Harry Reid unpopular at home
Tom Bevan:
It is also a demonstration of how confrontations with the President drag both parties down. Democrats have made the mistake of focusing solely on the President's negatives and not their own. They have also set themselves up for a big defeat in 2008 with their opposition to victory in Iraq, which is looking more and more likely.
The big difference is that Rush has nothing to lose in Nevada, but Reid can lose an election and power. It is also another example along with Tom Daschle that Democrat leadership can be hazardous to your political health because liberalism is not popular.Molly Ball of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Senator Harry Reid's favorable rating in Nevada has "plunged dramatically," according to a new poll. Currently, Reid's favorable rating is at 32%, while his unfavorable rating is at 51%, a net 23-point drop from the last poll taken in early May when Reid scored a 46/42 favorable/unfavorable rating.
Ball reports this is the first time Reid's unfavorable rating has eclipsed his favorable rating. It also puts him below the favorable ratings recorded by President Bush and radio host Rush Limbaugh, among others....
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Pollster Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon offered a wry observation of Reid and Limbaugh's similar ratings: "That's how polarizing Harry Reid has become. But Rush is trying to be polarizing. Reid just does it anyway."
It is also a demonstration of how confrontations with the President drag both parties down. Democrats have made the mistake of focusing solely on the President's negatives and not their own. They have also set themselves up for a big defeat in 2008 with their opposition to victory in Iraq, which is looking more and more likely.
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