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To: i-node who wrote (459736)	2/27/2009 12:33:28 PM
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Big-Time Nevada Republican Endorses Reid February 26, 2009 1:23 PM ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: The emerging Republican efforts to defeat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have suffered a blow. Sig Rogich, one of the most influential players in Republican politics in Nevada, has endorsed Reid’s reelection bid. “Nevada needs to understand at this perilous time in our state’s history, why would you ever think about getting rid of the majority leader of the U.S. Senate?” Rogich told Jon Ralston, on his Nevada TV program. Republicans would love to defeat Reid, like they did then-Democratic leader Tom Daschle in 2004, but haven’t had much luck finding a top-tier candidate. Rogich’s backing for Reid is going to make it even harder to knock him off. “This will come as a deep disappointment to Republicans in Washington, who despise Reid because of his brutal attacks on former President George W. Bush and parliamentary maneuvering that successfully stymied much of the Republican agenda after 2004,” J. Patrick Coolican writes in the Las Vegas Sun. blogs.abcnews.com

To: i-node who wrote (459736)	2/27/2009 12:36:23 PM
From: tejek	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1576163

EXCLUSIVE: Tancredo Says Jindal’s Speech Was The ‘Last Nail In The Coffin’ For His Presidential Ambitions Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has been heralded as everything from the next Barack Obama to the next Ronald Reagan. As the GOP searches for a new leader, Jindal is seen by some conservatives as their best hope of capturing the White House in 2012. But Jindal’s abysmal response to Obama’s address to the nation on Tuesday has been ridiculed by commentators across the political spectrum, raising doubts about his 2012 ambitions. Stepping up in Jindal’s defense yesterday, Rush Limbaugh warned his fellow conservatives yesterday not to say negative things about Jindal. “Those of you who think Jindal was horrible….I don’t ever want to hear from you ever again,” he said. One Republican who isn’t heeding Limbaugh’s warnings is the anti-immigrant zealot and former congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO). In an interview with ThinkProgress at the CPAC conference today, Tancredo declared that Jindal’s speech marks the end of his presidential ambitions: TP: [Jindal] has gotten some flack for his performance on the response to Obama. I’m curious what your thoughts on it was. TANCREDO: Great content. Lousy delivery. And I’m sorry to say this because I like him a lot. I served with him. Good guy. Solid guy. But I think that performance would very well have put the last nail in the coffin for him, for running for president. Mostly because what we are desperately looking for today in this party is a leader. Bobby Jindal is a great intellect, but his capacity to lead just is, his bearing, is not there. At least, it wasn’t there. read more......... thinkprogress.org