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Obama Stumping for Harry Reid…

Is it wrong that this makes me like Angle more?

By: Tabitha Hale (Diary)  |  July 9th, 2010 at 03:30 PM  | 

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Harry Reid is clearly in trouble, and now Obama is strengthening his presence in Nevada. His poll numbers haven’t been above the low 40′s in ages, and most of the polling shows Sharron Angle ahead.

The Senate Majority Leader seat currently held by Reid is a symbolic one, and would be particularly painful for the Democrats to lose in November. In 2004, Tom Daschle became the first Senate Majority Leader in 50 years to lose reelection when he lost to John Thune. To lose two Senate Majority Leader seats in a row would be nothing short of humiliating… and they are quite aware that it’s a very real possibility.Knowing that Reid is weak, and could quite possibly (probably?) lose his seat, Obama has taken to shredding Angle. Check this out.

In particular, privatizing Social Security is hardly a new, radical idea and has been a part of the conversation through several election cycles. Honestly, his attacks are making me like her even more.

One can only hope that this is yet another kiss of death for the Democrat from the President, a la Arlen Specter and Martha Coakley. Reid deserves to go down in a big ball of fail.

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  • Adjoran

    and they can’t locate Jimmy Hoffa, so Obama will have to do as a stand-in for “Marxists and Mobsters for Reid” this time.

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  • eastbaylarry

    It just shows up a a blank box for me, (Internet Explorer 8).

    • http://tabithahale.com Tabitha Hale

      http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=19407224001&bctid=111159532001

      • eastbaylarry

        Wow. Did you notice both Reid and Obama are wearing their SEIU ties?

    • Jim Tomasik

      I think he was really stumping for Angle. He pointed out she was not like the republicans in Washington. That’s a really good thing. She should thank him for pointing it out.

    • Locked and Loaded
  • Coop

    http://www.sharronangle.com/

    She’s raised over $1.6 million online since winning the GOP nomination.

    • sacody

      Bush was as popular as popular could be in South Dakota when he came to visit us during the Daschle v. Thune senate race. People camped out over night just to see him. You had to fight to get tickets to see him. It was crazy! And, even with all of that, Bush did not give Thune much of a bump. Obama helping Reid? Seriously, Reid needs to keep his expectations VERY low. Outside of raising some money for him, Obama is not going to carry him. Also, Obama is not on the ballot. Bush in 2004 destroyed Kerry here, yet the senate race was very close. We didn’t know that Thune was going to win until West River numbers started coming in.

      • nevadaGOP

        Obama was here a few months ago to campaign for Reid, when our mayor, Oscar Goodman, said that Obama was not welcome here until he apologized for his Las Vegas comments. Reid got ZERO bounce in the polls from that. In fact, Obama seems to have a perfect record so far; everyone he’s campainged for has lost.

  • Doc Holliday

    All I hear is negative stuff. That is expected from the left and MSM of course, but can someone fill me in on how her campaign is doing? I would think a very large pool of Repubs could beat Reid this time. I hope Angle is one of them, since if she is not, we will have blown a huge opportunity.

    • http://1776challenge.com jporter1776

      This year’s election day will be EXACTLY six years since the defeat of Tom Daschle. I really believe Reid can be taken down. We just have to match our dollars with our mouths and support Angle!

    • kchand

      n/t

      • earlgrey

        I am curious as to what the passion index on Obama is in NV (Strong approve vs. Strong Disapprove). Clearly I am in the strong disapproval category, but if a guy is on the fence about Angle, he might be pushed her direction with Obama stumping for Reid. Maybe I am wrong.

        • Vegas_Rick

          But Harry Reid’s is extremely high. In this state, if you get away from Culinary and SEIU members, Reid is the most hated man in America. Nevadan’s don’t like liars and cowards, and dingy Harry is surely both. But what really got under most Nevadan’s skin was his treatment of the war in Iraq, “The war is lost” and the way he passed thru the Obamacare bill, which about 60% of Nevadans oppose.

          I think unless Sharron Angle really screws up, Reid is toast. And, should that come to pass, it will be one of the happiest days in my adult life.

          • dariencrow

            This is off topic but I have to tell you.

            In the post it says: “Check this out”… and then a big empty box.
            This is not the first time this has happened.
            It would be nice if you posted things that can actually be viewed.
            It’s not like I’m using some strange browser.
            It’s IE8 for the love of god!

          • Vegas_Rick

            I have a brand new computer with Windows 7 and IE 8. The video embeds on the front page and most diaries show up just fine. The one in this diary does not appear.

            Beats me.

          • bobojake
          • http://tabithahale.com Tabitha Hale

            I double checked. Here’s the link, though.

            http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=19407224001&bctid=111159532001

          • gamechange11two

            Some videos show up. others don’t. The site seems to load slower as well. Can tech check this out? Usung IE 7 on Vista.

          • nevadaGOP

            The last I saw his “favorable” rating was 38%.

            You can almost see the hatred towards Harry in Rory’s poll numbers too. Sandoval should win easily. I think a great ad would be playing Obama’s “Vegas” comments mixed in with the mayor’s anger towards them, then mention how many jobs and conventions were lost because of those comments….and that Harry Reid never came to their defense to demand an apology.

    • gwalt

      Has been everywhere else.

      Other than that; how about getting Rush on the bandwagon to somehow remind Nevadans of what Reid did (lie) back in 2007?
      He then went on to raise millions for the men in uniform.

      Maybe get some Nevada military types to cut a spot and talk about how he (Reid) humiliated them?

