I’m actually getting beat up a bit in email tonight from three different emailers saying, “See, I told you they wouldn’t do this.” The NRA is not endorsing Harry Reid. Two NRA board members emailed me today sending their congratulations to RedState members. Said one, “This is all you guys.” As the Wall Street Journal notes: Erick Erickson, founder of the influential conservative blog Redstate.com, urged his readers in July to pressure the NRA not to formally back Mr. Reid. “Both people at the NRA and people in the Senate are telling me the NRA will be endorsing Harry Reid later this year and the only way to stop it is to be very vocal about it right now,” Mr. Erickson wrote Mission accomplished. Thanks for being so vocal.
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It Worked. NRA Not Endorsing Harry Reid.
When Sharron Angle came out of the Republican primary in Nevada, oddly enough she was vulnerable. She got no unity bounce, instead taking a stream of attacks from Republicans nationwide. As a result, Harry Reid went on the air for the knockout. He didn’t get it. Even the new Mason Dixon/LVRJ poll has stabilized . That poll has never been friendly to Angle, even before the primary, so when it gives her good news, that’s very good news for her. She’d been dropping in that poll as well as others, and Reid had been rising, so it’s good for her that it’s now nearly tied: Reid 45, Angle 44 (MoE 4). Yes, being behind usually isn’t good news for a candidate who once led for months, but when Mason Dixon had her down 7 at one point, this is solid movement in her direction. In fact, Rasmussen last week showed the same thing, only without the usual Mason Dixon tilt against Angle: Angle 50, Reid 48 (MoE 4). This is also a four point swing in her direction from Rasmussen’s previous lead for Reid of 2. So yes, I definitely conclude that Harry Reid’s attempt for the knockout on Sharron Angle has failed. He got a quick peak in the polls, but now he’s gotten to the point of diminishing returns, and the polls are settling in to a new normal: even. It’s almost as though Angle got an inverse primary bounce, as GOPers unhappy with her victory turned on her, but eventually that faded as other primaries attracted national attention. Just the fact that challenger Angle is even with Majority Leader Reid by default could be great news for her. Reid, as an incumbent Democrat in a state carried by his party’s President and holding the top position in his party’s caucus, ought to be able to win without difficulty, but he’s only even. As long as Angle can get the money to push back when it counts, she’s right where she needs to be. Greg Sargent seems to agree , as well. Though that fundraising Angle needs is not a sure thing for a candidate who’s been picked on by her own party like Angle has, the TEA party that secured Angle the primary to begin with has managed surprising results this year. Funding Angle could be one of them. It seems easier to steer grassroots funding to needy Senate candidates than it is for any other race in an off year, as they have great prominence (unlike candidates for the House) and national urgency (unlike candidates for Governor). One final note: if you want to see the Review-Journal’s agenda in its continued posting on this topic, just see their picture pair and cringe. From Unlikely Voter PS RedStaters: Here’s where you can give to Sharron Angle .
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The new normal in Nevada: Reid and Angle tied
Filed under: 2010 Elections , Matt Lewis and the News Danny Tarkanian Launches a 527 to attack Harry Reid. The group plans to go on radio this week through November and will air TV ads in September and October.
Filed under: Senate , Democrats , Republicans , John McCain , Media , Congress , Harry Reid Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is a “genius” — at least when it comes to using social media.
I stole this line from Jim Geraghty , because it’s the perfect way to visualize this latest ad from the Sharron Angle campaign. In this one, Harry Reid is reminded that lying about how you treat our military personnel is a bad idea, and that he should apologize for it: Isn’t it nice to have a grown-up around who has some small hope of making Harry Reid behave like one? Moe Lane PS: If you’re wondering why Harry Reid thinks that he can get away with this, well, it’s pretty simple: the ability to easily link to inconvenient video is fairly new for the Internet (never forget that YouTube started up after the 2004 election), and Reid doesn’t really have the mental flexibility needed to deal effectively with the new way of things. Honestly, he’s been saying and doing some bizarre things lately… Crossposted to Moe Lane .
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Sharron says, “Apologize to Petraeus.”
