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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (26287)2/17/2010 9:41:03 PM
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A Las Vegas Review-Journal poll in January found that 52% of Nevadans had an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Reid. If a vote were held today, Mr. Reid would garner about 40% of the vote against his top two Republican opponents, Ms. Lowden and Danny Tarkanian, the poll found.

Mr. Reid's opponents are using last week's maneuvering over the jobs bill to bolster their argument that Mr. Reid is too tied to Washington and has done little to bring jobs to Nevada.

Sens. Max Baucus (D., Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R., Iowa) unveiled a jobs bill that included provisions not directly tied to employment, such as emergency aid to agriculture. Some Democrats complained it had been stuffed with extra provisions to attract Republican support.

Mr. Reid stripped the bill down to its basic job-creation elements, including a payroll-tax holiday for new hires and an extension of transportation projects.

In Colorado, Mr. Bennet was named to replace Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as the junior Colorado senator last year; he is now hoping to be elected in his own right.

He is running a well-funded and aggressive campaign, but faces a primary challenge from Andrew Romanoff, former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, who is fashioning his candidacy in opposition to Washington.

After Mr. Obama's visit was announced, Mr. Romanoff wrote the state Democratic chair to suggest the president add a state party fund raiser that wouldn't benefit just one candidate.

—Henry J. Pulizzi and Laura Meckler contributed to this article.
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