Poll: Nevadans want Reid gone

[babylonsister]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/?last_story=/politics/war_room/2009/05/19/reid/

Poll: Nevadans want Reid gone


Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. may be the Senate majority leader, but that doesn't seem to impress his constituents much.

In a new poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a plurality of Nevadans -- 45 percent -- said that if the 2010 election were held today, they'd "definitely" vote to replace Reid in the Senate. 35 percent of respondents said they'd vote for him, while 17 percent said they'd consider it.

This isn't exactly good news for Reid, especially when coupled with his low favorability rating: 50 percent of Nevadans said their opinion of him is unfavorable, compared to 38 percent who said they have a favorable opinion of the senator.

But there is one bright spot for the majority leader: So far, there's no one in the GOP who's moving to take advantage of the situation. Politico's Alex Isenstadt reported last week that "the chances that he'll face a heavyweight Republican opponent with enough resources to unseat him are growing more remote by the day" -- there's just no serious challenger out there. Still, that's not to say the GOP won't try, especially considering the party's recent history of success in this area; in 2004, a Republican challenger unseated then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.

[Renew Deal]

1. I can't imagine why he would be "unpopular"

:eyes:

[w4rma]

2. Because as Senate Majority leader he is a lightning rod . (nt)

[ThomWV]

4. I thought lightening rods had spines - so to speak.

[Renew Deal]

5. That's not the kind of rod I had in mind

But whatever.

[ThomWV]

3. Then call me a Nevadan!

I feel a deep kinship and sharing of thought ...

[strategery blunder]

6. Article only mentions no republican challengers...

any chance that someone will PRIMARY him? :evilgrin:

[Tesha]

10. Not a chance! Without Reid's seniority, Utahans would surely elect a Republican! (NT)

[bdamomma]

7. he had his time, he needs to be replaced with someone who has fire and guts.

[Johonny]

8. that's kind of stupid

They have the leader of the senate. If they replaced him they would have a junior senator with no seniority. In terms of getting funds to their state it would be just as effective as South Dakota's decision to remove Daschle who was very good at getting funding for his state.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Senator Milquetoast

[enlightenment]

11. Speaking as one of his constituents,

he could go a long way toward repairing his reputation if he would at least pretend to give a rat's arse about our opinion.

I used to send letters and such to him, but when he changed his website he went to a form letter format with drop down boxes to select your topic, etc. I tried it a couple of times and realised that they have canned responses that they send out. I decided to test it by sending a letter that talked about something different than the topic I selected - I chose Yucca Mountain, but talked about education funding.

The canned response gave me a nice spiel about Yucca Mountain. Apparently, they don't even read the body or do a search for keywords. They just assume . . .

At this point, Reid is representing himself, not his state.