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Guess Which Nevada Senator is Less Popular than John Ensign

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  June 22nd, 2009 at 12:54 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Got it on the first try, huh?

While Senator Ensign’s sudden fall in the polls has gotten the headlines, Harry Reid is even more unpopular. And while Ensign next seeks reelection in 2012, Harry Reid is up next year:

At 39 percent, Ensign’s diminished favorable rating is slightly higher than that of the state’s senior senator, Majority Leader Harry Reid (34 percent), and far above that of the dismally unpopular Gov. Jim Gibbons (10 percent).

“That sure says something, that the guy involved in the adultery scandal is the most popular senior elected official in the state,” Sabato said. “I don’t know what it says, but it says something.”

Now if only the Nevada GOP could find a credible challenger…

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  • itdiehard

    Sorry wrong state…

    • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

      Others jump to attack Republicans.

      • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

        we have been way too reactionary, as I said elsewhere in this same Diary thread…. When we wait to the last minute getting caught up only in the campaigns of NOW (but, of course, there is the other extreme in that we can’t focus too much on the 2012 Presidential Race to the detriment of other important [and when we are out of power they are all important] campaigns/races) we stay in that reactionary mode rather than being prepared for when “opportunities” or having to react to “problems” that pop up.

        The … um…. well…. I really don’t want to name it specifically and get people wound up and going on it again and back to hourly Diaries countering… so anyway….. So let’s say a Fictional Conservative vs. Non-Conservative Primary race is classic example of our dilemma. If we properly bring up and promote our best Conservative Candidates (the Diary) all along throughout the process of governing (which would mean, IMO: using Primaries to build up future candidates) then our FIRST CHOICE would always be the Candidate of OBVIOUS CHOICE and the “IN-FIGHTING” [MSM uses snippets out of context to feed Republican in-fighting narrative additional commentary on that here (speaking out against SoSo discussion) and here] would be minimized and we could focus on the GOP (still Conservative) Platform agenda!

  • smitch61

    What a profound message that removal from office would send…I think John McCain will be hurt for voting for TARP. Truth be told, he would be the president today had he voted against it.

  • Jim Tomasik

    www.sharonangle.com

    • Jim Tomasik

      correction: www.SharronAngle.com

  • redtillimdead

    I think we should try getting former Gov. Kenny Guinn in. He was popular when he left, but does he want the job, at 72 years old? He’s certainly electable

  • DavidSage

    Reid is very beatable in 2010, but we have to find a solid recruit. If all we can run against him is some local elected politician, Reid will win reelection.

    Nevada has traditionally been a red tilting state. Finding a GOP office holder with some name recognition and a decent resume that wants to be a Senator shouldn’t be too hard.

    This seat has a much better chance being a pickup for the GOP than the one in Pennsylvania. I’m surprised the conservative blogosphere isn’t as excited about this race.

    The GOP has been terrible at recruiting, I’m hoping bigger names will smell blood and run for higher office in 2010.

    • redtillimdead

      None of their top recruits ( Read: Dean Heller ) want in. Lt. Gov Brian Kolicki plans on running, but he is facing indictment on mishandling state funds. We need a popular stateweide, or former statewide elected official to run. Dean Heller was elected SoS twice. We need to push him or former Gov. Guinn in. I haven’t heard anything about getting Guinn in though. We all need to e-mail Dean and ask him to run in 2010 @ http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mailapp/

  • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

    We have got to do a much better job preparing people for the future so we don’t get ourselves in this bind. We land up being far too reactionary…. It is understandable, to a degree, no-one wants to have identified their replacement (or potential replacement) so we do NOT get sufficient cooperation in building up future candidates.

    While we have to worry about the NOW, we cannot be solely so short sighted about the FUTURE or that Future we land up with looks like the same bleak (grasping for Candidates at the last moment) that our current situation is – repeating history basically! We must consider short and long term concerns – Diary: Are we preparing Conservatives via 2010 Campaigns for ’12,’14,’16 Races? – shouldn’t we be?!?! and be examining our Conservative Candidates (the Diary)options for now and build some up the ranks for the future.

    We can/could/should be doing a better job of using Primaries to build up future candidates

  • JHancock

    ! didn’t know that!

  • AceInTX

    Harry Reid is low hanging fruit and the NRSC is to busy backing a squish in Florida and ignoring a champion in PA to bother recruiting a ringer to take him out…

    Bahhh!

    • IJB

      For all the blaming we do of the Republican committees, recruitment is not one that I blame them for. If no one is interested, no one is interested, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
      (Once again – Who *wants* to be a Senator?! Have you ever thought about that scary thought??!!!)

      Now the Crist-Rubio fiasco I *do* blame them for.