I think that the odds of Lowden or Tarkanian blowing it against Reid is substantially higher than for Krolicki to lose to Reid, and beating Reid is a lot more important in both the sbort- and long-term than having someone ready to run against Ensign in a hypothetical Senate primary 3 years from now, especially since Lowden or Tarkanian could well be the sitting Lt. Gov. I would be shocked if both Lowden and Tarkanian stayed in the Senate race if Krolicki runs, and would not be surprised if both ran for Lt. Gov. or some other high office (Angle would likely stay in, though).
Reid is the bird in hand, and we have to run our strongest possible candidate against him.
Reid trails second tier opponents and analysts still call the race “leans democrat”.
I know he will spend a ton and use every dirty trick in the book but it’s time to change the ratings.