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Forty-five percent of Nevadans say they would vote to replace Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010 while about a third would back him for another term, according to a Mason-Dixon poll conducted for the Las Vegas Review-Journal last week. The survey said 17 percent would consider another candidate.

Half of those polled had an unfavorable view of Reid compared to 38 percent who regarded him positively and 11 percent who had a neutral opinion.

Taking note of the fact that 55 percent had a favorable view of President Obama, Mason-Dixon's Brad Coker said, "Obama so far has been able to stay out of the fray and let Reid and (House Speaker Nancy) Pelosi get their hands dirty. Obama's so popular, he's a hard person to take a shot at right now, so Reid and Pelosi become the punching bags."

Coker added, "Reid's fortunes are going to hinge on two things: Does he draw a strong challenger, and what does the economy do?" So far, that strong challenger has not emerged.