A friend sends along a link to this Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial on Harry Reid's sliding poll numbers. The editorial is based on a recent Reno Gazette Journal poll which found that Reid's approval rating has sunk to around 39 percent and his disapproval rating is at an impressive 49 percent. The editorial also discusses an October poll conducted by the Review-Journal which found Reid's favorability rating at 32 percent and his unfavorable rating at 51 percent. The editorial further notes that Reid "has never been Nevada's most popular politician. The last time he had a serious Republican opponent - 1998, when he faced John Ensign - he limped to victory by just a few hundred votes." In 2004, Reid trounced Republican challenger Richard Ziser. winning 61 percent of the vote. Ziser was not a serious challenger, however. Reid isn't up for reelection until 2010, by which time these numbers may improve. But they may not improve, and in fact probably won't, because there seems to be a direct correlation between being a Democratic Senate leader from a red state who speaks conservatively while at home but pursues a liberal agenda while in Washington, and seeing your approval rating plummet. Harry Reid, meet Tom Daschle.