movement, not just one place. political reporters can t call headquarters and get the boss of this. a lot of people in tandem with each other. making contact with new media. can they be effective in a metro area like las vegas with nearly 2 million people out there in the desert? i think that s a big question. she got 38% of the vote there in the primary, compared to 40% statewide. she is not from las vegas. so that will be the big challenge for her. mike: harry reid has been in close races before. this is not new to him. in 1998, the race with john inson, that was close. how close was that? do you see this shaping up as something similar? the 1998 race against congressman inson was a one-tenth of 1% race. it was after harry reid had been in the senate for 12 years. interestingly, mr. reid lost a close race to the senate in 1974 to republican paul exo.
1974 to republican paul exo. 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