You may not believe this day would ever come but I’m finally writing a positive entry on Senator Harry Reid. I don’t hold a general grudge against “Give ‘Em Hell Harry”. However, it would be polite to say that I wasn’t too pleased with his help so far, or lack thereof, for my favourite Senate candidate Jack Carter.
There was a lot of bitching on Turn Tahoe Blue, which probably had little to no impact considering the relatively low number of visits to my blog, although a couple of other people linked to what they called a “rant” of mine last week. There were also some choice word for the Senator on the infamous Las Vegas Gleaner. More importantly, in recent weeks almost every Daily Kos diary on Jack Carter was highjacked by anti-Reid rhetoric in the comments section, like in this diary on Jack’s primary win which was on the Daily Kos recommended list.
Well, apparently Senator Reid had a change of heart and is now fully committed to Jack’s campaign.
From a Carter campaign newsletter sent out via email today:
Just this week Senator Reid pledged his support to our campaign, stating that he knew we could win this race and that he and his office would do whatever it takes for us to win in November. The DSCC sent a quarter of a million dollars to the Nevada State Democratic Party to help with “get out the votes” efforts. We have dramatically increased our number of volunteers, and precinct captains that we have had to get new office space to house all of this additional support!
Now, I’ll feel even better when I actually hear something from the Senator himself. However, this is way better than him saying to the media that the ensignificant Senator is “safe”.
Senator Reid, we welcome you to the ever larger crowd of active Carter supporters and hope to see you out there raising money for the person who could very well be the 6th or 7th (in case Lieberman wins) candidate needed to win back the Senate this November and make you the first Senate Majority Leader from Nevada!
While the money given to the Nevada Dems will certainly help with GOTV efforts this November, the Carter campaign is still in serious need of contributions. Please consider giving to Jack if you can and show Senator Reid that we were right about this one, that Jack Carter can and will win in November!
Jack Carter’s campaign website
cross posted from my local blog Turn Tahoe Blue
keep up the good work. Harry deserves a little pat on the back for this, although he has been a giant disappointment so far in this race.
I’m quite certain that his staffers/interns are following what’s being said about him on Daily Kos but also on other blogs. What was said about him re Jack Carter recently wasn’t pretty. He can’t afford to lose the support straw polls on DKos have shown for him recently.
And thanks for the compliment! Especially for linking to my blog!
no problem.
We’re going to be trying to steer more traffic your way from Sept.-Nov.
We’re compiling a list of blogs that are dedicated to local races, are good, and are updated frequently.
If you know of any, let me know.
Great idea!
My blog focuses on all race that concern Lake Tahoe, including CA-04, NV-02, Senate and statewide races.
There is a great blog that only focuses on the CA-04 race between John Doolittle and Charlie Brown called Dump Doolittle. There are two blogs in Nevada focusing on the gubernatorial campaign Vote Gibbons Out and Say NO to Jim and Dawn Gibbons.