Between Main Street and the Beltway

Southern Nevada Paving workers listens as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. touts his jobs bill, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 in Las Vegas. The GOP has targeted Sen. Reid for defeat in his re-election bid this year. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Reminiscent of our post in ’08 at the New Hampshire Segway plant courtesy of contributor Alan Chin, these photos speak to the disconnect between Main Street and the Beltway — contrasting Sen. Reid plugging his jobs bill at the front of a room in Las Vegas yesterday with a group of Southern Nevada Paving workers looking on from the back.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks to supporters about his jobs bill at Southern Nevada Paving, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 in Las Vegas. The GOP has targeted Sen. Reid for defeat in his re-election bid this year. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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