A bit of good news. . .
at least we won't have Sharron Angle in the Senate and have to put with
Repugs smirking that they knocked off the Democratic Senate Majority Leader.
Jon Ralston, who is the Nate Silver of Nevada politics, sans baseball statistics, has made his call:
It feels like Harry Reid will lose, but he will in fact hang on:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/...
From Ralston's column:
Reid's handlers have run one of the most spectacular campaigns in history at all levels: The turnout machine is formidable. The TV has been pitch perfect. The strategy -- to peel moderate Republicans and independents who might not like their guy away from Angle -- has worked...
One more thing: Republicans do not have the huge turnout advantage in early voting they should in a wave election -- under 4 points. And all the data I have seen tell me that unless Reid loses independents by 15 points or so, he will hold on.
It's possible none of this made any difference, that Reid has been dead all along and no amount of campaign brilliance or Angle exposure could resuscitate him. The hatred is palpable, the discontent bubbling over. But I think he finds a way to survive. The result: Reid, 47 percent; Angle, 45 percent; rest, 4 percent; none of the above, 4 percent.
One can argue that Schumer might make a better majority leader than Reid,
but 1 more in the D column might make it easier to get something done in the Senate at least.
Unfortunately Ralston predicts Titus will lose her house seat, but maybe, maybe, Reid's coattails were carry her thru as well.
Another positive outcome of Reid's victory is that it's another loss for Sarah Palin. Palin campaigned against Reid in his hometown of Searchlight, NV, the same hometown where Reid saved up his money in high school to buy his mother her first pair of teeth.
I hope Ralston's right, and I hope the smarmy phrase, Man Up, gets dropped from the lexicon.