The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on its most recent Mason-Dixon survey of Nevada registered voters:
• 52 percent had an unfavorable opinion of Reid, 33 percent had a favorable view and another 15 percent said they’re neutral. In early December, a Mason-Dixon poll put his unfavorable-favorable rating at 49-38. The lowest Reid’s popularity had slipped before in the surveys was 50 percent — in October, August and May of 2009, when Mason-Dixon started tracking the senate race for the Review-Journal.
• Sue Lowden, former Nevada Republican Party chairwoman, would get 50 percent of the vote to Reid’s 40 percent with 10 percent undecided.
• Danny Tarkanian, a businessman and former UNLV basketball star, would gain 49 percent of the vote to Reid’s 41 percent.
• And Sharron Angle, a former Reno assemblywoman, would get 45 percent of the vote to Reid’s 40 percent, a strong showing given her low name recognition statewide — 42 percent don’t know her.
The article discusses speculation that Reid will retire — which he adamantly denies.
Meanwhile, Reid is now facing a new controversy, reports Ben Smith of Politico.
Harry Reid is apologizing this morning for casting candidate Barack Obama’s light skin and lack of “Negro dialect” as selling points in his run for president.
