But the poll also found that Reid is seen as more likely than Angle to be willing to "say anything to win votes."

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Because Angle is hoping to say absolutely nothing about anything in hopes of getting votes. She makes another peep and that whole foot in mouth thing becomes an issue.

This race is tied in all the polls-along with Wisconsin and California. Now that summer is 'officially' over, more likely voters pay attention, more campaign literature and phone calls go out-so we will probably begin to see some movement.

Still, I think election night is going to be a long one.

She is nuts and they are tied?

How bad a candidate IS Harry Reid?

Demoocrat= "do unto others..."

Republican= "ME first!"

Tea Bagger= "GUNS are our FRIENDS Eeeeber Eeeeeber Yabbble"

Ramboet

You are absolutely right. Even if you don't care for Reid, Angle is just plain crazy. Why would anyone want her representing them? I don't get it. There's an old saying....be careful what you wish for, it just might come true.

I sure don't understand how anyone in Nevada could consider themselves conservative, not fiscally or morally - after all they live in the original sin city state! Regardless, Angle is just crazy - what is it with these neocons - somebody forgot to take speech class!

Sharon: "If we don't get our way--second amendment solution."

Average Joe: "What?"

Reid has not been seen lately, nor is he sayiong much to the press. I believe he is laying low.

Reid, don't let it go to your head because we still don't like or trust you.

As someone that lives in Nevada, Angle scares the hell out of me. Harry Reid has his moments, however, I do believe that he has done a whole lot for our state. There for a while, every time he opened his mouth, I cringed. I don't particularly like that he's in the Sierra Club's back pocket. Sharron Angle, though, is a nut-job.

when is pelosi up for reelection?

I am a Nevada voter and we don't want a wacko representing us. I'm voting for Harry Reid !

How can Nevadans be so stupid.. Reid is disgusting.

For this race to be even this close says a whole lot about Rieds standing in his State. Might be win but look who you might win against be very worried Harry. And if you do win do not pat yourself on the back too hard, there could have been a more legit opponent you would have wet down the tubes big time Harry. I do not blame you for laying low.

Angle is just another Mama Grizzly whack job making sure the GOP doesn't get control of Congress. Let her keep talking...Throw Delaware to the Democrats too....and now that the economy is improving, the GOP wants to extend tax cuts for the wealthy, and Democrats are beginning to fight back, Democrats could end up with a 55-45 Senate majority. And 223 in the House.

Republicans still haven't figured out what they stand for, only who they stand against.

No one has aked me who I am voting for. Just where do these so called polls get their information? Sharon Angle is a shoe in if you really ask the people who they will vote for. Reid has betrayed the American people along with Pelosi and Obama. Reid will take his hefty retirement and free medical, all his perks and live a really nice retirement.

I also live in Nevada -- and Harry Reid does not belong in the Senate.

And Union Baby, you may want to think before you write something about a state you've only visited. I've lived here for over thirty years and, yes, Nevada is a relatively conservative state. Just because the cities of Las Vegas and Reno have resorts does not mean that we all live in hotels and commute from Phoenix. We work in normal occupations, raise our children, go to church and live pretty much like everyone else in the country.

And I seriously doubt that Harry Reid would get elected anywhere else. He relies on the good ol'boy network and has little to back up his supposed good works for Nevada other than his own press.

I want Reid back in and in the minority. Payback is hell!!

Want to buy a BLOCK of houses? Go to Las Vegas area.

If folks really just want to vote against Reid, they'd be better off writing-in a vote for a grapefruit than voting for a nut like Angle.

I'm sure the Angle camp is saving the best for last. Who does Dirty Harry work for Nevada or for Himself?

http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Harry_Reid

Senator's Sons

In 2003 Reid was embarassed by a Los Angeles Times article on his son and son-in-law lobbying his office. In 2002 Reid introduced a bill, "The Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002," which was ostensibly aimed at boundary shifts, land trades and other arcane matters in Nevada. The Times article explains that the bill would provide "a cavalcade of benefits to real estate developers, corporations and local institutions that were paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in lobbying fees to his sons' and son-in-law's firms".[7]

