking next year.

[jmaroneps37]

A recent article told us that, of the states that conservatives who have fled mexifornia have gone to, Nevada is number one. Knowing what socialists look like, I think these Americans will vote to send reid packing. After all he only beat Ensign by about 950 votes in 98. Bye bye harry.

[randog]

Harry Reid won his 1998 Senate race against Ensign by 428 votes. The NV Senate seat is ripe for the picking next year.

I could see Gibbons unseating Reid, but it would be a close race--lots of variables. Nevadans are chomping at the bit to get rid of the tax-raising liberals (including lots of RINO's), so I could see that spilling over to the national election. On the down-side--Reid is a popular senator in the state, so it's going to be tough to get the independents to switch horses. It'll be an interesting race, though. Wonder if Reid's buddy Hillary will stump for him?..;^)

[Kuksool]

Do you think the Yucca Mountain Repository issue will play a factor in the Senate race next year? When Bush announced his nuclear waste plan, NV's Congressional Delegation opposed the plan. Reid might attempt to tie his GOP opponent to Bush.

[randog]

Do you think the Yucca Mountain Repository issue will play a factor in the Senate race next year?

No, I don't think anyone cares much about the nuke repository except for the granola-munchers. The raping we got in the last legislative session, however, will be on everyone's mind.

[JohnnyZ]

I agree about Yucca; the whole Nevada delegation was against it.

I'd bet at this point that JG will run. Which makes the senate races look much better:

West
CA - Marin & Strickland
WA - Nethercutt
NV - Gibbons
SD - Thune?
ND - Dale Brown?

South
NC - Burr
SC - DeMint, Condon, Ravenal, et al
GA - Cain, Collins, Isakson, Bartell
FL - Byrd, Webster, Weldon, Foley, McCollum
AR - Huckabee????? [Huckabee’s overall favorability rating was 59.4 percent in the poll (Aug 14th), about the same as U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who received a 60.4 favorability rating.]

Elsewhere
IL - Ryan, Cox, Oberweis, McKenna
WI - Michels, Welch, others

Plus the Alaska probable primary and possible open seats in OK and LA.

[Impy]

Whew, that other article scared me.

[Impy]

If Byrd, Webster and Weldon all run Foley will probably win. :-|

[pogo101]

Run, Jim, run! PLEASE! Deliver us from Reid.

[Pubbie]

"West
CA - Marin & Strickland
WA - Nethercutt
NV - Gibbons
SD - Thune?
ND - Dale Brown?

South
NC - Burr
SC - DeMint, Condon, Ravenal, et al
GA - Cain, Collins, Isakson, Bartell
FL - Byrd, Webster, Weldon, Foley, McCollum
AR - Huckabee????? [Huckabee’s overall favorability rating was 59.4 percent in the poll (Aug 14th), about the same as U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who received a 60.4 favorability rating.]

Elsewhere
IL - Ryan, Cox, Oberweis, McKenna
WI - Michels, Welch, others

Plus the Alaska probable primary and possible open seats in OK and LA."

West:

Ca - Forget about it.

Wa - Tossup/Leaning Slightly Democrat. Usually a Republican from Eastern Washington couldn't win a statewide election in Washington, but Usama bin Murray is a very weak candidate.

NV - If Gibbons runs (I think he will), he will win, because Jimbo will blowout Reid in Washoe. If he doesn't, the GOP is toast there.

SD - Thune will win if he runs.

ND - Leans slightly Republican if Brown runs. Dale Brown looks like he will finally take the plunge and run against Byron. Ed Schafer may have recruited a very strong candidate in Brown. AuH2ORepublican has told me that Brown is well known and liked in ND and can raise a good amount of money.

South:

NC - Leans strongly to a Burr win whether or not Edwards decides to run for Senate again (I don't think he will).

SC - DeMint should win the nomination and he'll defeat Inez Tenenbaum thanks to a hefty Bush bounce.

GA - I like Mac Collins to win the primary and take it all in Georgia.

FL - Leans Republican. I am a proponent of Daniel Webster, but Unless conservatives, like McCollum, drop out, Foley will win the primary.

But I think Foley would be a good candidate, not as good as Webster, but I think he can pull it off.

AR - I don't know what Huckabee is doing waiting so long to make up his mind. I don't think he'll run, but that's ok because Asa Hutchinson is the White House favorite to take down Blanche Lincoln; and Asa has said publicly that it would be very hard for him to say no if the WH asks him to run.

The sooner Huckabee makes up his mind, the sooner Asa can jump in.

IL - Leans Democrat. Jack Ryan will win the primary and will probably loose the election.

WI - If Michels wins the nomination, Leans Republican. Tim Michels has the potential to be 2004's Saxby Chambliss, ie an candidate that comes out of nowhere and takes down a heavily favored incumbent.

Michels is a succesful businessman who can self finance part of his campaign. He is also a veteran, and says his main campaign theme will be National Security.

This is a shrewd move because Michels, as a veteran, will be able to contrast his service to the nation with Feingold's obstruction of national security from his votes against the Patriot act and the Iraq war resolution.

Alaska - Safe Republican. George Allen and Rove are hell bent to prevent any primary challenge to Murkowski.

This will allow Murkowski to spend all of her time to hit Knowles over the head with the only argument that Murkowski needs: Voting for a Democrat Senator will risk giving the Senate back to the Democrats and thus ensure that ANWAR will never be oppened to drilling.

LA - The Democrats had better pray to GOD that Breaux doesn't retire because there will be a mighty Bush Bounce all across the South and especially in LA.

[swheats]

Saw this today.

http://www.jagibbons.com/

Could mean he's about to announce something.

[Pubbie]

Oh wow!

Don't mean to bury you guys under pings but it looks like Jim Gibbons has set up a "Campaign Website":

http://www.jagibbons.com/

Unless he's making a whole new website to run for a (Very very safe) Congressional seat, he looks like he's going to wage war against Reid.

Onward to Victory!