At home in Nevada, Sen. Reid's favorable rating is below President Bush's

[Purveyor]

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's appeal among Nevadans has plunged dramatically in a new Review-Journal poll, which finds him viewed unfavorably by most likely voters in his home state," the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports this morning. "Reid is still slightly more well-liked than Gov. Jim Gibbons. Both the Democratic senator and the Republican governor are less favorably viewed than President Bush."

According to the newspaper, in Reid's home state:

• Gibbons' "favorable" rating stands at 30%.
• Reid's is 32%.
• Bush's is 34%.

The newspaper also says:

It "last asked Nevadans their opinion of Reid in early May. At that time, he was seen favorably by 46% and unfavorably by 42%. The new poll marks the first time the Review-Journal has measured Reid's unfavorable rating higher than his favorable number."

A University of Nevada, Las Vegas political scientist -- David Damore -- said Reid's status as the top Democrat in the Senate is hurting him at home.

"That's what happens to these guys who become the party spokesperson and get all the national attention, particularly someone who's coming from a state that's not as liberal as his party," Damore said.

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http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/10/at-home-in-neva.html

[maxsolomon]

1. well, he's got groups on opposite ends of the spectrum disapproving

right wing idiots, and rational, principled, pro-impeachment anti-war progressives.

if you approve of the job he's doing of not standing firm, then you're not paying close attention.

[angstlessk]

3. exactly, I would like the followup question to be...WHY do you disapprove

and you would get diametrically opposed answers..

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. That Is Not Good

DSB

[kestrel91316]

4. He has alienated the Right because of his opposition to the three

(yes, you heard me right, three) coal-fired power plants proposed for White Pine County. And he has alienated the Left by his completely irrational support for the Vegas water grab where they are trying to steal the aquifer out from under White Pine County and Great Basin National Park.

The man baffles me. Maybe he did a little TOO much of that Golden Gloves boxing.....

[Bitwit1234]

5. I think Pelosi and Reid should introduce impeachment

let congress go thru all those procedures,evidence that they have whatever. Then have the senate vote, which they will disapprove impeachment. Then bush will triumphant and it will help the republicans get re-elected. Then when the people who were in an impeachment frenzy, start complaining, I just wish Pelosi and Reid will say WELL WE DID WHAT YOU WANTED, BUT WE TOLD YOU SO.............................

[dflprincess]

8. Impeachment begins in the House

Reid can't do a thing until the House acts.

[nickgutierrez]

6. What would be interesting...

...is to see who it is that disapproves of Reid, and why.

I think you'd get some very different answers than the ones Damore is sending out there.

[Hawkowl]

7. Simple. He's weak.

People simply won't respect a "leader" who is perceived as weak. He controls the majority, yet lets the rethuglicans control the agenda with temper tantrums and the most filibusters ever. In fact, he is so timid, so cowardly, so anxious to avoid a fight, that he won't even call it filibustering.

He is weak on moral grounds, by failing to use his prodigious power of the purse, to pressure or threaten the rethuglicans into reining in the dictator in his unprecedented war on the constitution. He gave us Alito for chrissake.

What we need is a serious progressive challenger in the primary against this capitulator, this consummate ass clown.