Nevada is blue or red? Will be blue or red? Is a question what we need solve, and surely we will see the results at the end of this electoral cicle.
I think now Nevada is more blue than red. Nevada is giving clear sigs of that. Nevada is not the more blue state, but is blue. If Nevada would be red, Nevada would be the red state what give higher support to the election of Obama, and would be too the red state what give higher support to the public option in health care reform. These details and others make think Nevada get out the red group.
But in this so good context, democratic party have problems in Nevada. Seems Democratic Party is not seeing the right way for defeat republicans in next electoral round. Republicans are really weak, but democrats can't have positive polls for win the more important elections. All seems so stoped in this state.
I think the first problem for us, and for democrats in Nevada, is to have J Ensign in the delegation for senate from Nevada voting with conservative republicans every day. He have the reelection in 2012 and he must be one of first tarjets in the list for 2012. For example, John Ensingn will vote not to public option with S Collins from Maine. Is the second not what we see from a blue state. (I will talk about more "not" from blue states in nexts days).
The weakness of H Reid democratic senator is too a new problem. He became so unpopular, and seems will have problems for win the reelection in 2010 elections after the republican frontrunner (D Heller) decline run. This is a very important problem. The natural leader seems weak and with hard work in the senate, out of Nevada.
I don't see the democratic stablishment helping and working for Democratic Party in Nevada can have the best candidates for senate and for governor. I don't see the logical movements before elections. H Reid is candidate for senate, but the race for governor of Nevada in democratic side seems like the race for governor of Idaho. Desert. No-one of possibly candidates move in.
The current governor J Gibbons is really weak. He is running for reelection but is not sure he can survive republican primaries if B Sandoval run, and democratic party continue without candidates running for governor. Why? That is not rigth. They are some democratic options in the level of B Sandoval or higher, like we will see in todays poll.
I think Nevada is giving to Democratic Party a good opportunity for improve, but seems Democratic Party can't take advantage of this opportunity. Todays problems are problems for take advantage of this opportunity.