Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 | 3:54 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gets a shout out in TV ads beginning Sunday as the PR wars over President Barack Obama's economic recovery package continue in Nevada.
The liberal group Americans United for Change, which has been leading a campaign in support of Obama's bill, joined with the union AFSCME for the ad that starts Sunday in Las Vegas and Reno.
The script is a bit of a rallying effort as Reid presumably begins final negotiations on the bill next week. It reads, in part:
"Nearly 1 in 10 Nevadans are out of work. But our Senator, Harry Reid is working with President Obama to pass a plan that would create jobs by investing in energy, transportation and schools. Senator Reid is taking the lead to cut taxes for struggling middle class families."
Not a bad counter to the anti-Reid ads that were running last month in Reno from the Republican Senate campaign committee.
Americans United is the same group that targeted Republican Sen. John Ensign in radio ads last week -- pushing him to support Obama's bill, which seems unlikely.
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