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Sen. Harry Reid and boxer Manny Pacquiao sign autographs Friday at Orr Middle School in Las Vegas on Oct. 29, 2010.
Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 | 11:23 p.m.
Sun Coverage
2010 General Election
- Zip Code
- Party Affilliation
- Democrat — 60.9%
- Republican — 19.1%
- Independent — 15.2%
- Other — 2.3%
- Tea Party of Nevada — 0.8%
- Green — 0.7%
- Libertarian — 0.7%
- Independent American Party — 0.3%
- Who are you voting for in the U.S. Senate race?
- Harry Reid — 70.7%
- Sharron Angle — 26.9%
- Scott Ashjian — 1.1%
- Wil Stand — 0.5%
- Tim Fasano — 0.3%
- Jesse Holland — 0.3%
- Jeffrey C. Reeves — 0.3%
- Michael L. Haines — 0%
- Who are you voting for in the Nevada gubernatorial race?
- Rory Reid — 61.6%
- Brian Sandoval — 32.3%
- David Scott Curtis — 2.9%
- Eugene "Gino" Disimone — 1.1%
- Aaron Y. Honig — 0.8%
- Floyd Fitzgibbons — 0.7%
- Arthur Forest Lampitt Jr. — 0.6%
- Who are you voting for in the U.S. House District 3 race?
- Dina Titus — 66.2%
- Joe Heck — 29.4%
- Barry Michaels — 2.1%
- Joseph P. Silvestri — 1.9%
- Scott David Narter — 0.5%
This poll is closed, see Full Results »
Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.
As Sen. Harry Reid and boxer Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao popped out from behind the curtain with their fists raised high, the crowd inside William E. Orr Middle School erupted.
Reid and Pacquiao, a seven-time boxing world champion and Philippines congressman, were the main event Friday night at a get-out-the-vote rally. Hundreds of Reid supporters and boxing fans — some with boxing gloves and Pacquiao T-shirts — turned out for the event.
Though Pacquiao spoke less than a minute, his presence energized the crowd. Pacquiao reminded the crowd to not only vote for Harry Reid but to get their friends to the polls as well.
Immediately after the rally, buses shuttled voters to the early voting site at Boulevard Mall. Early voting ended at 9 p.m. Friday.
After Pacquiao addressed the crowd, Reid delivered a speech that pointed out his similarities to the boxing champion.
“Manny Pacquiao and Harry Reid came from different sides of the globe, but we came from the same side of the street,” Reid said. “It’s not enough to fight for yourself...It’s not enough to want to be a champion. We want to be champions for others.”
Reid spoke to the crowd about Pacquiao’s upbringing, referencing the fact that the 31-year-old boxer left home when he was 14 to support his family.
“He fights for those who can’t fight for themselves,” Reid said. “I’ve fought for Nevadans my whole life and, folks, I’m not finished fighting.”
Reid then went on the offensive, attacking his opponent, Republican Sharron Angle.
“My opponent says it’s not her job to create jobs,” Reid said. “What the hell is your job then?”
Angle, meanwhile, conducted a rally Friday night at the Orleans headlined by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Reid also talked about topics where he and Angle have clashed, such as Social Security, the Department of Education, Yucca Mountain and veterans.
Reid reminded the crowd of his help in passing the Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007, which restored VA benefits for Filipino veterans who fought in World War II.
As he closed his speech, Reid and Pacquiao mingled with the crowd, taking photos and, for Pacquiao, autographing boxing gloves.
“I think he got an extra 15,000 votes,” Bill Medve, a taxi driver, said after the rally. “You have a lot of boxing fans here and a lot from the Filipino community. They’re gonna vote for him.”
Jason Holm attended the rally after his roommates convinced him to come see Pacquiao. Holm said he was impressed by Reid.
“I like his usage of the word ‘us.’ One way a person gets elected is by connecting with people,” Holm said.
Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, a Las Vegas boxing promotion company, also spoke at the rally, introducing Reid and Pacquiao.
“This is not campaign rhetoric,” Arum said. “We gotta send a message to Sharron Angle. We gotta tell these people that enough is enough.”
