Bush stumps for Nevada congressman at Las Vegas Strip fundraiser

[NVMojo]

Wow, only 300 Repuke faithful showed up for Bush? and be sure to see the front page story below, a smear on Reid on the same day of the Bushasshat story.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Bush brought a message of resolve in the face of terrorism and emphasized economic optimism as he stumped Monday for U.S. Rep. Jon Porter at a Las Vegas Strip resort.

Bush, who narrowly won Nevada's five electoral college votes in 2004, was in Las Vegas about two hours, including a 20-minute speech to about 300 Republican party faithful at The Venetian hotel-casino.

In his first visit to the city since the last election, Bush denounced Monday's deadly explosions in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab, and pledged to bring terrorists to justice.

"They believe that those of us in free societies are weak and that it's just a matter of time before we lose our nerve and withdraw," Bush said.

"I am not going to lose my nerve, I am going to stay on the offense. I'm going to protect the American people and I need people like Jon Porter who understand the stakes and stands by my side," he said.

more...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/apr/24/042410892.html

and here's where the LV Sun smears Reid ...
Today: April 24, 2006 at 7:37:29 PDT

Home not so sweet
As Reid's power grows in D.C., his support slides in NV

By J. Patrick Coolican
Las Vegas Sun

Sen. Harry Reid, once a fairly obscure conservative Democrat from the small state of Nevada, is all the buzz inside the Beltway lately - unfortunately for him, it's the Washington and not the Las Vegas Beltway.

Reid is praised by his party's national grass-roots activists for his forceful opposition to the Republican agenda and ability to keep Senate Democrats unified. His opponents concede - occasionally with close-fisted frustration - that he consistently bests his counterpart, Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

"No minority leader has so dominated the Senate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1953-54," conservative columnist Robert Novak, who has covered the Beltway for decades, wrote last week, citing Reid's ability to hold up immigration reform and a bill to bail out companies with asbestos liabilities.

But Reid's national stature among activist Democrats, concentrated on the blue-state coasts, carries risks for him at home, analysts say. His consistent opposition to President Bush and his need to mollify the liberals in his party is costing him in Nevada, where polls show he has lost support since becoming minority leader.

Although Reid, who won re-election in 2004 and still has four years in his term, said in an interview that he pays no attention to polls, his actions in Nevada during the two-week Easter recess suggested that he is keenly aware of his vulnerabilities. He spoke to groups that carry at least a patina of conservatism - chambers of commerce, police and firefighters, religious groups, military men and women, district attorneys.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/apr/24/566677791.html

The repukes are getting desparate. Too bad we can't get anyone in the damn state of Nevada Dems to do anything about the voting machine debacle in this freaking state.

[AX10]

1. Gee, Bush has a 65% dissapproval rating in Nevada.

Why is it that Harry Reid shouldn't oppose Bush again??? Oh, that's right, it's called PROPAGANDA!
Obviously, the Las Vegas Sun is in the hands of Zie GOP spinmeister Karl Rove.

[NVMojo]

7. Karl Rove has two siblings in Nevada. A sister in Reno and a bro

who is part of Granite Construction. Read up on them.

[Jim Lane]

2. The article is fair to Harry Reid

Let's face it, there is something of a tension between his role as the Democratic leader and his role as a Senator from Nevada. For example, the article reports a Reid speech to the Chamber of Commerce in which he touted his support for the bankruptcy bill, a bill justly condemned by progressives. You could make similar points about Iraq, reproductive rights, and other issues.

The article also notes that Reid's job has been made easier by "Republican disarray caused by President Bush's unpopularity".

[NVMojo]

6. excuse me, jim lane, let me eplain, this article is a respin of a Reid

smear article that ran in the LV Review Journal from over a month ago. This is a recycled story that the respun to hit Reid on the day of the AsshatBush visit. Get it?

[Jim Lane]

8. I read the artice and I don't see it as a smear

It's actually fairly negative about Bush. With regard to Reid, I don't consider it a smear because there's some genuine substance there. A lot of blue-state Dems (myself included) consider ourselves to be well to the left of Reid. The Minority Leader wants to please Dems around the country; the Nevada Senator wants to please Nevadans; Harry Reid can't always do both. It's a real problem for him. There's no reason the Vegas papers shouldn't report on it.

[truthisfreedom]

3. "I am going to stay offensive" is more like it.

[rocktivity]

4. A strip fundraiser? I'll bet they raised a fortune!

Who were the headliners, Barb and Jenna Junior? The Repubs have finally come up with an idea that's worth stealing!

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Democracy deth watch]

5. Pushing red state Dems into leadership is always a bad idea

Daschle and Reid start out on shaky political, then watch Bush kick their chairs out from under them. These guys might seem strong because they win in red states, but they're not strong enough to lead a national party. Put Kennedy, Kerry, Schumer or Clinton in charge.

[Doctor_J]

9. How much did this trip cost us?

That fucker runs up enough money in campaign trips to insure every kid in America.