NV: Finding an Opponent in Nevada???

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Worried that they’ll have no one to challenge Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) next year, Nevada Democrats are turning to veteran politicians who have, so far, voiced zero interest in the race.

Former state Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa and current state Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus are at the top of Democrats’ wish list, Marcia de Braga, the state party’s second vice chairperson, indicated yesterday.    
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Del Papa pulled out of a race against Ensign in 2000; Titus said yesterday that she would run for governor in 2006 “unless I’m hit by a bus.” Referring to Titus, de Braga said: “We’re hoping she’ll switch and run for Senate.”

Other Democratic officials, including Treasurer Deborah Trudell and Secretary Daniel Hinkley, said they knew of no Senate challengers. Both Trudell and Hinkley said Del Papa and Titus would be strong candidates.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/040605.html

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unfortunately Ensign probably isn't beatable since he's from Las Vegas and cuts into the Democratic martgins there, kind of the opposite of Reid, who cuts into Republican margins in rural Nevada because he's from there.

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Add to that, both he and Harry Reid are fairly close friends and they have worked together both against the Yucca Mountain thing and pro-gambling interests in Las Vegas.

No one of any importance will challenge Ensign.  He'll probably win at least somewhere around what Reid won in 2004, at least.

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The party should run someone.  Hopefully it won't be a complete nobody.

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With 44 seats and once again defending more than the GOP, the Dems don't exactly have the luxury of surrendering senate races before they've begun, especially if strong candidates really can be persuaded to run. A slew of supreme court retirements could occur in 2007-2008, in which case every senator's vote would be critical.

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Field some nobody who will get 40-something percent. The Democratic Party won't look like total losers for losing with a good candidate, but we also won't have "ENSIGN RECEIVES 85% OF VOTE" headlines.

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Field some nobody who will get 40-something percent. The Democratic Party won't look like total losers for losing with a good candidate, but we also won't have "ENSIGN RECEIVES 85% OF VOTE" headlines.

And it's a good idea anyways. A stronger nobody in Kentucky would have won this last Senate race. You never know when the incumbent will go completely senile.

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Field some nobody who will get 40-something percent. The Democratic Party won't look like total losers for losing with a good candidate, but we also won't have "ENSIGN RECEIVES 85% OF VOTE" headlines.

And it's a good idea anyways. A stronger nobody in Kentucky would have won this last Senate race. You never know when the incumbent will go completely senile.

Unlike Senator Bunning, Senator Ensign has shown no sign of senility, so we should not bother trying to win.