Sen. Reid's son joins Clinton campaign

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AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., has not endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate, but his son has.

Rory Reid is signing on as Nevada chairman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid. He will be senior adviser on Western issues including public lands, transportation, resources and conservation, growth and affordable housing, the New York senator's campaign said in a statement Sunday.

Reid, 44, is chairman of the Clark County, Nev., Commission and a former chairman of the Nevada State Democratic Party.

He was elected Clark County commissioner in 2002 and was re-elected last fall. His colleagues appointed him chairman in 2005 and again in January.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Newt Gingrich's assessment of the public's reaction to the presidential campaign: Yawn.

As a potential presidential candidate himself, Gingrich said Sunday there may be a market for someone with enough sense not to get into a campaign two years before inauguration day.

"This is going to be like watching bad reruns of 'Survivor,'" Gingrich said. "People are going to say, 'Get them off the island. I don't want to see this anymore.'"

Gingrich, the former House speaker from Georgia, said in December that it would not be too late for him to enter the race after this coming Labor Day if he believed no candidate had a clear advantage.

"I'll come back this summer at some point, if you'll have me, and we'll talk about how bored people are with this campaign," Gingrich said.,

He was interviewed on "Fox News Sunday."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday it is important that he do well in Nevada's early presidential caucuses.

"It's a neighbor state. It's a state of diversity. I'm a Westerner ... the only Westerner in the race," Richardson said.

Iowa goes first in 2008 on the Democratic political calendar, then Nevada, followed by New Hampshire's primary and South Carolina's.

Richardson said all Democratic candidates should sign a pledge not to attack each other because by doing so, "we will go into a general election stronger."

Richardson acknowledged he's behind in the polls, but adding, "it's a year away."

He appeared on "Late Edition" on CNN.

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