back then, harry reid's problem was a lot of new people coming to nevada. many of them hadn't heard of him. hard to get your record across. mr. ension has support from the casino interest and gaming industry of which his family is an important part. mr. enson won the 2000 race for open senate seat in nevada. so the two of them are colleagues. harry reid's problem this year, governor, i think is not so much that there is a lot of new people that don't know him. polling shows that he's very well known, that his record is known. his problem is the position on public policy are unpopular with the majority of nevadaens. this is a state that voted 55% for barack obama. not a state that seems in the mood to support the democrats' proposals. that's why we see harry reid with the negative ads. he figures the only way to win is to say the other candidate is even worse. >> mike: he is demonizing