Sun archives
- Prominent Republicans coming out in support of Harry Reid (10-24-2010)
- Reid, Angle camps preparing for possible recount (10-24-2010)
- Reid and Angle polar opposites with views of economy (10-24-2010)
- Can Sharron Angle make yet another late surge? (10-24-2010)
- Obama presses his influence for Democratic candidates (10-23-2010)
- Democrats play their ace in the hole — Obama (10-20-2010)
- Harry Reid blasts Sharron Angle for not denouncing ‘don’t vote’ ad (10-19-2010)
- Will ad campaign urging Hispanic voters to stay home work? (10-18-10)
- Little new in Harry Reid, Sharron Angle debate to sway undecided voters (10-15-2010)
- Can infusion of cash buy an edge for Sharron Angle in Senate race? (10-14-2010)
- Senate race exposes fractures in Republican Party (10-13-2010)
- Deep-pocket Super PACs pumping cash into Nevada Senate race (10-10-2010)
- Advocates : Sharron Angle ad could increase Hispanic turnout (10-8-2010)
- Harry Reid accentuates the positive in final campaign push (10-7-2010)
- Harry Reid is right at home in a tough fight (10-3-2010)
- Harry Reid inching ahead of Sharron Angle, new poll finds (9-25-2010)
- Voter registration closes Saturday (10-1-2010)
True to its namesake, The Orleans gives visitors a year-round Mardi Gras feeling with a New Orleans French Quarter environment.
Located just a short way from the center of gambling on the Strip, The Orleans offers a collection of attractions that helps to draw in a mix of locals and visitors.
In addition to the 1,885 hotel rooms and 134,000-square foot casino, the property has a 70-lane bowling center, an 18-screen movie theater, an 850-seat showroom and a 9,500-seat arena, home to the Las Vegas Wranglers hockey team.
The hotel also has 14 dining options, including Canal Street, The Prime Rib Loft, Koji Sushi Bar & China Bistro and Big Al’s Oyster Bar.
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN HARRY REID...We love you.
No surprise that Reid didn't get a celebrity American citizen for the self celebration.
His integrity wins..a lot more than we can say about the teanutbag...who invokes nothing but stupidity and ignorance, they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing..the prove's in the teanutbag.
Go Harry Go.
GIVE THESE CRAZY REPUBLICANS HELL, HARRY.
AMEN to that, teamster.
Bravo Manny Pacquiao for showing support to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Majority of Filipino-Americans will definitely will vote for Mr. Harry Reid.
Syntax error "will".
Manny Pacquiao (the non-American) has brought more money into Las Vegas in the past 5 years than Sharron Angle ever will. I advise Manny to get out of town quick before he's cornered for being an illegal Latino man and not a legal visitor.
Did PacMan thank Reid for pushing that bill that would ban babies born from illegals from getting citizenship?
Did PacMan thank Reid for bragging about building the fence and supporting the arresting of all those illegals?
Did PacMan thank Reid for making immigration reform a low priority in the Senate?
Did PacMan thank Reid for saying that Obama is qualified to be President because he doesn't speak in a negro dialect?
I think PacMan needs to be more thankful.
Both are punch drunk. Sad.
TonyCrago...
It's so predictable which fools will post racist-laced rants that miss the spirit of the moment. They're incapable of seeing, because they've been blinded by their own shallow, ego-centric self-righteousness.
If Harry Reid campaigned with Jesus Christ, the right-wing NutJobs would accuse him of hanging with a Middle-Eastern terrorist, because AREN'T THEY ALL???
Once Harry is no longer an impediment to the opening of Yucca Mountain Waste Repository, we be able to start storing nuclear waste in Nevada.
Reid said. "I've fought for Nevadans my whole life and, folks, I'm not finished fighting."
Well, I think Mr. Reid and Mr. Pacquiao are doing the right thing.
Btw... sounds a little like Mr. Larry King himself to me: '40.000 interviews, and I'm just warming up!'
Way to go, boxers, fight back, guys. You got it.
I believe the Philippine people here in Nevada have enough intelligents not to allow Manny P. to sway the votes towards Reid. Since Reid and James Murren are such close, friends and Murren being the top man in the MGM Resorts, they probably offered Manny a job with the company if he backs Reid. As usual, Reid is using the money and power to buy the votes. I do not care for Sharron Angle, but a three-legged chimp with fleas is better the Reid.
