Inevitable: Nevada Senate race now rated “lean takeover”
posted at 6:28 pm on January 12, 2010 by Allahpundit
“Harry-kiri,” the boss calls it.
New polling confirms that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) is mired near 40% in general election ballot tests against all potential opponents, even those voters know nothing about. It will be extremely difficult for him to pull out a win, as Sens. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and John Sununu (R-NH), and more recently New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D), found out.
Reid’s most recent controversial comments don’t help because they keep the story focused on him, rather than on his opponents. Given Reid’s current standing with voters, he should be viewed as a slight underdog for reelection, which is why we are moving this race from Toss-up to Lean Takeover for the GOP.
Not only is he crashing, he’s taking his kid down with him, which is why I still think there’s a fair chance he’s going to retire — especially if Brown shocks the world in Massachusetts. Via Greg Hengler, here’s Obama reassuring an interviewer that Reid’s a “good man,” notwithstanding his (a) insinuations during the campaign that McCain was unstable, (b) denigration of townhall protesters as “evilmongers,” (c) belittling of Petraeus as an incompetent liar while the surge was starting up in Iraq, and (d) aspersions cast upon the intelligence of Clarence Thomas. And that’s the tip of the iceberg. He’s a cheap, nasty demagogue, but he’s also politically useful to The One, ergo he’s a “good man.” I can’t wait for November.
Update: A belated exit question: If Reid stupidly insists on running this race and is still in the toilet come, say, August, will Obama risk his own political capital by campaigning for him? Because he’s such a good man and all, you know.
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BYE!
UncleZeb on January 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Who waits this long to publish what we regular peeps have known for weeks? This is a dead man walking as far as his ability to get re-elected.
karenhasfreedom on January 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Na na na na, hey hey hey, goooooodbyeeeee…
amerpundit on January 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Obama: re Policemen: “The police acted stupidly”
Obama: re Harry Reid “Negro” comment:”He’s a good man”
portlandon on January 12, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Buh-bye Senate Democratic Majority Leader….LMAO
Norwegian on January 12, 2010 at 6:31 PM
I don’t want him to resign. I want him to have his @ss handed to him on election night.
mizflame98 on January 12, 2010 at 6:32 PM
GTFO.
Abby Adams on January 12, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Couldn’t happening to a more deserving guy.
Can we get him out of there right now?
kingsjester on January 12, 2010 at 6:34 PM
bueno adiós hombre loco
jbh45 on January 12, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Beckel on Hannity last night seemed very confident that Reid would never, ever resign. Beckel suggested that the campaign would be fought hard and ugly to the bitter end. . . or as Tucker Carlson says “Reid is a ‘bitter-ender’”
DrStock on January 12, 2010 at 6:35 PM
No way! I want to dance naked in the streets when he loses in November.
Knucklehead on January 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Well, it’s also love between two cheap, nasty demagogues.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM
I’d like to see him resign the next morning. Especially if that screws the socialized medicine bill.
Vashta.Nerada on January 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM
He doesn’t have any political capital left to risk.
chemman on January 12, 2010 at 6:37 PM
How soon before he gets a phone call? Is there time for another Dem to step up and save this seat?
JellyToast on January 12, 2010 at 6:37 PM
jbh45 on January 12, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Beckel on Hannity last night seemed very confident that Reid would never, ever resign. Beckel suggested that the campaign would be fought hard and ugly to the bitter end. . . or as Tucker Carlson says “Reid is a ‘bitter-ender’”
DrStock on January 12, 2010 at 6:35 PM
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Nevada is where ACORN is being investigated.
You know Harry is banking on them coming to his rescue.
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ms on January 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM
I’ll take a vacation to DC just to watch him leave the Senate Office Building with his cardboard boxes.
thomasaur on January 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM
You forgot “This war is lost”.
ronsfi on January 12, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Harry is gonna skim as much of his fundraising loot as possible… He’ll run, vastly overpay for services, and find much of the $25 million he intends to spend in his and his sons pockets.
phreshone on January 12, 2010 at 6:40 PM
The Democrats will be sad to lose the seat, but it will give them an excuse to be even more lefty since we will have knocked off their last two “purple” majority leaders.
myrenovations on January 12, 2010 at 6:40 PM
Hellz Nawwwh. harry’s end date comes with the (incredibly diminising likelihood of a) handshake after the obamacare bill signing. After that handshake, *poof* Harry gets flown to the Mojave and begins his 40yrs in the desert… wearing a stretched out pair of white undies, bathrobe, and a sombrero…
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:40 PM
Things are looking murky for Dingy.
