Harry Reid maintains redistributive taxes are not a problem because people are not forced to pay taxes. He says taxation is voluntary. How and why does Reid get into this bind and make such a preposterous statement?

Obama the culprit of spousal abuse nationwide? Harry Reid may think so.

Folks, I’m not making this up. Harry Reid says that men, when unemployed, tend to be involved in domestic violence. When Reid is booted out of office in November 2010, will his wife kick his a**? I certainly hope so.

One would think that the Democrats, ever since President Obama stumped unsuccessfully for certain gubernatorial and senatorial candidates, would have taken a lesson from those losses and rethink their strategy. And that’s not counting the retirement announcement by Indiana senator Even Bayh yesterday.

What they are doing instead brings the possibility of the GOP making some inroads as the mid-term elections are 8 1/2 months away.

Obama, once again, is putting his teleprompter skills and popularity – or lack thereof – on the line as he’s going to make a Western road trip, with one of his stops being Nevada. His stop there is big, since that’s where Harry Reid calls home. Obama is also going to Colorado on Thursday to try and revive the flagging fortunes of Senator Michael Bennet, who’s trailing both Republicans vying for his seat.

Thursday also will find Obama in Las Vegas at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser, with Friday finding him at events in the city with Reid.

The Obama road trip looms large for both parties, as the Dems are vulnerable in a few states (North Dakota, Delaware, Nevada, Arkansas and Pennsylvania) while five others are up for grabs (Colorado, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and New York).

It is speculative as of right now to predict how the Obama road trip will pan out, but I suspect that the people who attend these events in both Nevada and Colorado will be none too pleased when the President arrives. And can you blame them? Even Obama’s gift of gab can’t save the senators who are up for re-election in November.

Look at Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts. That should tell you everything you need to know about the candidates and more importantly, Obama.

Below is a message from the office of Nevada senatorial candidate Danny Tarkanian:

Glenn Beck has identified our campaign as the Tea Party campaign that can win in Nevada. Why? Because I’m a true conservative, and in the latest poll, I’m crushing Harry Reid by 14 points.

The American Spectator called me “Harry Reid’s Armenian Nightmare.” Why? Because I’m a true conservative, and in the latest poll, I’m crushing Harry Reid by 14 points.

I’m writing because I need your help – to defeat the establishment in my Republican primary, and then to finish Ronald Reagan’s last campaign mission — to DEFEAT HARRY REID.

I want to put the defeat of Harry Reid in proper historical perspective, so I’m releasing a video about a single, critical day: November 3, 1986. It was the last day… of Reagan’s “last campaign.”

Maybe you remember where you were that day. You see, in 1986, Harry Reid first ran for the U.S. Senate, and on that fateful November day, President Ronald Reagan came to Las Vegas to stop him.

Ronald Reagan always knew Harry Reid was a danger to our nation. He told us Harry Reid was a tax and spend liberal. He told us that he opposed a balanced budget.

It took 24 years, but now we’re only months away from achieving one of Ronald Reagan’s final campaign goals: defeating Harry Reid.

But I need your help today. You see, I’m locked in a pitched battle for the conservative soul of the Republican party against a wealthy liberal establishment Republican who is trying to buy the primary with a million dollars.

My Republican opponent just doesn’t get it. Before running for Senate, she was a regular contributor to Harry Reid’s campaigns, and she actually called Harry Reid a “Reagan Democrat.” Even today, she defends Harry Reid’s vote for the bailouts, saying she might have voted the same way herself. With that attitude, you could argue it’s just as important to defeat her as it is to defeat Harry Reid.

The fact is, we are on the brink of finishing the job Ronald Reagan started on that fateful November day, but it will be a hollow victory indeed if we replace Harry Reid with an establishment Republican who defends the bailouts and the tax and spend establishment agenda of Harry Reid.

Let me be blunt. If you are interested in merely changing the name of Nevada’s Senator, I am not your candidate. If you are interested in standing for something – or fighting for a return to the conservative, Constitutional values that made this country great, then I want your help – I need your help NOW in this primary.

Don’t let a wealthy Republican bailouts apologist buy the Nevada primary, and don’t let Harry Reid’s left wing lobbyist money deny us a conservative victory in Nevada.

Join my conservative campaign to defeat Harry Reid in Nevada and together we will realize the dream of Ronald Reagan’s last campaign.

Please watch the video, and contribute today.

Danny Tarkanian

I think this qualifies as old news as most people who follow politics already know that these days, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada isn’t the cat’s meow these days, state-wide or nationally.

It looks like Reid is bringing a pinch-hitter to the plate for him as the mid-term elections are right around the corner.

According to a White House official, President Barack Obama will travel to Las Vegas next month to try and resuscitate the Senate Majority Leader’s popularity.

Stay tuned to The Republican Temple as more developments become available.

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