Las Vegas Sun: 'Foolish to Dump Reid'

As long as we're on the subject of Harry Reid, we thought we'd pass along a well-timed, glowing editorial from Wednesday's Las Vegas Sun, titled "Good for Nevada." The paper praises the senator for his good works for the state and seems to scold Nevada voters for appearing too open to a Reid replacement next November. "Reid plans to raise $25 million for his campaign, a clear sign that he is prepared for a tough fight. Of course, he shouldn't have to fight - Nevadans should be thankful to have him in the Senate for another six years."

It's unusual to see a newspaper taking citizens to task for holding an election, but there you have it. The Sun also rightly points out that, for all of the GOP's gleeful declarations of Reid's vulnerabilities, they still haven't coaxed a Republican to actually run against him yet. When, or if, that happens, Reid will finally have someone to spar against other than himself. The old amateur boxer in Reid knows there's never a winner in shadowboxing.

A lengthy history precedes today's editorial. The Sun is owned by the Greenspun family, longtime Democratic donors and big-time FOBs (Friends of Bill Clinton, not Barack Obama). The Sun's rival publisher at the Las Vegas Review-Journal seems to have an ink barrel set aside with Reid's name on it, writing bits like last month's "Harry Reid: Too Big to Fail," warning, "If Harry banks his re-election on the theory that Nevadans would be stupid to vote him out, then mark your calendars because you can count on a whole lot of stupid breaking out on the Tuesday morning of Nov. 2, 2010." If you're having a slow day, do avail yourself of both publishers' considerable gift of the gab.

With his poll numbers hovering in oh-no territory, even a senator needs a friend sometimes. Today Harry Reid's got one at the Las Vegas Sun.