Comments on: Reid’s Re-Elect Reasons to be Rocky

By: SWEG

SWEG — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:04:13 +0000

I’d like to see Reid lose and the Democrats to have the fucking sense to elect a Majority leader from a safe Democratic state. What do they expect when their leadership has to constantly kiss conservative ass just to try to hang on to his seat? Dumb fucks.

By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin

JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:54:56 +0000

The GOP could get so obsessed with bringing down Reid that they’ll forget every other race. They may, in fact, bring down Reid, and in the long run, that actually hurts them, as Reid is a pathetic majority leader, worse than Daschle.

By: Nola Sue

Nola Sue — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:50:31 +0000

Since it’s pushing bedtime and EPU-ville, I’m going to hope for pleasant dreams that we can primary Reid. :)

By: Spotts1701

Spotts1701 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:45:28 +0000

The problem is that parochial interests will trump national interests every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

We don’t have anyone on the bench that will primary Reid because he will have the DNC behind him, and every potential Republican candidate is manifestly worse either in policy or ethics than he is.

And Nevada is not a state that takes kindly to “carpetbaggers”. It sank Titus’ gubernatorial hopes (despite being a Nevada resident longer than I’ve been alive) and it sank Jack Carter in 2006 against Ensign.

I mean, on a good day the best I can work up is indifference towards the guy, and I was hoping that this time he wasn’t going to run.

I may just leave it blank if it’s Reid vs. the GOP flavor-of-the-month.

By: Emocrat

Emocrat — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:59:59 +0000

Well, I was more thinking about the national progressive agenda, leaving aside the parochial interests of Nevada.

So while I can understand why you might think Reid is better for Nevada, I hope you can also see just how bad Reid is for the country. And ultimately, if he’s bad for the country, he’s bad for Nevada by extension, since Nevada does not exist in a vacuum.

Indeed, I’m in Kahlifohnia and I’m at the point where I’d be happy to see DiFi go for sure–replacing her with a Republican would be only slightly worse than her.

If having 60 Ds in the Senate doesn’t matter, then we need to get rid of the worst offenders in the Senate.

By: sporkovat

sporkovat — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:56:17 +0000

look at how the (R)’s did not make a serious run against Lieberman - some here were sensing they would not mount a serious challenger to Reid because he is useful to them as is - what does that say about the collusive nature of the 2 party duopoly?

call me orthrus:

i’m a dog with two heads
one left and one right

seperate and
unequal
but both attached
to a single body
and reflecting the conflicting moods
of a single soul

among other nice features
of working thru two heads

i obviously

have at all times
two mugs to work with

two expressions to make
and
two mouths to speak

one mug can be clean

while the other’s dirty

By: PAR4

PAR4 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:38:07 +0000

Internal GOP polls? How about some Rove math.WTF?

By: Spotts1701

Spotts1701 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:36:32 +0000

Not really for Nevadans, who are barely represented as it is (Rep. Heller’s a non-entity neocon, Rep. Berkley is AIPAC through and through, Rep. Titus is auditioning for Blue Dog staus, and of course there’s Sen. Ensign).

Sue Lowden would have the baggage of a state GOP that is one step short of total schism under her watch (the 2008 Nevada GOP convention was a shout-fest between the Paul supporters and everyone else).

Danny Tarkanian is way over his head. He ran for an open Secretary of State seat in 2006, and lost it to Ross Miller pretty badly. Running against an incumbent with a big war chest? “Yikes” comes to mind.

Of course there’s always Sharon Angle, who represents the Club For Growth wing. But her campaign last time around was almost entirely financed by out-of-state interests. And if you don’t kiss gaming’s ring in this state, they will bury you.

By: RandallKohn

RandallKohn — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:22:43 +0000

That’s why the Pugs won’t challenge him seriously. He’s a staunch Republican activist.

By: Emocrat

Emocrat — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:17:48 +0000

Right. All the more reason to dump Reid!

He’ll never be anything but an enemy to progressives. Pushing his numbers down even lower, one could make an example out of him. At this point, booting Reid would be a net plus.