Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) launched his first set of general election ads this week as he gears up for a marquee race against former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R).
Now, its pretty clear that this is a year where being an incumbent or Washington insider is a negative. But Reid touted his insider influence as majority leader in his first ad, claiming that "no one can do more" for Nevada than him.
He hinted that if Angle wins and Nevada's other senator--the scandal-plagued John Ensign (R)--loses his 2012 reelection bid as expected, then no one will have the seniority to bring home the bacon to Nevada. In the ad, he makes his case by showing what he's done for Nevada in his 24 years in the Senate.
His new ad is a negative one (which I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of) against Angle, criticizing her for wanting to "wipe out" social security and...backing a Scientology plan to give massages to prisoners. I guess he's trying to shove the "she's way out of the mainstream" theme down voters' throats. And given the subject matter and her other radical views, it may just work.
Meanwhile, Reid caught a break this week by scoring two endorsements from two important Republicans. Reno Mayor Bob Cashell (R), who backed Sue Lowden in the GOP primary, called Angle "wild" and "an ultra-right winger" when offering his reasoning for backing Reid.
And Dawn Gibbons, the ex-wife of recently ousted Gov. Jim Gibbons (R), also backed Reid--presumably because of hard feelings from when Gibbons and Angle ran against each other in the 2006 GOP primary in Nevada's 2nd district.
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