Harry Reed in the spotlight, GOP celebrates; Maryland and Wake Forest tied for first in ACC Soccer

BALTIMORE, Maryland September 30, 2013 - Gallup says 53% don't approve of Harry Reid: If you are willing to take a gander at the MSM this week, you will see Senate President Harry Reid as he tries to make sure the United States Congress funds Obamamess (aka Obamacare; aka Affordable Care Act).  If you are one of the ones who turns his TV on only to see the dingy one, the odds are you will change the channel or turn the TV off (imagine that!) almost immediately.  That is because well over half of all Americans do not like Harry Reid.  A recent Gallup Poll put the number who disapprove of the Senate President at 53%.  And when he is in the national spotlight, the GOP starts celebrating.  For many Americans, the dislike of the mealy-mouthed Nevadan is visceral.  He just has that certain creepiness about him.  Who can forget - alright, most people have forgotten, and that is too bad - back when the Dems, laughably, gave Reid this job.  Soon thereafter he appeared on 60 Minutes and the reporter ask some question about the Supreme Court, to which Reid, remembering his brain-dead talking points from the DNC, said Clarence Thomas is stupid and the worst justice in the history of the Supreme Court.  So the reporter, back when the people on shows like 60 minutes actually were reporters, ask him to name a Thomas opinion that reflected the fact that he wasn't all that bright.  Reid got that deer in the headlights look on his face because he hadn't read even one such opinion, and the interview went to commercial.  In another segment, Reid said he was having lunch in a Washington Restaurant when a child approached his table - stop that laughing! - and said, Mr. Reid, I want to grow up to be just like you.  Folks, if you have a kid who says stuff like that, get him the help he or she desperately needs.  Mr. Limbaugh calls Reid "dingy," which, if you have ever seen even one video clip of Reid, fits him to a T. Reid actually won re-election in 2010 and people in Nevada are still washing their hands but folks, that stuff won't come off for six years.  Imagine that you are obama and you have to depend on dingy to carry the day for your "signature" legislation.  Talk about sleepless nights!  Maryland's Win Over Pitt ties it with Wake for ACC Soccer Lead:  Maryland moved into a tie with Wake Forest for first place in the ACC, and for the third consecutive week, the league standings are nearly the national rankings in reverse, or something like that.  Wake Forest (3-0-1, 5-2-1) is ranked No. 24 and Maryland (3-0-1, 3-2-3) No. 8.  Meanwhile, the nation's number one team, North Carolina, sits in a three-way tie for seventh place in the ACC.  Carolina is 0-0-4 in the conference and 3-1-4 overall.  It is tied - soccer standings are determined by accumulated points, with three awarded for a win and one for a tie -  with unranked North Carolina State, (1-2-1, 4-2-1) and unranked Virginia (1-2-1, 4-3-1).  In between first and seventh are third-place Notre Dame, ranked #4, and 2-0-2 in the ACC and 4-0-3 overall; in a tie for fourth place are No. 16 Clemson (2-1-1, 7=1=1) and unranked Boston College (2-1-1, 4-2-2); and in sixth place is unranked Virginia Tech (1-2-3, 3-2-3).  Below the No. 1 team, in eighth place, is Syracuse (1-3-0, 6-3-0). The ninth place team is Duke (0-3-1, 4-3-2).  In last place is Pitt (0-4-0, 0-4-2).  But Pitt fans should take heart.  They held Maryland scoreless throughout the first half at College Park, and lost only by 2-0.  The Panthers were 2-0-1 in the preseason, including a tie with the University of Detroit.  They then opened the season with home ties with Oakland and Longwood, before dropping a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime match at North Carolina State.  Their other matches are all tough ACC losses, 2-1 against Boston College, 2-0 against Wake Forest and the Maryland loss.  This week the Panthers have Xavier at home tomorrow night and Virginia in Charlottesville on Friday.  If they go 2-0 nobody should be surprised.