Will Nancy Pelosi be Harry Reid’s career ender?

Yes, according to Sherman Frederick, publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

In 50-plus months, Nevada voters will march to the polls and replace Sen. Harry Reid, thus ending one of the longer, more powerful political runs in state history.

When it happens, political wise guys will remember that Sen. Reid's undoing came early in his last term when he became a big shot in the Democratic Party and quickly morphed into someone Nevada voters did not recognize -- his political girlfriend in the House, uber-liberal Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California. …

Nevadans who see Sen. Reid exercise his position as the Democratic leader of the Senate don't see the hardscrabble conservative Mormon from Searchlight.

They see a political transvestite who forsakes his home state to kowtow to the wildly liberal wing of the Democratic Party. …

You can already color Reid the hue of burnt toast in rural Nevada. Harry has never done well in the cow counties, even when he wasn't slipping into Nancy's clothes and make-up.

But doesn’t Reid have huge support from union leaders and the casino owners?

Yes, but Frederick takes a closer look:

As for labor, Sen. Reid could probably come out in favor of copulation between humans and dogs and still get the support of union executives.

Work-a-day union members, however, are another story. Those folks who work hard for their money and count pennies to raise a family in Las Vegas want real paycheck relief, not tax-till-they-bleed federal programs.

Casino support is good for cash, which is important for any politician, but there is some evidence of a growing backlash within the electorate against gaming industry support.

Also, the instant that polls begin to show any doubt in Sen. Reid's re-election, gaming money splinters. If there is one thing casino management knows how to do, it is how to hedge a bet.

The whole thing’s worth a read.

By the way, don’t you love some of Frederick’s metaphors? The guy knows how to mix humor with sharp political commentary.

Hey, that gives me an idea!

We all know about the troubles the liberal Air America network’s been having.

We can’t do anything about its financial scandals.

But those low ratings? Maybe something can be done about them.

I’m going to send this post to Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer.

No one's worked harder than Brian to help Air America realize what it has to do to grow its audience base into the thousands.

Brian could use Frederick’s column to show Air America’s biggest anchor, Al Franken, just what sharp, humorous political commentary is.

I mean, when Franken says “big, fat idiot” for the zillionth time, he expects to get a laugh and is confused when he doesn't.

But what if Brian told Franken about Frederick and commentary like “slipping into Nancy's clothes and make-up?”

Franken might change and people might begin asking, “When did Al Franken get funny?

How about it, Brian? Won't you give Franken one last chance?