Tuesday, April 25, 2006
A Reid in the Wind Being Blown Away!
This from the Las Vegas Sun newspaper:(Click Here for story)
As Reid's power grows in D.C., his support slides in NV
....More proof that regular Americans do NOT like how the democrats operate in Washington D.C.
Call this the department of "What-the-heck-is-he-doing", but apparently all the far left nonsense leaking out of the mouth of Democrat Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, is starting to make the folks back home that voted him into office wonder what the heck is going on with their once sensible and moderate Senator?
Sen. Harry Reid, once a fairly obscure conservative Democrat from the small state of Nevada, is all the buzz inside the Beltway lately - unfortunately for him, it's the Washington and not the Las Vegas Beltway.
Nevadans are wondering how a "conservative Democrat" can be so much like Michael Moore or George McGovern. It's called Beltwayitis. That disease that elected Federal officials get when they want to be loved by Washington. But, to be loved by Washington, you must turn your back on those who elected you to office most often.
But Reid's national stature among activist Democrats, concentrated on the blue-state coasts, carries risks for him at home, analysts say. His consistent opposition to President Bush and his need to mollify the liberals in his party is costing him in Nevada, where polls show he has lost support since becoming minority leader.
"What about what WE want", his constituents scream!
Then the coup de grace...
Matzzie noted that Reid differs from MoveOn.org on a number of issues, such as MoveOn's call for withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2006.
But it is the adulation of people like Matzzie that also endangers Reid at home. "Absolutely it hurts him at home," said Eric Herzik, a UNR political scientist. "He has to take up the cause of the most liberal wing of the party."
Run for the hills, Harry! When nutters like Moveon.dorkers are praising you, you HAVE to know that you have left the realm of representative American and entered the realm of a pseudo-European fantasyland!
But, I say let Harry be... Michael Moore, instead of being Harry! It's all good for the GOP!
-Warner Todd Huston
# posted by Publius @ 4/25/2006 06:24:00 PM 
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