Reid Toils for Deal

Monday, 26 October 2009 08:48

Senator Reid's close ties with the Obama administration concerning health care are costing him votes back home in Nevada:

But Republican Party officials say they believe Reid is doing himself harm by playing such a dominant role in crafting the health care bill.

They point to a recent statewide poll by Rasmussen Reports showing that 52 percent of Nevadans oppose Obama's health care proposal, while 45 percent support it. In the same September poll, 54 percent of Nevadans said they had an unfavorable opinion of Reid.

"If you look at the polls in Nevada, Reid is seen as a partisan bully," said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "When you're writing a bill behind closed doors and seeming to ram it through Congress on a partisan vote, that plays into that image. He's on dangerous political ground here."

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