JammieWearingFool on January 12, 2010 at 6:40 PM
I think the most we could expect is that he serves out his term, and doesn’t run again.
While he’s in the Senate, he’s still majority leader, which has a lot of power and perks. He won’t give that up willingly. If he decides to retire, the Dems will keep him on as majority leader, too, just to deny the GOP bragging rights that they got Reid the way the Dems got Lott.
Wethal on January 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM
HEADSUP:
Harry Reid is supposedly leaving Nevada to go back to DC to talk to Obama.
Bet you Obama is going to ask Harry to not run this year in an effort to save the seat.
Enoxo on January 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM
You’de have to have an I.Q. in the single digits to believe that the Dem support is anything but disingenuous.
anniekc on January 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Heard where, please?
Wethal on January 12, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Bet you he won’t. Obama won’t ask any such thing until that 2,000 page biatch slap to America lands on his desk.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Yeah, that seems inevitable. Boy oh boy, what a difference a year makes.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Obama’s support would be an anchor thrown to a drowning man.
Cicero43 on January 12, 2010 at 6:43 PM
TOAST!
he will definitely retire as soon as obamacare has passed…however he maybe that arrogant that he continues on but dear leader will find out that he has be in copenhagen that week instead of campaigning for dingy
tee hee
cmsinaz on January 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
I’ve figured out their strategery. Put the squeeze on Dingy Harry to retire and run Chris Dodd in his place.
JammieWearingFool on January 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
The botox thing like our dear nan is not gonna help this scum bag. Nevada, vote this slug out. I hope he spends millions to seiu and acorn to see he is toast by the voters!
L
letget on January 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Here’s 4 good reasons to put “Harry’s a good man” on loop in 2012…. yep (a) to (d), a real “good man”….
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Bingo. Why should we want to save a bad candidate from defeat. The humilition he will suffer will be the cherry on top.
Lou Budvis on January 12, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Please, please, please… Reid gone and Pelosi loses her speakership… please, please, please….
John the Libertarian on January 12, 2010 at 6:45 PM
No way. Under the bus with the rest.
davidk on January 12, 2010 at 6:45 PM
To quote The One: “Harry who?”
GarandFan on January 12, 2010 at 6:46 PM
you betcha
cmsinaz on January 12, 2010 at 6:46 PM
No doubt “spending more time with family” is an excuse one of them will float in that conversation.
ThePrez on January 12, 2010 at 6:46 PM
Back to chasing tumbleweeds in Searchlight.
Hummer53 on January 12, 2010 at 6:47 PM
It is truly amazing that the dems can’t put two and two together.
Vashta.Nerada on January 12, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Off-topic a little, but where oh where have our resident libs gone? The only one I’ve seen around here is Blizter.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 6:47 PM
dude–rahmbo is totally wringing his little rat claws up there trying to manage these two crises simultaneously. He sowed crisis and is reaping destruction. Those guys had to get that book out and I bet you a dollar to a donut that the healthcare “rush” tried to preempt that book, because, it sure ain’t helping Michelle and the kids in no ways right now.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Or “To help his son run for governor of Nevada.”
Wethal on January 12, 2010 at 6:48 PM
we had a small accident today…..
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Please, Dingy Harry, stay & fight to your career’s inevitable bitter end in November. That way, you can burn $$$ in Democrat coffers that might otherwise help stronger candidates elsewhere. Keep lookin’ out for Number One, champ.
OhioCoastie on January 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM
See ya…wouldn’t wanna be ya…..
ladyingray on January 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Sounds like a happy one.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Is there some kind of Operation Chaos that would keep Harry in the race?
Wethal on January 12, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Was announced on MSNBC.
Enoxo on January 12, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Now I can go back to Vegas again without apprehension. I am tired of giving that state money while this turd remains in office.
