For the past few days I have been listening to some very smart people debate the future of the Sharron Angle, Harry Reid race.  Judging by Reid's negatives, Angle should have a double digit lead over the Senate Majority Leader. My friend Ed Morrissey of Hot Air believes a big part of Angle's disappointing polls so far is Harry Reid's big war chest which has been buying tons of TV advertising positioning the GOP candidate as a right wing nut job (Angle has only recently begun TV advertising). He points to the fact that Reid has big negatives and Nevadan's low approval of President Obama as evidence this race is not nearly over.

Disagreeing with Ed, I have taken the position that some of Angle's slip-ups the biggest of which has been largely avoiding answering questions from the local press, have caused her poor standing in the polls. And while agreeing that the underlying numbers may show that Reid is battling much more than his own negatives (declining confidence in personal economy), Angle seems as she is not ready for "prime-time," who may not be ready for prime time.

The latest polls show that Ed's position is much closer to being correct. According to today's Mason-Dixon poll, this race got much close. The economy and Angle's recent addition of television to her marketing mix may be driving it.

The new research has  Reid and Angle neck and neck. The Senate majority leader would win 43 percent and Angle 42 percent of support from likely Nevada voters if the election were held now but when you consider the 4% margin of error this is a virtual tie.

Two weeks ago the same company, Mason-Dixon…