Race of the day: Harry Reid tries to keep his job

Name & Party:

DEMOCRAT

Harry Reid

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REPUBLICAN

Sharron Angle

Basic Info:

Majority Leader in U.S. Senate

Age: 70

Former Nevada Assembly member

Age: 61

Issues:

• Anti-abortion except rape and incest
• Voted for health-care bill
• Wants to expand Head Start program
• Supported failed climate bill in Senate
• Opposes abortion in all circumstances
• Wants to repeal "Obamacare"
• Wants to abolish Dept. of Education
• Doesn't believe in "man-caused global warming"

Polling At:45%46%Campaign Chest:$4 million$4 millionKey Quote:"Have we done enough? Of course not.""Government isn't what our founding fathers put into the Constitution."Petty Controversy:Commented in '08 that Barack Obama was "light skinned, with no Negro dialect unless he wants to have one."Tried to convince a Tea Party candidate to drop out of the race by suggesting she'd use her post-election D.C. "juice" to help him outWild card:Nevada has a 14.4% unemployment rate -- the highest in the nation

Dueling Ads:"Wild": Reid accuses Angle of having a fringe political agenda that includes doing away with Social Security"Please Stop": Angle says that Reid's tenure as Senate Majority Leader has been a disaster for Nevada

Harry Reid's "Wild":

Sharron Angle's "Please Stop":