One last Ralston gasp for Sen. Reid

Using the friendly Jon Ralston to drive their narrative all campaign long, the Harry Reid camp got one last lick in this Sunday by leading Jon to say that Harry Reid will "hold on" to win by 2 points.

It will more likely will be a 3+ point win for angle based on latest polling, depending upon how strongly independents break for Angle. But any predication in that range, one way or the other, is not out of the ballpark.

So, I don't begrudge anyone their guess. What makes Jon's prediction so dishonest is that he has at no time divulged his many spectacular conflicts to readers. He can't cover the Reid campaign with honesty given his close ties to the Reid campaign. That's just a fact. And he definitely shouldn't be reporting on any statewide Democrat race without disclosing how he's ... how shall I say it ... in bed with 'em.

Remember, just a week ago Ralston was predicting that Reid would win by 8 points. Now he says it'll be 2 points. Two weeks ago he said that if the GOP jumped out to a 4 point lead in early voting as compared to registration percentages, it would be "ominous" for Reid and Democrats. It ended up just a tick under 4 points -- yet Jon goes against his initial "analysis". You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure that one out.

And finally, just this morning when the Las Vegas Review-Journal published it's latest poll results showing Joe Heck defeating U.S. Rep. Dina Titus by a surprising 10 points, Ralston wrote "No one thinks that. If so, there won't be a D left in office here."

Hyperbole aside, what he means to say is "I hope that isn't true because it would mean I've been had."