Damn!! with parents like John Ensign's, who needs enemies

[CatWoman]

:rofl:

they just maxed out contributions to Harry Reid!!

Harry FUCKING Reid!!

:rofl:

(per Rachel) :)

[eleny]

1. WTF?!

[baldguy]

2. Should we think better of the people who spawned Ensign?

Or be more suspicious of Reid?

[CatWoman]

3. both!!

:)

[Cleita]

4. We should really be suspicious of Reid. n/t

[AzDar]

9. Would explain a lot of Harry's behavior...

[Barack_America]

5. Sounds like they're looking for new "friends" in the Senate.

Considering their horse has come up lame.

They're mega rich in the gambling business, no?

[onehandle]

6. I see little chance of Ensign surviving this.

Which I have mixed feelings about.

Sometimes it's good to keep disgraced enemies in power.

Which is why I believe that the Senate did not impeach Clinton.

If Gore had become President, he would have been much stronger in 2000.

[donheld]

7. HaHa

[Emit]

8. It's called Nevada's Good Ole Boy system

This article was written back when Jack Carter was running for Ensign's seat in the Senate:

Although Reid and Ensign squared off in a sometimes nasty election fight for Reid's seat in 1998, by all accounts they now have a nonaggression pact that helps them work together on state issues - and keeps both of them in office. Michael Ensign, Ensign's father and a former prominent Strip executive, gave thousands of dollars to Reid's 2004 campaign.

The state Democratic Party's thin political ranks certainly didn't give Reid many options this election cycle. On the other hand, Ensign did not recruit a tough Republican candidate when Reid sought re-election in 2004.

Credible candidates two years ago would have included Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., MGM Mirage Chief Executive Terry Lanni and Brian Sandoval, who was attorney general and former Nevada Gaming Commission chairman. Last year, with Ensign's support, Reid helped make Sandoval a federal judge, which eliminated him as a potential political rival.

~snip~

The first sign of Reid's allegiance to Ensign this election season came in Reid's failure to woo a top-tier candidate with political experience, said Michele Swers, a professor of government at Georgetown and an authority on Congress. "He didn't try to actively recruit somebody better to run against Ensign, and he could have, in a year when the Democrats have an outside chance to win back the Senate," she said.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2006/apr/29/caught-in-party-politics/


By the way, Sandoval (R) whom this article refers to and whom Reid helped make a federal judge (Reid recommended that President Bush appoint him to the federal bench in 2005), is now running for Governor against Gibbons (R).

Harry's son Rory is also running for Governor. Most everyone I have talked with think Sandoval, by far, is the stronger candidate, and many feel that Rory Reid's run is a political disaster for both himself and his father. I don't know where that leaves Sandoval's relationship with Harry Reid, but it makes for a little drama in local politics.

We see a lot of 'Anybody butt Reid' bumper stickers here in Nevada.