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Can we just kick reid out now? He is running commericals non stop here telling us what a great guy he is....it makes me want to throw up.

More yelling at the TV? :p I could care less if he stays or goes. He's the last Senate majority leader to not be in a scandal since Bob Dole. Boring, ineffectual, soft toned - who's next for the sacrifice since everyone normally hates the House and Senate leaders?

Reid is the worst, after Pelosi of course. I'll be glad to see him go.

I stand by Harry Reid and will likely contribute to his campaign in 2010. I don't see him as the textbook liberal the GOP Paints him to be. Unfortunately his weakness is he doesn't have a dynamic personality, but he is practical and has integrity. He is moderate on issues like traditional values, and that is reflected in his membership as a Latter Day Saint. I would hope that after the Ensign scandal and the Governor of NV who once made passes at young women waitresses. Nevada is a wierd state and one that is not easy to figure out, so perhaps Ensign's infidelity and lack of morals won't make a difference. It is hard to understand why there are such conservative elements in Nevada considering, brothels are legal in many cities as well as quickie divorces and casino's. It is a far cry from a state like Kansas or Iowa.

Is Reid a weak leader? Do we need to actually even ask? If he was packing a set he'd have an approval of higher than 35%

Chuck can't get to a cmaera quick enough Schumer will be a much better leader for you libs. he is ultra partisan, arrogant, cocky, stubborn and comes from a very blue state.

When reid goes down next year that will be two in a row the GOP knocked off.

Is there anyone challenging Reid in the primary? According to these numbers, there's an easy opportunity.

No there isn't. the local paper has been asking that question, why are ther no dems challenging him....but then again, who has the guts to challenge a long standing incumbant majoiryt leader?

Harry's dopy son is running for governor. I'd give 3 haggles of hay and perhaps my wife one week a month if we could get the Reid's out of this state.

If Reid goes down it won't be because of the GOP; it will be because of his own base imploding. Dem support for Reid is a very tepid 55%. That for the majority leader of the party. Usually you want people like that to represent your state, but tell that to half the Dems in Nevada.

Reid's Dem support is weakest from those who consider themselves progressives. The irony of Reid's situation is that his support among Dems would actually grow if he did "grow a pair" and pushed HCR with a public option,...if it won, that is. Through his cautious and measured approach to a sure 60 votes Reid's managed to destroy whatever credibility he may have had 4 months ago (which wasn't much). He's perceived as a wuss.

Now, who knows, maybe Reid is engaged in some kind of 11 dimensional chess match here and is planning to bring in air strikes and heavy artillary during the House-Senate conference part of the process. Some have suggested that this is the best strategy for getting a public option in the bill. You get 61 votes for cloture (including Snowe) on a weak bill and then merge it with the more radical House bill, retaining the public option. Then you just ask Senators to take just one vote for the team (on cloture) and release them on the bill itself. Whatever, that doesn't really sound like a Harry Reid strategy; if it turns out to be precisely what Reid and Rahm are plotting and they pull it off, I'll take back all those mean words, but not holding my breath.

Assuming Reid is defeated in the next cycle or (wisely) calls it quits Durbin is more directly in line to be Majority leader, but I can easily see Schumer muscling him "outta da way". Frankly Schumer's far more of a pragmatist than an ideologue as is Feingold, for example. He's like a somewhat more liberal Rahm. He knows how to get attention and how to push throw his weight around. That's something Dems really need right now at a time when they have this rare ability to pass progressive legislation, but can't seem to get their act together.

I really wish the Dems would primary this guy's ass.

I don't think running against Reid for the Democrats would ever happen since it would be highly disloyal to run against the leader. As a Senator I think Reid has done his job well, but as a leader of the Democratic senate, he isn't agressive enough. I personally wish we had someone more partisan as leader like Schumer, Kerry or Durbin. Nevertheless the campaign for Reid's re-election has just begun and it is always easy to not approve of someone until you see the opposition. Obama carried Nevada by 12 points thanks to early voting. For all you progressives out there, make sure your respected state and local officials encourage early voting in the primary. For all you conservatives, I would hope early voting would benefit you? Don't you want to get more Obama critics out to vote early as well? Why don't I ever hear the GOP encouraging early voting as well.

Even if Reid Loses, the Democrats will win in 2012 vs Ensign.

Conservatives tend to paint all Democrats by the same brush but during the Bush years after Trent Lott was removed from his position for praising Strom Thurmond's presidential candidacy in 1948 when he ran on a platform that included decriminalizing lynching, when Bill Frist took over I actually thought he brought some new life in the party. He is conservative but sane and actually thought he did a good job at being more tolerant of rational ideas.