    • nevadaGOP

      She has a lot of good ammunition though. Nevada leads the nation in unemployment, foreclosures, and job loses. Plus, she needs to remind voters about Obama’s stance on telling businesses not to come here and that Harry did nothing to stop Obama. She should win as long as she focuses on the issues and does not get caught up trying to defend herself against Harry’s “extremist” campaign against her.

      • Doc Holliday

        I hope she has some pros down their to help her out. Reid, Big Labor, and the entire Demo smear/stuff ballot machine will not go quietly.

        • Doc Holliday

          but I still would like to see her aggressively bash Dem machine AND win new votes. I just think we have to win this and I hope she is up for it. BTW, are Tark and the others helping her?

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  • therealmccoy

    Reid has really been waging a very negative campaign with the end result of making Angle seem like a wacko extremist. I hope Angle’s campaign manages to still get her message out. However, Angle just doesn’t stop with the gaffes, which is definitely not helping, including the latest one: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39522.html

    • IJB

      Yes. Yes, I think you are.

      • Vegas_Rick

        who thinks Sharron Angle seems like a “wacko extremist.” While she is a little rough around the edges, I don’t see that as a negative. Nevadans are tired of smooth talking liars. They’d rather hear someone put it all out there in common sense terminology.

        What you call gaffes, most conservatives call the unvarnished truth. So, in a word, yes she is very electable.

    • chihank

      During the primary, I had doubts about Angle. I prefered Danny Tark. But Angle won fair and square. The number one agenda is to beat Harry and Rory Reid.

      If the focus is on Reid, then Angle wins. But if the focus is on Angle supposedly “crazy views”, then Harry Reid might be able to stay Majority Leader.

      I might want to point out that Angle being against abortion even cases of rape & incest is no different than what the Mormon church teaches. Harry Reid is a Mormon.

    • dariencrow

      I live in Las Vegas Nevada… we can take care of this.

      Let’s add this post to the previous one you posted about how James Cameron has “relevent experience” in oil spills.

      If you keep this up we might label you as a looney-left wacko extremist TROLL!

      I understand that you’re only thinking of Sharron and the poor Navada residents suffering through all those foreclosures and 14% unemployment… and I know you care about all those “gaffes” that you want to save her from by POSTING THEM HERE!

      Go away Nevada doesn’t need your help.

      Reid is a tarball.

      • bobojake

        They speak gobbleydecaca are coruupt and are all LIARS.

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

      No, I’m not telling what the key tell was in this comment.

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  • conservativecrusade

    the percent who have lost with Obama campaigning for them. I saw it once on this site before, but failed to write it down.

    If I remember correctly the percent who lost with Obama support was high. If that is true, hopefully the trend continues and we can soon say, welcome the senator from Nevada, Sharon Angle!

  • america1st

    Given zero’s track record campaigning for its sycophants and verminous minions, its hubris in injecting itself into the Nevada contest is delightful. With luck, it will lend its presence to every such situation in the next four months; the more candidates it damns with its endorsement, the better.

  • Locked and Loaded

    That guy is b…o…r…ing!

    From this point forward, anybody who says a “bunch” of “stuff” (his two favorite words, you know) about BO being smart, instantly loses credibility with me.

  • Rabban

    I just added $50.00 to Sharon Angle’s warchest in part thanks to Ole’ President Fail stumping for the other guy. This is the cycle to break out the checkbooks and keep cutting em. If only that didn’t result in soo many begging letters in return.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    n/t

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  • itsjoanne

    Even conservative media is not paying attention to this.

    Senator Harry Reid

    • swami7774

      http://sharronangle.com/press-releases/2010-07-05/senator-harry-reid%E2%80%99s-campaign-forced-take-down-deceptive-website

      I think the reason the MSM don’t play this stuff up is the candidates themselves don’t push it hard enough. If Angle went out there and held a presser about this(like the Dems to) the MSM would be forced to cover it.

  • http://www.thehayride.com MacAoidh

    …and I’d publicly thank the president for it.

  • itsjoanne

    It still doesn’t explain why conservative sites are ignoring it. This is a big story, and proves that the Reid campaign is willing to fight VERY dirty, possibly what they did was even illegal.

  • lukematthews

    doesn’t seem to have the political pull he once boasted. In fact this may really help Angle by firmly impressing on the body politic that a vote for Reid is a vote to empower the socialist wing of the Democratic Party. He makes a few party faithful delirious and gives the rest of the party heartburn. His appearance will drive down voter enthusiasm among moderates and energize his dissenters.

  • nvrepub

    will be a great senator and I’ve sent her money. But there are 2 knocks on her: first, she is not a “polished” speaker, and second, she’s taken some positions (or at least made some statements in the past) that Reid is demagoguing – i.e., phasing out SS & Medicare. She also sponsored a bill the Scientologists wanted when she was a state legislator, and Reid has been blasting her for that.

    I’ve urged her to make the race about REID – not her. Mention Obamacare in every other sentence.

  • http://xmmlbchat.blogspot.com katesmith

    Happened to hear some pundits on radio earlier today, Larry Kudlow’s show with guests. From a small portion I heard, Kudlow said Angle was good but didn’t seem to know much. One of his guests said he thought she could hold her own but was prone to making gaffes such as this week referencing “the BP slush fund,” which he said she must stop doing. I mention this because
    the term has spiraled out of control and diverted what should be a look at what is still an alliance between BP and Obama. Even a large left wing investigative web site this week went so far as to say the White House and BP are working together illegally against the people. They cite BP people blocking and interfering with what needs to go on in the Gulf rescue, noting the US government is relying on BP, “of all companies.” (I used a secondary link to the original report as it wasn’t blocked by advertising). Maybe the term ‘BP slush fund’ is not helpful, but that does not mean something worse than a mere slush fund is going on. It just needs to be presented in a way that can’t be spun by the media.