Howard Hughes Corp. paid Reid's son-in-law Scott Barringer's "tiny" law firm $300,000 in lobbying fees and received "a provision allowing the company to acquire 998 acres of federal land ripe for development in the exploding Las Vegas metropolitan area." A Nevada law firm that employs all four of Reid's sons represented a group of real estate developers that received helpful provisions in the Clark County bill.[8]

Reid argued that the bill would help Nevada's economy while protecting the environment. The bill "placed an additional 440,000 acres of federal land under wilderness protection".[9]

Reid's son Key and Barringer have represented almost every industry in Nevada, all of them seek Reid's help on federal matters.[10] Reid initially defended his son's lobbying as perfectly legal and clean, noting that they had to file biannual reports. He later banned family members from lobbying anyone in his office.[11]

Acceptance of boxing tickets

Between 2003 and 2005, Reid accepted free ringside seats at three Nevada boxing matches. The passes were provided by the Nevada Athletic Commission, the official Nevada State Agency that "regulates all contests or exhibitions of boxing, including the licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, mixed martial artists, karate boxers, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers." (Source: boxing.nv.gov). Reid accepted the tickets at a time that he was pushing legislation that would diminish the power of the commission. The bill passed the Senate, but stalled in the house. [12]

In December of 2006, the Senate Ethics Committee cleared Reid of any wrong doing in the matter. Reid, however, said that he understood the negative image his actions created and would refrain from acting similarly in the future. [13]

Relationship to Jack Abramoff

According to a February 9, 2006, Associated Press story by John Solomon, Reid wrote letters and had "routine contacts" with lobbying partners and clients of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. [14] Reid's actions aided the interests of Abramoff's Native American clients. Reid has acknowledged receiving $61,000 from clients or collegues of Abramoff, much of which was given to Reid by indian tribes after Abramoff was hired. [15] Reid collected donations around the time of each action he took to help Abromoff's clients. Ethics rules require senators to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest in legislative matters regarding campaign donors. While some politicans have returned contributions they received from Abramoff or his clients, Harry Reid has steadfastly refused claiming the Abramoff matter "is a Republican scandal." [16]

Abramoff's lobbying firm has made public billing records and congressional correspondence of more than two dozen contacts, between Abramoff's lobbying team, and Reid's office. Many of the discussions relate to the passage of a Kennedy bill that would slowly raise the minimum wage of the [File:///W:/Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands].[17] [18] Publicly, Reid supported an increase in minimum wage there, though some have claimed that privately he was working against it. Both Reid spokesmen Jim Manley and Ron Platt, one of Abramoff's partners involved with the Mariana lobbying, have denied the claim, Platt said "I'm sure he didn't".[19]

In his defense, Reid spokesman Jim Manley said that neither Reid nor his campaign has never received money directly from Abramoff, and Reid said his legislative work was done on behalf of his Nevadan constituents. After contacting Reid's office and other fact checking, Josh Marshall wrote in his Talking Points Memo blog that, "despite the AP story's narrative of lobbyist contacts, there doesn't seem to be any evidence whatsoever that Reid ever took any action on behalf of Abramoff's Marianas clients." [20]

Bush is a "Loser" and other comments

Reid made headlines in May 2005 when he said of George W. Bush, "The man's father is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser." Reid later apologized for these comments. Reid also called Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "embarrassment" and referred to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as a "partisan hack."[21]

Improper donation from lobbyist

In 1999, Reid received a $3,000 donation from a Texas friend, Ben Barnes, for his legal defense fund during a recount process which followed his 1998 Senate campaign against his present-day colleague, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). Congressional ethics rules, however, prohibit lawmakers from accepting legal defense fund donations from registered lobbyists, which Barnes was at the time. The donation went unnoticed until the Center for Public Integrity released a report in August 2005 about a handful of lawmakers, Reid among them, who'd accepted improper lobbyist donations into their legal defense funds.

Reid brought the matter to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, and repaid the $3,000 to Barnes in October 2005. The Ethics Committee informed him that he should also pay interest for the time he had the donation. Reid had an accountant calculate the exact amount using the statutory rate under Nevada law (prime plus two percent adjusted annually), and sent Barnes a check for $1,611.47 on May 22, 2006 out of his campaign fund.

