Harry Reid Public Option Choice is a Cynical Reelection Ploy

WSJ/The Lid ^ | 10/30/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

It’s no secret that Harry Reid is in trouble in Nevada. The Senate Majority Leader’s approval ratings in his home state of Nevada is lower than Rush Limbaugh's at a Move-on convention. been in the dumps. A poll conducted two week ago showed Reid with an anemic 38 percent approval rating, down more than 15 points since he won re-election back in 2004. But Reid’s falling popularity with Nevada voters isn’t the only thing that has Dems worried. The last two Mason Dixon polls in the state have found Reid losing against two potential GOP challengers: businessman Danny Tarkanian, who beat Reid 49 percent to 43 percent in a projected match-up; and Nevada GOP chairwoman Sue Lowden, who edged out Reid 49 percent to 39 percent. Making the numbers look even worse is that until recently the GOP in Nevada was in disarray. Reid's numbers are still bad even though Republicans haven't had their act together, so what does that say about his vulnerability?

The polls show that Mr. Reid is facing Nevada polls that suggest he's lost most voters outside his liberal base. More threatening is the fact that his base too, was slipping, with Moveon.org making him a punching bag for not hopping on the Public Option train. Now with this week's announcement, Reid is once again the hero of the left, and can sure up his base:

[east1234]

This commie needs to get voted out in 2010, then he and his kind need to hang for treason.

[Doogle]