dumping doddering old harry reid in 2010 would be a mixed bag. he has proven to be pretty ineffective as the majority leader, and he is a walking soundbite machine for GOP political advertisements. if you dump him, you will likely get durbin, or worse. maybe even waxman.
but at this point, any dem senate seat that you can flip is a huge issue.
Poll: Either GOP challenger could topple Harry ReidWASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid famously ignores polls, but he might be paying attention to this one.
Results released today show not only does Reid remain unpopular in Nevada, he would be clobbered in next fall’s election by either of two potential Republican challengers.
The poll has been bouncing around Washington today – other takes on the poll are available from Politico and CQ Politics.
The poll shows Reid being beat by 11 percentage points (38 percent to 49 percent, with 13 undecided) by Republican Danny Tarkanian, a real estate professional who has run twice unsuccessfully for public office. His father was the legendary basketball coach at UNLV.
If the matchup were today, Reid also would fall to Sue Lowden (40 percent to 45 percent, with 15 undecided), the chair of the state’s struggling Republican Party who has not yet entered the race. The former state legislator and television news journalist is expected to announce in the next few weeks if she will run.
The poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, surveyed 400 Nevadans and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent.
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