The labor-backed group Americans United for Change has a new TV ad in the key Nevada Senate race, praising Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the issue of financial reform.
“The big banks spent over $400 million dollars to keep Congress from holding them accountable for the reckless speculation that cost millions of Nevadans their homes and their jobs,” the announcer says. “But they couldn’t buy our Senator Reid. Thanks, Senator Reid, for leading the charge to pass tough, new rules to rein in Wall Street, protect homebuyers and restore economic stability.”
The TPM Poll Average currently gives Reid a narrow edge of 44.0%-43.1% over Republican former state Rep. Sharron Angle. This is thanks in large part to Angle’s own missteps more than any popularity for Reid, whose approval ratings have remained low. So apparently Americans United wants to boost some of Reid’s own positives.