Regardless of who campaigns with Harry we know where he stood while Obama was creating Obamacare that will finish this nation off. We know where he stood when Obama was criticizing CEO's for coming to Vegas and yet he and his faimily were jet setting all over the world and playing golf. He sent Michele on a multi million dollars vacation overseas instead of spending the money in America. We see that Obama will have 40 aircraft accompany him overseas after the election. We see Pelosi spent 6 million dollars traveling back and forth across America while shuttling her family and friends. The plane the last speaker had was not big enough for her so she had to have a special one just for her family accomodations, Any working class person that buys into Obama,Reid and Pelosi deserves to go to the back of the bus like Obama says. He and the Democrats insult working Americans everyday.Lets also look at the unemployment rate and Harry has really helped Nevada.As a once great American said Stupid is as stupid does! Your vote will determine your future and the future of your children and grandchildren. $13 Trillion and counting and the CBO says Obamacare will destroy jobs and create another welfare class entitlement.
I thought Pacquiao had some class. Wrong as usual, anyone that thinks for one moment that Reid has helped Nevada or our country, Please look at his record. Don't get me started on Yucca Mountain and the jobs that Reid has killed there. Lets talk about the Wind and Solar Farms that China will build for us. Yep!!! There is Harry at his best. Oh! one last thing his vote on Illegal Aliens should be enough. I don't know for sure but I bet "Chucky" would agree.
Harry reid might win this but lets forget it. People forget what he has voted in favor for, like he voted for free college education for Ilegal aliens and letting Ilegal aliens go in to the milatary. But on election day forget what he voted for becuase you really do not care if you will vote for reid. You know people complain that sharon angle will hurt us, but here is what people forget you can not do much when you are at the bottom. Harry Reid wanted to stop Arizona from doing what they wanted to do.
BOTTOM LINE DO YOU WANT Ilegal aliens COMMING INTO THIS COUNTRY?? If so vote for harry reid. He will vote to let them in.
Kind of ironic don't you think?
Ried uses a congressman from another country to get out the vote and Angle uses a US Senator.
Now, who do you think has the best interest of the US citizen in mind, A Filipino Congressman or a US Senator?
Manny Pacquiao sells out to a politican...
Who will Harry Reid drag out next???
Maybe Michele Obama...
Harry Reid doesn't RUN from the press and refuse to answer important questions on national issues. Reid has addressed many different groups, going across all different racial lines to speak to them. Crazy Sharron on the other hand, talks to white racist supremists, who CLAIM to be Christians. PLEEZ!
Thanks, Manny! Together we can put Harry over the top.
Vote Reid!
Too bad Manny isn't running.
I will vote for Pacquiao!!! He's more convincing than Reid!
"Who will Harry Reid drag out next??? Maybe Michele Obama..."
I'd vote for Michelle.
This person is not a U.S. citizen, much less a registered voter, so why we should care who he endorses - I am at a loss to understand.
Comment removed by moderator. Name-calling.
Of course, Boxer Manny Pacquiao energizes crowd at Harry Reid rally, because Harry Reid couldn't...
Here's some of the kind of unadulterated B.S. being pushed by loons and repeated by those that hear it;
"he voted for free college education for Ilegal aliens and letting Ilegal aliens go in to the milatary."
"he and his faimily were jet setting all over the world and playing golf. He sent Michele on a multi million dollars vacation overseas instead of spending the money in America."
"Obamacare will destroy jobs and create another welfare class entitlement."
Misinformation supplied by Rush, Hannity, Beck, Palin, et.al.
No one with the capacity to think believes any of this garbage, people.
I wonder who put Manny up to this gig? I am sure he knows and cares Nothing about HR.
I also hope that we don't have a "Hello Garci" Filipino style election...
(google it)
gmag39......
The majority of Americans know that FOX and
all of the lunatic teabaggers are crazy.
Greedy republicans know that they are losing so
they are more desperate than ever.
HARRY REID IS ON HIS WAY TO A SOLID WIN.
"...all of the lunatic teabaggers are crazy." says the teamster...
I would have never thought that lunatics were crazy...
Hang in there teamster, they guys with the white jackets will be over to tend to you shortly...
Nice move by Reid, I had forgotten all about the Filipinos in Vegas!
The proplem with crazy teabaggers is that they
don't understand how crazy they really are.
Sorry larry, but that's the truth.
gmag:
destroying jobs and another welfare class items come from the Congressiona Budget Office. You may be able to say things that are not true but only the ignorant or uninformed will buy into it.
manny has obviously been hit in the head a few too many times. reid's time is up.
MANY filipinos are self-employed and are business people. no freaking way are they going to vote for reid. this is just a pathetic last-ditch photo opp for a guy that knows it's over.
Facts Harry Reid does not want you to know:
It appears that instead of making health care more affordable as was promised by Harry Reid, ObamaCare is taking our health insurance costs even higher.
