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Why Sen. Reid is in trouble: Reason No. 812

As I've been saying to anyone who cares to listen, there is a strong anti-Harry Reid wind blowing in Nevada. You can read it in the polls. You can see it on the bumper stickers. You can almost smell it. Yet, instead of doing anything about it, it's almost as if Sen. Reid does things on purpose to erode his natural support in Nevada. Each day he does something of his own free will that gives Nevadans another reason to vote against him next November.

It's remarkable, really. For a guy who's been a U.S. senator for almost four full terms, you'd think he'd remember how to maintain ties in his home state. Instead, he goes out of his way to cut them.

Here's just another in a long line of reasons why Harry Reid will be brought home in November 2010.  For no good reason, Sen. Reid pokes his own faith-based support group in the eye.

For the skinny about Sen. Reid criticizing the LDS Church over the gay marriage fight in California, see this piece in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Simply amazing. Election defeat by a thousand cuts.

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6 Responses to "Why Sen. Reid is in trouble: Reason No. 812"
That was a good read. But I think the real reason Senator Reid is in trouble is that he lied to us. Remember his campaign slogan "Independent, Like Nevada". Well he seems to have forgotten all about and has now become the lap poodle for the likes of John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Barbara Boxer.......
Written by: Kevin Mc Donald on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 at 7:41 AM
HE'S A LIBERAL AND A LIAR IF HE SAYS HE'S INDEPENDENT. He marches in lock step with Pelosi and Obama. How can anybody anything he says after making that statement"THE WAR IS LOST".
Written by: Gene Short on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 at 8:14 AM
If it was only that easy, but money walks and talks in an election cycle and Harry's got the big bucks. The GOP field will probably self-destruct and the token candidate will probably run out of money long before the final election. That's the reality of 21st century politics.
Written by: Boomer on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Noticed a Letter to the Editor in which the writer was talking about all the good things Harry does for Nevada, citing that as the reason to keep him in the Senate.

Reminds me somewhat of a line from Robert F. Kennedy's book, 'The Enemy Within'. Even though it was common knowledge that Jimmy Hoffa was padding his own nest with union funds, the general attitude of the rank and file was, "But he gets us good contracts."

At some point in time, we must all ask the question, "But at what cost?".
Written by: Union Dude on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Sherm, the only thing I can smell is more bad journalism out of the RJ’s publisher. Senator Reid speaks his mind, some might say that’s refreshing for a guy who has risen to the upper echelons of power. Would you rather he say the politically correct thing all the time? If he did, wouldn’t you be accusing him of being too PC and too political?

Furthermore, I don’t know when you decided that you set the standard for what’s important to Nevadans, but Senator Reid has every right to criticize the church (of which he has been a member for years) on any issue he pleases. Not everyone who is religious is in lockstep with everything their faith says, many question their faith constantly and build a stronger relationship with their faith because of it.

This is probably a lost cause, but instead of doing your best to take pot-shots at Senator Reid all the time, why don’t you try, just once, to report the news.
Written by: highdesert06@aol.com on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM
highdesert06, from my observation, Reid already does say the PC thing all the time, unless he's in front of a Nevada crowd, which is rare, obviously...
Written by: winston smith on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 at 11:02 AM
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