Democrat Vote in Nevada (mortgages, home, camping)

[Rakin]

Why does Nevada vote Democratic ? Is it the unions who control the vote ?

High employment, underwater mortgages... what has Harry done to help you out ?

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by Rakin

Why does Nevada vote Democratic ? Is it the unions who control the vote ?

High employment, underwater mortgages... what has Harry done to help you out ?

Do some research. Most of the freeways in Nevada, the freeway improvements, are all Harry Reid "gifts" to Nevada.
Do you like National Parks? The only National Park in Nevada is a gift of Harry Reid.

Do you like wilderness areas? Go camping, hiking, hunting? More Harry Reid "gifts" to Nevada.

A couple of years ago I did a bit of research, which you could too. It was in 2009 I recollect, that $150,000,000 in infrastructure improvements in Nevada came from Harry Reid.

Now, I know there is another senator from Nevada, but, he does so little, I cannot even remember his/her name.

[tortoise]

Nevada Voter Registration Statistics

[Evan702]

Originally Posted by Rakin

High employment, underwater mortgages... what has Harry done to help you out ?

Probably no more or less than Brian Sandoval, John Ensign and Dean Heller have done...

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by Evan702

Probably no more or less than Brian Sandoval, John Ensign and Dean Heller have done...

Extremely wrong. You are letting your ideology interfere with facts. As I mentioned, do your homework.

Reid keeps getting reelected because he brings home the bacon. Even in the last election when so many ideologically opposed to Reid people said, "Anyone but Reid", when push came to shove, they voted for their own self interest, Reid.

[cre8lite]

maybe nevada's democratic party has gotten bigger because we have a lot of ex-californians moving in ????

[bjmfmd]

In good economic times, parks, wilderness areas and the like may make sense but ... these are NOT good economic times and I cannot eat, live in or work in in a tree. If the economy does not improve, our lives won't either. Harry Reid is holding a reasonably good solution to improving the economy right in his pocket - a balanced budget proposal - but refuses to put it before the senate for a vote. How is that helping anyone? As the senate majority leader, it is not only his RESPONSIBILITY to pass a budget, it is the LAW.

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by bjmfmd

In good economic times, parks, wilderness areas and the like may make sense but ... these are NOT good economic times and I cannot eat, live in or work in in a tree. If the economy does not improve, our lives won't either. Harry Reid is holding a reasonably good solution to improving the economy right in his pocket - a balanced budget proposal - but refuses to put it before the senate for a vote. How is that helping anyone? As the senate majority leader, it is not only his RESPONSIBILITY to pass a budget, it is the LAW.

A strong case can be made that man cannot exist without wilderness, your post is evidence of that. A suggestion, get out of your house, get out of your car, get into the wilderness. Get your priorities straight.

Certainly Nevada's livestock and what little farming there is utterly dependent on what wilderness provides. John Wesley Powell, Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and Harry Reid understood that. It behooves you to learn why.

What your post missed, is why Reid keeps getting reelected:
1. Generally he is the smartest man in the room.
2. You picked out what you thought would be the easiest denigration of Reid, you are wrong.
3. He has brought hundreds of millions even billions of dollars worth of infrastructure improvement to Nevada.
4. That is what gets him reelected over and over.

[ScoopLV]

"He brings home the bacon" is hardly a glowing endorsement.

I don't want some Hoosier's money wasted on our pet projects any more than I want my money wasted on Sarah Palin's "Bridge to Nowhere." Pork is pork. And it doesn't sit right with me, even if I benefit. Because someone, somewhere, loses.

I feel about Reid the same way I feel about Obama. He's better than the other choices. (They're less likely to completely ruin our republic compared to Boehner and Romney.) But I'm not particularly excited to head to the voting booth in November, either.

[SportyandMisty]

Reid is a very smart politician. He spent much campaign money to ensure the Republicans would nominate the most defeat-able opponent.

And at the same time, Nevada's public education system is among the worst in the country. Nevada's voters are not rocket scientists for the most part.

Then there is the old saw about interacting with the government: Republicans sign the check on the front; Democrats sign the check on the back.

There are a lot of people in Nevada who sign the check on the back.