Reid spokesman Jon Summers stated, "As soon as this came to our attention we resolved this as quickly as possible." [22]

Helps campaign contributor secure government land for development

Reid is a longtime friend of Harvey Whittemore, a multimillionaire lobbyist and land developer from Nevada. From 2002 to 2006, Reid often used his influence in the Senate to help Whittemore attain government land for the purposes of building a massive development in the barren Coyote Springs Valley in Nevada. Reid even pushed for Whittemore to be granted the rights for free; ultimately, he paid the government $10 million.

As the project advanced, Reid received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Whittemore. The contributions went both to Reid's Senate campaigns and his leadership fund, which helps fund the campaigns of other Senate Democrats.

The relationship between the two goes even deeper. Reid's son, Leif Reid, is Whittemore's personal lawyer and has represented the developer throughout the Coyote Springs project and his negotiations with federal officials.

In response, a spokesman for Reid said, "There is a reason every major Republican and Democratic officeholder in Nevada has fought for Coyote Springs---it will create jobs and make the state an even better place to live and raise a family." [23]

Improper reporting of land deal

In 1998, Reid bought two parcels of land on the outskirts of Las Vegas. He bought one parcel himself, and another jointly with his partner and longtime friend Jay Brown. In 2001, Reid sold the land to a limited liability company created by Brown for an equivalent share of the company. He did not disclose the sale to Congress, however, and continued to list the land as a personal asset. When the land sold for over $1 million dollars in 2004, Reid received $1.1 million and listed the transaction as a personal land sale. Reid's name was not formally attached to Brown's company in any way. Reid claimed that this was because the two men had known each other for 35 years and trusted each other completely. [24]

On October 16, 2006, Reid announced that he was filing a correction to his ethics form that would better represent the actualities of the arrangements surrounding the land deal. He also stated that he would be amending the reports to include two other small holdings that had been previously unreported. [25]

Improper use of campaign funds for Christmas bonuses

From 2002-2005, Reid used money that had been donated to his political campaign fund to contribute to the holiday bonus fund for the staffers of his Ritz-Carlton condominium. Federal law forbids the use of campaign funds for personal matters. Reid claimed that he had consulted his lawyers and been told it was legal as he was thanking them for extra work. Nevertheless, in October 2006, he pledged to personally pay back the money (a total of $3300). [26]

Earmark for a bridge near personal land

In November 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Reid had earmarked to a bridge building project near where he held 160 acres of land. The bridge is intended to span the Colorado River between Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona. Reid's land is several miles from the proposed site of the bridge in Arizona. His office explained that the new bridge was necessary due to the Hoover Dam's closure to truck traffic due to terrorism fears and categorically denied that it had anything to with his landholdings.

In January 2007, Reid's 2002 acquisition of the property came under scrutiny as he only paid a mere $166 an acre for the 160 acre parcel.

Reid's interest in the barren parcel dates back to the period of 1979 through 1982, when he and Clair Haycock bought the 160 acres. Haycock bought a three-eighths interest, equivalent to 60 acres, for $90,000 — $1,500 an acre. Reid, then a Nevada lawyer and political figure, bought the other five-eighths, the equivalent of 100 acres. They did not divide the parcel.

Allegations have been made that Reid introduced legislation on behalf of Haycock, who was a "lubricants dealer" in las Vegas. [27]

Oh, give Harry a little more rope and he will do himself in. I figure in about three week he will come out with a whopper.

Lin- If Nevada is conservative, then why is Reid in office? Why is his opponent behind in the polls? Why did Obama carry the state 55% in 2008? If you really live in Nevada, then Lin should stop drinking the GIN!

Reid is a pathetic excuse for a senator. The last straw for me was his brilliant "The war is lost" moment, but I'll spare the in depth analysis on that point. That said, the republicans are absolute idiots for running Angle against him. In a time when any decent, generally solid conservative would have wiped the floor with Reid, they come up with Angle? Thanks, Nevada republicans (sarcasm does not translate well to the typed word, but trust me, this sentence is dripping with it), for sending Mr. Reid back to Washington.

And to those republicans saying Angle is going to crush Reid - what color exactly is the sky where you live? Are you that blinded by your own ideology to not see you've blown it? Hell, a roadkill armadillo would probably out-poll Reid this year, and you've got a candidate down by two points - yet you still don't get it.

If Nevada elects Reid then that proves that those people are very stupid.