Harry Reid Not Running Scared in Nevada
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
As Republicans drool over new polls that find Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid poised to join former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and former House Speaker Tom Foley in the election upset trash heap, the former Nevada boxer isn't even sweating. "The people in Nevada know me," he said.
This afternoon on Capitol Hill, Reid was asked about the Republican challengers breathing down his neck. One, Danny Tarkanian, son of the legendary University of Nevada-Las Vegas basketball coach, holds a 7 percentage point lead over Reid. Tarkanian, who has rapped Reid for being focused on national politics, was in Washington today meeting with GOP election officials. Another prominent Republican, Sue Lowden, holds a 10 percentage point lead in a recent Rasmussen poll.
Reid's response to reporters was simple. Let the Republicans fight it out with Republicans, he said. He'd come after them after they pick a nominee. "We'll deal with Republicans when that's necessary," he said. For now, Reid added, "we have a job to do."
Like most states, Nevada is suffering through the housing crisis, unemployment, and the recession. But Reid appears to feel that helping to enact President Obama's policies will help his re-election—as will a recovery. And if the recovery happens early next year as expected, Nevada and the country will be in a "good mood," he said, and presumably eager to keep him in the top Senate post.
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Harry Reid
I can't wait to see ole Harry get Daschled in 2010!
Harry Reid
The fact of the matter is that the Democratic majority had the chance and they screwed it up. Reid is just one of many that are going to bite the dust in 2010. The economy will eventually recover because of the massive spending that is going on but it will be similar to the scenario where the operation was a success but unfortunately the patient has died. Once we reach recovery we will have budget deficits that will only be solved by massive tax increases on EVERYONE. Inflation is almost a certainty with the huge influx of dollars into the ssytem and the Fed will be too late to do anything at the expense of causing another recession and having higher unemployment. What we are in for is similar to the misery that we experienced during the Carter administration. So get use to years of high unemployment and stagnate growth because it is coming. This has all been tried before with the same results. Until we get true campaign finance reform, our government will always be owned and operated by special interests and lobbyists. So it does not matter who really gets elected to Congress, they are all controlled by the same people who play both sides of the aisle.
Harry Reid
The fact of the matter is that the Democratic majority had the chance and they screwed it up. Reid is just one of many that are going to bite the dust in 2010. The economy will eventually recover because of the massive spending that is going on but it will be similar to the scenario where the operation was a success but unfortunately the patient has died. Once we reach recovery we will have budget deficits that will only be solved by massive tax increases on EVERYONE. Inflation is almost a certainty with the huge influx of dollars into the ssytem and the Fed will be too late to do anything at the expense of causing another recession and having higher unemployment. What we are in for is similar to the misery that we experienced during the Carter administration. So get use to years of high unemployment and stagnate growth because it is coming. This has all been tried before with the same results. Until we get true campaign finance reform, our government will always be owned and operated by special interests and lobbyists. So it does not matter who really gets elected to Congress, they are all controlled by the same people who play both sides of the aisle.
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