Harry Reid, in a recent interview with Politico , quipped that he was looking forward to being “a vulnerable incumbent” - he welcomes this roll because he feels that RNC will waste money in Nevada that they may need for other states in 2010. The article begins with notion that Reids statement that he will lead the Senate until 2015 is a move designed to goad “ Republicans who’d like to unseat him “ and stymie “the hopes of Democrats who’d like to succeed him.”
Further in Politico's article, Reid laid out his vision for the Senate, one where he (and other Democrats) would be not “rubberstamp” everything Obama wanted (See criticism of Obama from Feinstein andFrank in recent weeks), and in “gung-ho” military speech, called himself the “point of the spear” against President Bush. Seriously, Harry thinks that he has protected the country from George Bush - and furthermore - the people of Nevada, who know him, will re-elect him in 2010 to another six year term.
Apparently the people of Nevada do know Harry, and according to Sherman Frederick, Publisher of the Las Vegas Review Journal, his seat is up for grabs. In an op-ed piece January 4th , Frederick lays out Harry’s demise in simple terms; Reid will be 71 in 2010, he has “difficulty connecting with people”, and he barely survived a bid for re-election in 1998 (429 votes with no recount requested). Additionally, Harry bears the same burden as Massachusetts Senator John Kerry; he simply is not “likable”.
Frederick goes on to note that a “good chuck of voting Nevadans treat Reid like a bad haircut -- with teeth-gritting toleration.” Should an opposition candidate similar to the one he faced in 1998 (John Ensign who went on become Reid’s counterpart in the Senate in 2000), it will be game over for Harry Reid.
To read the blog that started the entire Reid re-election discussions and interesting comments visit Review Journal Blogs With all the Shenanigans taking place before the New Administration has a chance to Even take the Oval office,(Blagovich and Burris,, Comedian Franken and Burris, Television Personality Sanjay Gupta, Appeasement Panetta's appointment to lead CIA added to a bleak economic outlook that President-Elect Obama believes will last for "years" - 2010 may prove to be a very interesting year.
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I think Reid is toast. I think his personality and the likely low approval ratings of Congress in 2010 (without being able to blame them on Bush or Congressional Republicans) is going to do him in.
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