Political Nevada

Why is Harry Reid being attacked by people in his own home state?
Not because he is doing anything against the state, but because the Republicans nationwide want to eliminate him for their own purposes.
People in this state need to ask themselves, what advantage will Republicans from other states have if Senator Reid is defeated by a Republican?
There are two advantages for those Republicans;
one that the numbers in the Senate will change toward the Republicans,
two is that the power that Nevada currently has in the Senate will fade into oblivion allowing other states to usurp whatever power Nevada has Federally for their own states benefit.

Included in that changeover will be the possibility that the Test Site will once again become the repository for more government waste (literally tossing money into a massive hole), that the radioactive waste that other states are trying to eliminate will be dumped in Nevada creating a possible toxic waste area for miles around potentially making Southern Nevada a no man’s land.
Another issue that Nevadans are seemingly unaware of is that if Senator Reid is removed from his position, the next Senator to take over as Majority Leader is most likely that Senator Schumer from New York, who has no love for business and who feels that the Federal Government should regulate each and every state. Currently Senator Reid is using his influence to keep the more liberal senators under control; Without Senator Reid there is no control.
Senator Reid is business-oriented and understands the needs of Nevada, which even his detractors have to admit.
He is now the most powerful politician that this state has ever produced.
One of the Republican front-runners has stated that we need new blood because Senator Reid hasn’t done enough for the State. The trouble with her argument is that if she or her primary opponent were to be elected in place of Senator Reid there would be absolutely no strong representation for Nevadans and for Nevada. It could be argued for an indefinite amount of time as to whether Senator Reid has done a good job or a bad job. The discussion of how good a job he has done is irrelevant to the argument that Senator Reid should be re-elected. If Senator Reid is deposed from office Nevada will slide back into last place of all the states when trying to get Federal assistance for roads, schools, and jobs. We will become beggars, asking our richer, more powerful cousins, like California and Arizona to share some of their power and some of their wealth.
Those that claim Harry Reid needs to be defeated because he hasn’t done enough for Nevada are forgetting to tell the public that if he is defeated, the winner will be able to do absolutely nothing for Nevada for many years to come. At this time we have the most powerful Senator in the Senate and a second Senator who was on his way to accumulating great power after 12 years in office until his recent downfall. The trouble with Senator Ensign is that his personal misconduct has become a national issue and a national disgrace which has reduced his political power considerably to the detriment of Nevada.
The trouble with politics is the politics. Those politicians who complain about our Senators are more worried about their party’s favoritism and about their own political future than about this state and the future of those that live here.
If you are a true Nevadan then there is no choice but to support the existing political powers. After 5 terms, Senator Reid is the power and brings to Nevada more Federal power than out state has ever had.