Big NV-GOP Figure backs Reid

[Lunar]

I'm sure the initial reaction is "Why should we care?" but this is fairly big.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/big-time-nevada.html

The emerging Republican efforts to defeat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have suffered a blow.

Sig Rogich, one of the most influential players in Republican politics in Nevada, has endorsed Reid’s reelection bid.

“Nevada needs to understand at this perilous time in our state’s history, why would you ever think about getting rid of the majority leader of the U.S. Senate?” Rogich told Jon Ralston, on his Nevada TV program.

Republicans would love to defeat Reid, like they did then-Democratic leader Tom Daschle in 2004, but haven’t had much luck finding a top-tier candidate.

Rogich’s backing for Reid is going to make it even harder to knock him off.

“This will come as a deep disappointment to Republicans in Washington, who despise Reid because of his brutal attacks on former President George W. Bush and parliamentary maneuvering that successfully stymied much of the Republican agenda after 2004,” J. Patrick Coolican writes in the Las Vegas Sun.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm not really surprised by this.  Most Nevadans I know, even the most conservative ones, would rather have the Senate majority leader than a newbie.

[Ronnie]

Absolutely hilarious

[Landslide Lyndon]

It makes sense. In 2004, Daschle's defeat was part of a plan that would tip the senate balance towards the Republicans.

In 2010, even if they manage to defeat Reid, there is no way they will even come close to reclaiming their majority. So there is no upside in voting out the current Majority Leader.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

It makes sense. In 2004, Daschle's defeat was part of a plan that would tip the senate balance towards the Republicans.

In 2010, even if they manage to defeat Reid, there is no way they will even come close to reclaiming their majority. So there is no upside in voting out the current Majority Leader.

Other than the fact that he kinda sucks as Majority Leader.

[Lunar]

He doesn't suck at bringing home the bacon to Nevada

[Landslide Lyndon]

He doesn't suck at bringing home the bacon to Nevada

Not to mention keeping in limbo the Yucca Mountain.

[Lunar]

He doesn't suck at bringing home the bacon to Nevada

Not to mention keeping in limbo the Yucca Mountain.

That'll be kept in limbo as long as Nevada is a swing state and plays an important role in the primaries, much like ethanol subsidies in Iowa.  But yeah, if y'all remember Bobby Jindal talking about magical magnetic trains going from Vegas to Disneyland (not actually in the bill) - it shouldn't be hard to figure out where a lot of the stimpack jobs will end up going.