Health care rates will be about $300 per month higher in 2011. And more increases are coming...
How can someone claim to be a Christian and not practice what they preach?
Sharron Angle said Democrats agenda violates the first Commandment, and all the while she's been breaking the ninth commandmend, you know, the one that says:
THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.
Angle has been openly lyin
g about Harry Reid's record via smears and outright lies. This is typical Karl Rove gutter politics, and for Angle to implement them, given she's a "Christian" makes her a hypocrite, no two ways about it!
There are over 40,000 Filipino-Americans in Las Vegas and the majority will vote for Mr. Harry Reid. He is most definitely the better choice for Nevadans.
Reid and his Dims see the election slipping away.
Harry and Dina Taxes are finished. Good riddance!!
American Nurses Association supports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. A great number of nurses in the United States and Nevada are Filipino-Americans. Filipino-Americans will help Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his bid to represent Nevadans in the US Senate.
jbkayaker12 --That's one of the best things about the coming defeat of Reid.
All these endorsements, and he is still behind.
Stick a fork in Reid, HE'S DONE.
Manny may be the only person in Nevada to benefit from Reid today. Most of of can't afford either Reid any longer!
Who's next for Harry Reid to tout out to show to the voters???
Harry Reid is like a circus ring master. It is all about the show. This way Harry Reid does not have to talk about his dismal record...
Lots of interesting (not) comments. Mark these words - if Angle is elected the climate in Washington will be such that there will be lots more spending. It should be cut because Angle's husband doesn't need his pension now that Angle is being supported by anonymous people of very very conservative persuasion. You know bought, paid for, and owned by big corporations.
Manny, in addition to being a champion boxer, is an entertainer, and now a politician in his native land. He knows who has the clout in Washington, that can help his country fight terrorism, and that will help Nevada so he can continue getting big matches here.
Thank you Manny! Vote for sanity, vote Harry Reid!
Mangle probably has no idea where the Phillipines are. To her, the Phillipine people are just asian-looking Mexicans.
These crazy teabaggers know their goose is cooked.
Sharron Angleis the worst candidate Nevada has
ever seen.
SHARRON ANGLE IS WORSE THAN GEORGE BUSH.
HARRY REID IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
GIVE THESE CRAZY TEABAGGERS HELL, HARRY.
I hear that Pee Wee Herman is coming to town and will stand with Harry Reid to give Harry some credibility...
Sharron Angle has ZERO CREDIBILITY.
NONE, NADA, ZIP.
Only fools, idiots and morons back her.
SAVE OUR STATE AND COUNTRY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
Manny carries water for Bob Arum
Arum carries water for Harry.
Harry Greed and his usual paid posters are sweating to the very end. Polls have Angle leading this socialist beauracrat so sweat on clowns. Vote Tea Party. Its the AMERICAN way to victory....
I love you, Manny, but you are backing the wrong horse on this one. Stick to the "sweet science", kid. Keep 'em up. Up.
There is a certain absurdity to Harry Reid using the celeb-factor of a foreigner - in a last-ditch and desperate effort to grab some Filipino votes. If Harry could have pulled it off, he would have granted amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens for the very same personal benefit. I would wager that Harry Reid has never been to the Philippines, has never even mentioned the Filipino-American population of Las Vegas, Nevada or America - in his entire political career.
Filipino Americans are not going to save Harry - In fact, less than 30% will even vote. Most are more interested in their homeland politics and boxing matches than local or national elections.
So, Manny Pacquiao might cut the head off a rooster and light a candle for Harry Reid, but it will take more than Voo Doo and magic underwear to save this despicable man's political career.
Doubledown
You are wrong, Filipino-Americans will vote and majority will vote for Senator Harry Reid. We have roots here and are part of the community. Filipino-Americans own homes and businesses here. I have been here nearly 24 years, my mother over 30 years, yes we are concerned about the future of Nevada, our homeland and the nutcase is not the one who will pull us out of this mess we are in. If anything her backtracking ways and extreme views shows how she is not fit to be a representative of Nevada.
If you like to be patronized, then by all means, please vote for Harry Reid...
Senator Reid voted Yes on giving illegal aliens social security, 2006 vote no on building a border fence between the united states and
mexico, vote to allow illegal aliens to continue to get government assistance, food stamps, welfare, medical, and dental care,housing; all at the tax payer expense. He is the best friend that illegal aliens ever had