Anyone who doubts that it matters who represents us in Congress should have heard Rep. Joe Heck's slippery defense of his vote to delay EPA's new rule to regulate toxic mercury emissions from coal plants.
Despite 20 years or research and court rulings ordering the EPA to protect the public from these emissions that cause excess birth defects, asthma and death, Heck claimed that the science was suspect and did not establish "causality." On his Facebook, he said the bill was about jobs. It will not receive a Senate vote or become law as long as Barack Obama is president Sen. Reid is the Senate Majority Leader.

Shorter Heck: "I was for repeal before I was against it before I voted for it." This is the height of hypocrisy. There is no replacement bill in the wings, but plans to defund popular key parts are underway. Rep. Heck's winning margin was about 1700 votes after certification, hardly a mandate to deny his constituents benefits they are already enjoying from this law. Rep. Heck signed up for federal health care which, unlike private sector job-connected benefits, is tax-payer funded.

@LasVegas2009: Nevada has no state income tax. Instead of your cut and paste spam, research the list for the taxes and fees pertinent to Nevada and repost accurately. It is amazing that a Las Vegas resident hasn't noticed that he or she pays no state income tax.

Shorter Demerjian and Goldberg: No one has a clue who Joe Heck is, what he stands for and how he plans to serve Third District constituents struggling with home foreclosures, unemployment and educating their children.
He campaigned at the Tea Party Express rally in Searchlight, got elected on an anti-incumbent wave and now wants to re-invent himself as a moderate. And he makes a good living on government contracts and treating patients on government healthcare while railing against the Affordable Care Act.

"Reid handily won las vegas and lost everywhere else."
Hey strut1702, your post is completely wrong. Reid won Washoe and Mineral Counties as well as Clark. No one was bribed to vote. Name the location and time you witnessed that or retract your lies. Offering rides to the polls is a time-honored tradition for both major parties.

Nevada voters rejected Angle's overtly racist ads.

Jealous much LarryVegas? In the past 18 months, many celebrities and entertainers have appeared in Nevada on behalf of Sen. Reid: Carole King, Rita Rudner, Bette Midler, Sheryl Crow, Rachel Yamagata, The Killers, Sarah MacLachlan, Sara Bariselles and Wayne Newton. Don't forget the martial arts champs and the LA Lakers. I've probably missed a few. Angle's only celebs are Sheriff Arpaio and Pat Boone. Maybe if she's lucky, Joe the Plumber will do a fundraiser for her.

Hey, Scott, thanks for the good summation of the willful ignorance that characterizes the Tea Party candidates. Most are also science-deniers who oppose to a renewable energy economy. (The link to the one scientist, employed by the oil industry, who says global climate change is a hoax will appear in someone's next comment.)
To prove your case, check out the homemade sign at Pecos and Patrick: "Four Years of Angle is Better Than A Lifetime of Reid." All these newly minted experts on the Constitution actually know nothing about it. Hmmm...."Know-Nothings."
In my canvassing, I've run across a few people who plan to vote for Angle even though they don't like her or agree with her extreme views. They reason that she can be replaced in two or four years, not realizing a senate term is six years.

"...a new person with fresh ideas to take his place."
Angle is not new, but a perennial candidate who has run for something in every cycle for 15 years. She lost her primaries in 2006 for Congress and 2008 for state senate. This year the Tea Party Express (tainted by racist remarks by its spokesman) and Club for Growth injected out of state money that bought her the GOP primary for US Senate.
Her ideas (imagine air quotes here) are rooted in the John Birch Society, Christian Reconstructionism and Constitutional Party, supplemented by Glenn Beck's rant of the day, hardly fresh.
Check those columns again. On Reid's side are plans, projects, results and action. On Angle's side are vague, meaningless platitudes. If severe deregulation of the oil, financial and insurance industries, that occurred under Bush benefited the economy, the recession wouldn't have occurred.

Also, there is absolutely no evidence of a Republican field operation. A canvasser for Angle or Heck has never knocked doors on my street, while Democrats have been here several times.