Erich66 on January 12, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Reid should stay who would take his place? Danger, go with the Devil you know…….
nondhimmie on January 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM
MM’s link to African-Americans for Reid meeting this week in Nevada is comical….
d1carter on January 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Send him a fitty.
CWforFreedom on January 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM
turn 2 senators, delay the vote until November….
let’s see how forgiving that the Won will be for Ol’ Harry the day after that… me thinks eh, not so much…
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:53 PM
My guess is he announces his retirement right after Obamacare is rammed through. And the GOP picks up the seat regardless.
Doughboy on January 12, 2010 at 6:53 PM
He’s not retiring until he fully educates us on why he thinks what he thinks….the peeps want to know. He wants to work so hard, start there jack.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Ahhh…soon I will be able to partake of a fine bottle of scotch that I set aside to get a lip lock on when Dingy became toast. There are a few other bottles. One each for: Jane Fonda (when she becomes worm food); Fat Jack Murtha; and Botox Pelosi.
Hey! Wait! These are all white folks with no “dialects”. I thought I was a racist?
Dingbat63 on January 12, 2010 at 6:56 PM
The only thing that would be more gratifying to me, than watching Reid lose in a landslide, would be to watch Pelosi hand her gavel over, and either go home, or take a seat in the back of the room.
Is it to much to hope for? Am I being to greedy, or living in to heavy a fantasy ? lol
capejasmine on January 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Hey, Harry, four words: THE. WAR. IS. LOST.
TXUS on January 12, 2010 at 6:58 PM
LOL…MSNBC must really be enjoying reporting on the dumpster fire that is their Democrat party.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 6:58 PM
See ya–wouldn’t want to be ya.
Juicy. Is that term still used?
ConservativeTony on January 12, 2010 at 6:58 PM
OK, it’s pretty much confirmed now. We have *max* 10.5 mos with Dingy Harry…at this rate, he’s hour by hour. He has a very loose (?) cadre of senators on board with the healthscare thing and his political power is as cold as a horse’s ass in Minnesota tonight. How can he continue to do that job in majority leader.?
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:58 PM
2005 (or was it 2007) – “The war is lost.”
2010 – Harry Reid: get lost!
newton on January 12, 2010 at 6:59 PM
When asked about his support for embattled Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, President Obama declined any comment. However, as the President walked away, several reporters swear they overheard him humming a well-known children’s song:
“The wheels on the bus,
go round and round . . .”
Fatal on January 12, 2010 at 6:59 PM
well, technically, the only ones qualified to discern racism have to be in a historically slighted minority, have the talent to through ESP determine the intent of the individual in question, and finally be an extraordinarily sensitive pain in the a$$.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM
FIFY
Aviator on January 12, 2010 at 7:06 PM
The Democrats have preached zero tolerance for a long time and crowned themselves the kings of racist connotation.
Which zero tolerance is valid? The zero tolerance only for Republicans? or the the Zero tolerance for both parties just the same?
Or do the kings of racism back off zero tolerance and climb down from their ivory better than you towers?
Maybe voters have a better idea for racy Reid.
Speakup on January 12, 2010 at 7:06 PM
Not in connection with Harry Reid. Nope.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 7:06 PM
What the hell does lean takeover mean? A win by a slim margin?
Blake on January 12, 2010 at 7:07 PM
What Reid did is nothing new from the left, the only differece is that this time the comment was made about a black man.
The left has been poking fun at white people from the south and Christians for decades.
Delayed outrage.
ConservativeTony on January 12, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Obama has political capital? With whom?
ConservativeTony on January 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM
My sixty years has taught me that when people think that they become invincible they fall. I can think of many that fit that description in congress……
t i m b e r
bluegrass on January 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Nah, Reid is gonna go down swinging like a rusty gate! He won’t give up anything, and I’m another one that thinks he’ll line the pockets of himself and his son and anyone else that’s willing to help. Quite frankly I don’t think he’ll lose. ACORN and SEIU haven’t spoken enough about him yet an we won’t hear from them till election day.
Vntnrse on January 12, 2010 at 7:12 PM
LOL Little did Ol’ Harry realize he was a prophet for his own future.
capejasmine on January 12, 2010 at 7:12 PM
There’s also “Miserable Failure.”
