Well, first off you quoted how the enemedia "mocked freely for her makeup style in 2000". That's a gaffe? The fact that they freely and belligerently engaged in overt character assassination and ad hominem attacks? I'd go on, but I must be off to work.
Oh, you mentioned Reid has four more years, eh? So where were you in 2004 that Nevada lost that one? Like I said before, it's never to early to start working on that. A fair man will ensure his own backyard is clean before complaining about the neighbors.
That was a gaffe because she made it easier for the media to make fun of her, not harder. She didn't look nearly as bad as she was made out to look, but it's her responsibility. What about the rest? Oh yea, you have to run. Well there you go.