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Sharon angle is taking on harry reid. he has been racking up the miles a couple weeks ago interviewing angle. now it is time to talk reid. >> frequent flyer miles are good, kyra. >> it does add up. harry reid is not popular in nevada, below 50% approval. he tried to explain that to you, right? >> reporter: yeah, he did. it was interesting, he had kind of a new tact here. one of the things you would think is he would talk about the economy, which he did. the economy is bad and he started to blame the bush administration for the poll sips of the past. that was somewhat to be expected, but he tal...

Unemployment above the national average but the fact there's been a relentless pounding on angle with negatives that i think have brought this race into flux. i still think at the end of the day, an incumbent under 50, harry reid should lose. >> it does come down to jobs, roger, his and his is in jeopardy like so many out in nevada. >> well, he's a majority leader. he's a known commodity with 100% name i.d. he's trying to tag his opponent at this point. his own unfavorables are extremely high and for an incumbe incumbent, he ought to be cresting 50%. >> tara, i'll give you the final word. >> i...

>> certainly this is going to be a tough election year because of the economy. that's pretty much stating the obvious but interestingly enough, if you look back several months, people had written harry reid off. it's actually come a long way in a very short period of time and i actually attribute that to sharon angle. people had him -- the polling had harry reid losing to anyone with an r next to their name significantly several months ago and now he has a slight advantage so interestingly enough, he has some momentum on his side. >> ok. roger, how do you see it? >> an incumbent under 50 who a...

>> what's your thought on that. >> you've seen the caucus forming in the house and the republican caucus forming in the house. and the tea party, the part of the g.o.p. establishment. >> that's the history of third party movements is that they tend to be-- they don't tend to form their own independent party, once in a great while. they tend to be coop operated. >> that can be a good thing. one of the two main parties is taking on their ideas. >> sure, i think there's so much overlap between what the tea party stands for and the g.o.p. stands for when it's standing for the right things, once th...

Can the people that they've elected through these primaries and they have he' been very successful republican primaries. can they get them through in november? >> well, and also, is this, jason, just a short-term reaction to the excesses, perceived excesses of the obama administration and to the rotten economy or does it have real grass roots staying power? >> that's the big question. there's no doubt that the g.o.p. has lost its way, in recent years, particularly on issues like spending and the tea party movement has helped the g.o.p. find its way. so on the short run, it's doing some very po...