Harry Reid In Serious Trouble Back Home, Poll Finds

That effort appears to have not done the job.

reassuring to see Nevadans differentiate 'trying' from 'doing'

friends in Vegas say jobs are the priority, but real healthcare reform would go some distance in moving these numbers

If people want to have the attitude that we can dispense of Harry so easily, that is their right. Who will you replace him with? There is a small radio station about 400 miles north that plays a bit of progressive radio. Otherwise you would think we do not exist.

Harry's biggest game-breaker is the public option. If he cannot bring it safely to a positive conclusion, I see no one -- other than paid political operatives -- working for his re-election. If he marshals the vote to bring health insurance to the Martians out in Area 51. He'll have something to run on. His six shooter is empty right now. He's got nothing to run on.

Mitch McConnell is making him look like an ass almost daily. If Harry wins the Super Bowl (A viable public option), he will retain his seat. Otherwise he is toast.

Reid was going to be one of the biggest political casualties of health care reform no matter what happened. Nate Silver was able to show fairly recently that being in the spotlight on HCR has caused the approval ratings of several Senators to tank.

The person's actual opinion on HCR doesn't matter that much; what matters is whether they're in the spotlight about it and playing dealmaker. Reid, as the majority leader, has to be the #1 dealmaker because it's his job. It's unfortunate, but there's not much he can do except be on the defensive in NV.

What does it profit a man to retain his seat and lose his own soul?

more likely that give 'em hello harry is defeated for his seat than the dems replace him in the leadership, no matter his lamesness. so while a lost seat is bad, if it gives us majority leader durbin it wouldn't be as much of a loss. (that said, reid is an improvement on daschle, barely.)

Reid might get more support if he promised to step down as leader. I think a lot of folks think the party will be stronger with him out of leadership and if that means he has to lose his seat to a Republican then so be it.

Reid is falling into the Deeds trap. He takes the progressives for granted and then tries to peel off moderate Republicans. However to appeal to those moderate Republicans he alienates all of his progressive support and gains few, if any Republican support.

But lets not kid ourselves here. The GOP will sabotage it's challenger if it actually looks like they could pull off the win because Reid is the gift that keeps on giving to the GOP.

reid, like deeds in virginia, will be held accountable not for doing too much, but rather for doing too little. if he can get a true health care reform bill with a true public option passed, along with a another jobs bill passed, he will be the winner regardless of how much flak the gop will send his way!

it's way too early to be looking at these polls. i think reid's approval rating will rise after the hcr bill is passed. also, i think the jobless numbers will continue to fall, which will also help.

The Mason-Dixon poll skews right and this poll is from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which is Reid's arch-enemy. Do a little googling on Reid and the Review-Journal--in fact Politico has a recent article. Believe nothing the Review-Journal says about Reid (the fairer paper is the L. V. Sun).

Please Utube, Harry Reid / taxes are voluntary, an agonizing 4 minutes of illness.