Some are saying that Reid's chances for a fifth term are improving however, and ironically, his odds are better thanks to the people who want him out the most - the Tea Party movement.
Reid's GOP challengers included Tea Party approved Sharron Angle and the more moderate Sue Lowden. Polls showed Lowden ahead of Reid, but when he was pitted against Angle, he was up 3 points. In yesterday's Republican primaries, the Tea Party walked away with a victory as Sharron Angle was selected to be the party's nominee. Among Angle's more radical statements are that she supports eliminating the Department of Education, outlawing alcohol (Something tells me that will never fly in a state that is home to Sin City), as well as a program that includes massages and saunas for prison drug rehabilitation participants. Sure, the Tea Party likes Angle, but the middle of the road voters, the swing ones who decide elections, aren't as sure. They might dislike Reid, but come election day, they might dislike him less than they do Angle.
