More thoughts on Vegas

The local paper in Las Vegas has articles about all those bloggers I told you about yesterday; it seems that the left bunch at the Rio is unhappy with The One. Seems he isn't pushing his "agenda" fast enough! Bailouts, stimuli, insurance company takeovers, auto company confiscation, and a so-called health care reform measure, all measures opposed vehemently by a majority the American people.
Still, the bloggers on the left aren't satisfied; it seems that they ignore the American people just like The One. Sheesh!
On the other hand, it appears that the right bunch over at the Venetian is hardly able to contain their glee; all they can see is the next election curing a lot of ills in America.
Voter dis-satisfaction with the current bunch in Washington, translates into real gains in Republican number, they believe. And, they may be right.
The November elections are looking more and more like 1994 when Republicans stormed back from the minority to throw Democrats under the bus.
Comparing the two scenarios, remember that Clinton had higher approval numbers than Obama, and the public opinion of Congress was higher than the current 11% scored under Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
However, as they say, "beware the lame duck".
In 1994, at the urging of Clinton, the outgoing Democrat majority passed NAFTA after the elections, all of them knowing that they would never have to answer for it.
NAFTA was another measure opposed by the American public, but neither Clinton nor the soon-to-be-unemployed gave a rat's butt about that. It has served the interests of foreign countries well, but has almost destroyed America, from service to manufacturing.
Here, in Nevada, the electorate has a chance to throw the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, back to his home in Searchlight, NV. (Actually, he'll be picked up by some influential inside Washington company that will gladly pay him for his "expertise".)
The Republican opponent, Sharron Angle, is making the race very interesting and closer than many believed. She has pretty solid conservative credentials (eliminate SS over 45 years, ax the EPA, close Education, and a host of other pretty attractive proposals).
On Reid's side, he's running into problems, as he's been reduced to complaining about Angle, as he can't run on his own record. He's spent most of his political capital on being Obama's pimp.
It's going to be a close campaign, and the smart money is now on Reid, but Angle was down at the 5% level during the primary before storming from behind to knock off a "sure thing".