BELTWAY BOY:

Poll says 45 percent of Nevadans would vote against Harry Reid (GLENN THRUSH, 5/20/09, Politico)

The Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon poll found that 45 percent of Nevada voters would “definitely” vote against Reid next year — with only 30 percent saying they want to see him return to office.

What’s curious here is that Nevada voters seem to view Reid through the negative prism of his role as a congressional leader, not as the bring-home-the-bacon guy he portrays when he’s back in the desert.

Another alarm bell is his support among independents, which has fallen to 30 percent.