What did Harry Reid do for Nevada this week? What plan of Obama's are people coalescing around? Can you really put a hold on Superman? Reid on!

Nevada First: Help is NOT on it's way. Just how badly damaged is the GOP brand in Nevada? Ignore the “voter’s remorse” many Nevadans are feeling about sending Jim Gibbons to the Governor’s Mansion. Pay no attention to the massive voter registration advantage Democrats now have (60,068 more!). And Mac’s down to Barack in the latest Razz poll? Forget about it. The clearest sign that the GOP brand is crashing faster even than Fred Thompson’s presidential bid - They couldn’t get 675 people to show up to the State Convention. So they canceled it. As Blue Sage Views noted on Friday, the NV GOP needed just .1% of the 390,443 registered Republicans in the state to sign a card (postage paid!). Our convention? 2,500 - and there were plenty more who wanted to come. The GOP reminds the Weekly Reid of Mrs. Fletcher, from those Life Alert commercials in the 80s. It’s fallen - and it ain’t getting up.

Support you can count on. Senate Democrats have done a lot this year to take away the GOP's favorite talking point - that Democrats don’t support the troops. We passed the 21st Century GI Bill. We’ve voted 30+ times to bring this war to an end (more on that below). And just last week, Senator Reid announced he helped secure $194.5 million in funding for Nevada’s military bases. About $80 million of that will go to the National Guard and the Army Reserves. Harry Reid - fighting (and delivering) for Nevada’s veterans in ways only he can.

Must Reid: Look who's walkin' back. The weekend news cycle was dominated by the back and forth and back again over Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s comments to the German magazine Spiegel. In case you missed it, he basically endorsed Barack Obama’s position for withdrawing troops from Iraq. This puts John McCain in a pretty pickle - he keeps saying we must stay to finish the job, leaving only when we’ve secured Iraq, finished the mission and have been asked to go. His is an open ended commitment. If he were to backtrack now...well. To paraphrase the words of a Republican strategist, as quoted in Marc Ambinder’s blog, they're in trouble. (Bonus question: Who was Ambinder's source? Email your guesses here.)

Look. The Iraqi people are coming together around Sen. Obama’s plan. The Iraqi government is coming around to Sen. Obama’s plan. The American people support Sen. Obama’s plan. And, as Sen. Reid said on the Senate floor yesterday, “Even President Bush – who bears the primary responsibility for this incompetently managed war – is now belatedly and gradually moving toward some elements of key Democratic positions – on Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq.” Once again, times are changing. The political landscape is changing. And John McCain is behind the ball.

In related news, John McCain got on the Internet yesterday. All by himself.

Coburn-tastic! The Weekly Reid brought you news of the Coburn Omnibus a few weeks ago. As a recap, the bill is really a package of bills that have passed the House, cleared the appropriate Senate committee and typically have broad support. Pretty much everyone likes them except Senator “Dr. Tom” Coburn. Here’s just a sample of some of the bills packaged in the Coburn Omnibus: The Emmitt Till Unsolved Crimes bill, The Runaway and Homeless Youth bill, The Combating Child Exploitation bill, The ALS Registry bill, and The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act. Who’s against helping runaways and the homeless? Who’s for Child Exploitation? How can you possibly put a hold on Superman!?

Reid's Watching: Begich Buzz: New Razz poll has Mayor Mark Begich up 50% - 41% over Alaska’s Founding Father Ted Stevens. The poll was taken after Mayor Begich started airing two new (and awesome) ads.

Other polling updates: Oregon Assembly Speaker Jeff Merkley’s up over Gordon Smith 43% - 41%. That’s an 11 point swing in the last month (in our direction). We’re up 6 in Louisiana, 9 in Colorado, and we’ve all but won in Virginia and New Hampshire.

DSCC’n. In the past, the campaign arm of Senate Democrats - the DSCC - has been a valuable resource for challengers and incumbents alike. The DSCC has the ability to shift large amounts of money around in the final weeks of the campaign - right when races tighten and the attack ads start flying. Well this year, according to both the WaPo and Roll Call, the DSCC is going to be more than just an ad machine - they’re investing in field operations. Great idea. Independent and undecided voters pick a generic Dem in most polls these days - let’s make sure they get out and vote for our candidates.