Wethal on January 12, 2010 at 7:16 PM
China, they own him too.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 7:20 PM
I hope the screen door hits him in the azz on the way out. Best thing that could happen even if we don’t get a majority, except that ChuckU is waiting and salivating in the wings.
Kissmygrits on January 12, 2010 at 7:21 PM
With Harry R, you get the bitter partisanship of Nixon, the dishonesty of Clinton, the fumbling-bumbling of Ford, the fanaticism of Howard Dean, and the mendacity of Obama ( but not in a Negro dialect )
this Collection of Worsts deserves every rotten thing that happens to him–and more
Janos Hunyadi on January 12, 2010 at 7:23 PM
chucku will continue the epic failure of the (D)s, so I say bring it on…2012 could be even sweeter
cmsinaz on January 12, 2010 at 7:25 PM
When the votes are counted and Reid is declared the loser, he’ll become a huge champion of the filibuster. Again.
ConservativeTony on January 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Very good.
ConservativeTony on January 12, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Reid is just a minor character in Obama’s Greek tragedy. As a Nevadan, I can’t wait to be rid of this tool.
Mojave Mark on January 12, 2010 at 7:28 PM
Good evening! Don’t forget about Chavez in Venezuela and all those goofs he bowed to!
huskerdiva on January 12, 2010 at 7:35 PM
As for Hari-Kiri – THUMP-THUMP-THUMP!!!
huskerdiva on January 12, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Reid- just another front man for the Obama Cult.
mobydutch on January 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Excuse me, but what with Harry having several rejuvinating shots of botox recently, I’m pretty sure the womens are finding him all kinds of luscious!
no, not really.
anniekc on January 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Harry’s too stupid to retire on his own, so he’ll carry the charade out to the bitter end. And no, O’Bozo will not sully his filthy self by going to Vegas.
Jaibones on January 12, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Reid supporters are still looking for the shiny end.
The Obama regime is in for another historical moment: An incumbent Senate Majority Leader gets voted out of the Senate, with a 60 member majority.
That is the Grand Imperial Poohbah of Fail.
BobMbx on January 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Buh bye, Harry.
justltl on January 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM
I have to agree with Jonah Goldberg about this. The only thing instructive about Reid’s situation is to highlight the Dem double standard. If a Republican with no bad racial history had said this, he or she would be labeled a racist in 3 seconds.
Speedwagon82 on January 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM
We’re racist by default. There is no dwell time.
BobMbx on January 12, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Reid will VAPORIZE his opponents!
But seriously …
No … I think Reid will pull out (even though I think that’s technically against his religion). :P
But anyway – nope … Raum will go to the boss and they’ll come up with a sweet deal to get Reid out of the race – and Dingy will happily take it.
I think Raum’s only strategy now is to convince incumbents to retire so he can recruit new players to capitalize on the anti-incumbent feeling out there.
Yeah … Reid’s gone.
HondaV65 on January 12, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Naw, The-Pretender-in-Charge won’t expend any more effort than it takes to tell Harry to “jump under the bus for the cause”, and if Harry doesn’t jump Rahm-bo will make sure Harry makes it under the bus with the rest of the discards.
belad on January 12, 2010 at 7:52 PM
Keep Sen. Loathesome in office until November.
Please.
Bruno Strozek on January 12, 2010 at 7:59 PM
The Democrats have preached zero tolerance for a long time and crowned themselves the kings of racist connotation.
Which zero tolerance is valid? The zero tolerance only for Republicans? or the the Zero tolerance for both parties just the same?
Or do the kings of racism back off zero tolerance and climb down from their ivory better than you towers?
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And what does the Negro American president say?
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ms on January 12, 2010 at 8:01 PM
Maybe there’s a job waiting for Harry at the Center for American Progress, aka the Island of Misfit Toys.
ddrintn on January 12, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Careful what you wish for…if Harry resigns, Chuckie Shumer could well be the next majority leader.
angryed on January 12, 2010 at 8:16 PM
I agree with Jailbones. Reid will not, for reasons of personal pride, belief in entitlement, and disbelief that he will be voted out, quit the race on his own. The O administration will have to give him a little push.
DngrMse on January 12, 2010 at 8:16 PM
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