[Apologetics] Obamacare Hurting Sen. Reid in Nevada

[Art Kelly]

Health Care Debate Hurting Reid in Nevada 


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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's
<http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=profile-000000000337>
(D-Nev.) standing in his home state has hit a new low, and his ownership
of the Democrats' health care overhaul is hurting
<http://media.lvrj.com/images/healthcare_poll_1A.jpg> , not helping.

Fifty-two percent of registered Nevada voters now have an unfavorable
opinion of Reid, while just 33 percent have a favorable view, according
to a poll
<http://www.lvrj.com/news/reid-hits-new-low-in-poll-81060702.html>
conducted Jan. 5 through 7 by Mason-Dixon polling for the Las Vegas
Review-Journal. The margin of error was 4 percent.

And just 35 percent of Nevada voters support the Democrats' health care
overhaul legislation, a 4 point drop since December. Fifty-four percent
oppose it, including 62 percent of independents and 89 percent of
Republicans.

Sixty percent of voters disapprove of Reid's efforts to shepherd the
bill through the Senate; 33 percent approve.

Reid also continues to trail three prospective GOP opponents. Against
former Republican state party chair Sue Lowden
<http://www.suelowden.com/index.php/about-sue/> , Reid registers 40
percent of the the vote to Lowden's 50 percent. Real estate developer
Danny Tarkanian <http://tark2010.org/>  tops Reid 49 to 41 percent and
former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle
<http://www.sharronangle.com/About.html>  leads 45 to 40 percent over
the Democratic senator.

In each match-up, the Republican candidate wins more than 50 percent of
independent voters, while Reid only garners about one-quarter of the
independent vote. 

Tarkanian leads the GOP primary field at 28 percent, with Lowden
receiving 26 percent, Angle 13 percent and state Sen. Mark Amodei
<http://www.amodei4nevada.com/meet-mark.asp>  (R) 1 percent. Five other
Republicans don't register any support and 32 percent of Republican
voters remain undecided.

Harry Reid's son Rory <http://www.roryreid.com/>  is also not faring
well with Nevada voters, trailing in the the state's governor's race
against former federal judge Brian Sandoval
<http://www.briansandoval.com/>  (R).

In a contest
<http://www.lvrj.com/news/poll-sandoval-would-top-gibbons-in-gop-primary
-reid-in-november-81088152.html>  between Reid, chairman of the Clark
County Commission, Sandoval and independent Oscar Goodman
<http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Government/mayor_oscar_b_goodman.htm> ,
the current mayor of Las Vegas, Sandoval takes 35 percent of the vote,
Goodman 33 percent and Reid 20 percent.

If embattled incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons
<http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=profile-000000000336>  (R)
is the GOP nominee, Goodman leads with 41 percent of the vote, Reid
earns 24 percent and GIbbons 21 percent.

While Reid, Sandoval and Gibbons have all declared they are running,
Goodman has only said that he is considering a campaign and has made no
official decision one way or the other.

With Goodman out of the picture, Sandoval becomes the clear favorite. In
a head-to-head match-up with Reid, he leads by double digits -- 53 to 31
percent. Against Gibbons, Reid would win 42 to 26 percent.

Reid does not face competition for the Democratic nomination. In the GOP
primary, Sandoval leads Gibbons 39 to 23 percent with North Las Vegas
Nevada Mayor Michael Montandon <http://www.mikemontandon.com/>  earning
7 percent of the vote.




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