Harry Reid's Comments this past week

Some of the comments (below) by Harry Reid are extremely interesting.

when Wall Street collapsed, we fell further than anyone else. - At that time, didn't the President vilify companies and CEOs for holding conventions in Las Vegas. I'm sure those, small businesses, waiters, casino workers, hotel workers, etc that were effected by the decline in conventions were not happy with the President's comments. Couldn't Mr. Reid have asked him to tone down the rhetoric?

"I've done the best I can, doing everything I can to help the state of Nevada, - When someone says they've "done" the best that they can; then what's left? If, with a  all the power he should have, a very accommodating Congress and a friend in the White House, he could not do better for Nevada, why would the future be brighter?

Whether or not Sharon Angle would be better than Harry Reid is not the point. Mr. Reid should be able to run on what HE has done for Nevada and not why he thinks Sharon Angle is not qualified. The voters will make that decision.



Reid Defends Record
Such resentment, says University of Nevada political scientist David Damore, is precisely why Reid, for all his power in Washington, could well be toppled by his fellow Nevadans.
"What we've seen in Nevada, I think, is [what] you've seen in a lot of other states ... just this sort of anger, this inchoate anger lashing out at the establishment; that if you're establishment, you are part of the problem," Damore said.
At a recent get-out-the-vote rally in Henderson, Nev., Reid seemed to feel he had to defend his record even to supporters.
"We've been going through a lot in Nevada," he said. "For 20 years, we were at the top of the economic food chain, and when Wall Street collapsed, we fell further than anyone else.
"But I want everyone to know here it isn't a secret, I didn't cause the financial collapse."

The one determining factor for who's going to win is going to be about who has effectively made the election about the other person.
- University of Nevada political communications expert Joseph Valenzano
Later, Reid explained why many voters believed he hadn't done enough for Nevada.
"I've done the best I can, doing everything I can to help the state of Nevada, but whoever is concerned about my not doing enough should understand that Sharron Angle has committed to doing nothing," Reid said. "She wants to throw sand in the gears, she wants to slow things down, she wants to get rid of Social Security, Medicare."

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