"Bill Clinton to stump for Reid in Vegas"

Bill Clinton to stump for Reid in Vegas

Posted by Laura Myers
Tuesday, Jun. 08, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Former President Bill Clinton's coming to Las Vegas next week to hold a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic incumbent who's bringing in the big guns to help him win re-election.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have already traveled to Nevada – for official events – to talk up Reid, who's in a tough battle to win a fifth term in the Senate.

On Tuesday, just as Republican primary voters were going to the polls to pick Reid's GOP opponent for the fall, the Reid campaign put out an announcement about the popular Clinton's upcoming visit.

Surely, just a co-incidence in timing.
The announcement sends a clear message that Reid's high powered Democratic friends will be spending plenty of time in Nevada in the next five months ahead of the Nov. 2 general election, helping boost the prospects of Reid, who isn't very popular among Nevada voters these days.

Clinton won Nevada in 1992 and 1996, although former President George W. Bush won the Silver State in 2000 and 2004, marking Nevada as a key swing stage. Obama won Nevada in 2008.

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