The Trouble With (Going After) Harry

By Sniffles

First, let us cats just say that any day we're talking about Ken Cuccinelli and sodomy here in Virginia is a good day for Terry McAuliffe.

All righty, then. Now that we've gotten that off our furry chests, let's turn our attention to a silly story in POLITICO about how the Republicans are dying to take out Harry Reid in 2016. POLITICO is agog — in the naive, sloppy-reportage way that only they can be — about whether the GOP will succeed in defeating the wily 73-year-old Mormon and former boxer who swears he's running for re-election.

We cats say, please. Did no one at the House of VandeHai think to ask whether the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee is really willing to pour vast resources into Nevada when they have the following truly competitive races to worry about?

• Kelly Ayotte — New Hampshire will vote Democratic in the 2016 Presidential, and believe us, she's scared.
• Pat Toomey — Pennsylvania, same story.
• Rob Portman — Ohio, ditto.
• Dan Coats — Indiana will probably go Republican in November, but Coats is 100 years old and could be vulnerable.
• Chuck Grassley — Iowa will go Democratic, and Grassley is probably 100 years older than Coats.
• Mark Kirk — Illinois will go blue, of course. And who knows what physical shape Kirk will be in come 2016?
• Ron Johnson — Wisconsin's stupider Senator is Mr. Teabag in a blue state. Not a good fit.
• Roy Blunt — Okay, Missouri is probably red.
• John Boozman — Will Arkansas stay red with a Clinton on the ticket? You be the judge! Our phones are open.
• Rand Paul — Let's reserve judgment on Rand until we see what happens to Mitch McConnell in 2014. Which at the moment looks kinda dicey.
• Richard Burr — Thanks to Pat McCrory and the teabags, North Carolina is in total turmoil. But as with Kentucky, let's see what happens with Kay Hagan's re-election first.
• Marco Rubio — 2016 could be iffy for Baby Marco. His star has fallen with the haters since he moved on immigration. And can the GOP afford to defend him to the hilt, even at the cost of Nevada?
• Johnny Isakson — Georgia is probably purple only in our dreams. But it's getting there. Check back with us on this if Michelle Nunn wins next year.
• David Vitter — Louisiana has known no shortage of scandalous Governors, and if Black Book Davie decides he wants to run, his Senate seat could be open. Hm!
• John McCain — He's retiring, right? Somebody please let us know. Because Arizona might not be far behind New Mexico, red-to-blue-wise.

Okay, that's an eye-glazing list, and we've probably even missed a couple of races. But our point is simply that the Republicans will have precious few resources to shift to Nevada in 2016. Which makes us cats PURR — but at POLITICO's lazy reporting, we HISS.