With only one drawback, we haven’t got an actual candidate to run against him, yet:
A conservative organization is set to launch an all-out effort aimed at beating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010.
The American Future Fund Political Action is planning a two-year long offensive against the Democratic leader, who is already a top target of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The organization, stocked with former Mitt Romney presidential campaign operatives, is set to launch its effort this week with a Web -centered fund-raising drive.
Tim Albrecht, an organization spokesman, declined to say how much money the organization was planning to spend against Reid. In the 2008 election cycle, American Future Fund spent about $10 million targeting Democratic Senate candidates across the country
Albrecht said a fund-raising drive would start up this week with the launch of a Web site called “Watchin’ Reid.” The site intends to “shine the spotlight on [Reid’s] actions and motivate Republicans across the country.”
Even as Republicans talk up their effort to knock off no viable Republican candidates have stepped forward to run. Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki had announced his interest in a bid, but last fall he came under indictment for his management of a student loan program. Former Rep. Jon Porter, a moderate Republican from suburban Las Vegas, has also been mentioned as a potential candidate, but he lost his congressional seat in the November election.
“Certainly, we’re looking to be the most high-profile effort aimed at unseating [Reid],” Albrecht said.
American Future Fund launched in early 2008. It is staffed by a long line of former operatives from Romney’s failed presidential campaign, including Larry McCarthy, Ed Tobin, and Ben Ginsberg.
The indictment against Krolicki looks bogus, but its also not something amenable to easy resolution…and even if resolved entirely in Krolicki’s favor, it still taints him. Right now, the Nevada GOP’s bench is rather thin – but Harry Reid is the most beatable Democrat in the nation for 2010. He’s terribly unpopular out here and entirely identified with the political system which has now seized up in budget crisis and is talking about cutting teacher pay and raising taxes. The giant may be slain…
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