Reid Picks Up Some GOP Support

[ProSense]

Source: Wall Street Journal

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is one of the country’s most unpopular Democrats. He is also widely disliked in his home state of Nevada. But as he revs up his expansive, and expensive, political machinery to try and win re-election against a powerful anti-incumbent wave, Reid is leveraging his leadership power to win support from unlikely quarters – the Republican Party.

Rusty Tybo, Republican mayor of tiny Wells, Nev., tells Washington Wire he is backing Reid because the senator helped his town secure $680,000 in grants to rebuild from an earthquake two years ago that left the downtown in ruins.

Frank Fahrenkopf, a Reagan-era Republican National Committee chairman, said that his current post as head of the American Gaming Association, whose biggest members are Las Vegas casinos, makes it a “no-brainer” to back Reid.

“My job is to protect the interest of my industry and the state of Nevada ,” he said. “Do I want to do that with the majority leader or a freshman Republican?”


Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/09/07/reid-picks-up-some-gop-support/

[scheming daemons]

1. He forgot to add, but was thinking, "also.. She's batshit crazy"

[nyy1998]

10. +1

[savalez]

13. +2

[Enthusiast]

15. +3

Batshit isn't even adequate to explain her level of crazy.

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

16. +4

[Vincardog]

20. +5 the shit does not fall far from the bat

[BrklynLiberal]

2. A little glow of light at the end of the tunnel....

[northoftheborder]

3. Shows you what a total nut Angle is, and how dangerous....

....even for sensible Republicans to elect.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Fahrenkopf and ROgich; these are big GOP names out there

Not the nicest guys in the world, but we're playing to win, so I'd hold my nose and take the support if I were a NV Dem.

[still_one]

5. Gee, what an objective piece, "Reid is one of the most unpopular Democrats,, blah blah, blah

"widely disliked in his home state", blah blah blah

Isn't journalism wonderful?

How about mentioning the insane person he is running against, and talk about how representative THAT person is in the state?

Instead the article starts by dissing or diminishing Reid, without mentioning the dimished capacity of his opponnent

[Kolesar]

7. He kept the Yucca Mtn nuclear dump out of the state

I am sure that his position helped in some way. Do they not recall??

[still_one]

9. The starts out so obviously bias against him it is no wonder people do not get

informed from the media

[ProSense]

6. More good news for Reid

Nevada’s Active Voter Rolls Increase By Nearly 8,000 In August...

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[KingFlorez]

11. He knows how to get things done for the state

Sharron Angle on the other hand wouldn't bring back anything, apparently actually doing things for that state wouldn't be her job.

[savalez]

12. WTF with the first sentence of the article? Pure sensationalism at its worst!

[Historic NY]

14. & with more Democrats being registered & out numbering Repukes..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x434525

[groundloop]

17. The left wing media bias is so obvious.....

These idiot reporters need to stick to reporting and leave their personal bias out of it. However, it's good news that people are seeing the right wing nut-case for what she is.

"one of the country's most unpopular Democrats"...... No, I think that honor is shared by Joe LIEberman, Ben Nelson, Mary Landreau, and Max Baucus.

[catgirl]

18. K&R

[w4rma]

19. The Wall Street Journal is worthless as an information tool. You can never tell if it's lying to you

Or just flat out wrong.

[Cha]

21. Good point..

"Frank Fahrenkopf, a Reagan-era Republican National Committee chairman, said that his current post as head of the American Gaming Association, whose biggest members are Las Vegas casinos, makes it a “no-brainer” to back Reid.

“My job is to protect the interest of my industry and the state of Nevada ,” he said. “Do I want to do that with the majority leader or a freshman Republican?”

And, yes, the first poster's point is well taken too.

[No Elephants]

22. Bringing home the bacon helps keep incumbents in their seats. So does a nutcake challenger.

Good news. We need every seat we have and then some.