Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 | 2:02 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- New poll numbers out today on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s re-election chances, and they’re not so hot.
The poll by Research 2000 over the last several days for the liberal Web site Daily Kos pits Reid against the recently ousted Republican Rep. Jon Porter in 2010.
Here are the numbers, if the matchup were today: Reid 46, Porter 40 (with a 4 percentage point plus/minus margin of error).
As Kos and others note, it gets worse for Reid in the details.
Porter – who just got kicked out of office – has a higher favorable opinion rating among those polled (40) than Reid (38).
Kos notes Reid’s favorable is at 31 among independents – so vital in Nevada even with the new Democratic majority among registered voters.
Those who want to replace the Nevada senator – 41 percent. Those who would consider replacing him – 23 percent. Those who want to re-elect him – 32 percent.
Even among Deomocrats, Kos notes, fewer than half are rooting for the man.
Team Reid has its work cut out for it in 2010.
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