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U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy recently emailed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's supporters seeking contributions to help Reid win re-election in 2010 and indicating that Reid is already the target of the GOP in 2010, according to the email obtained by PolitickerMA.com.

Kennedy, a Hyannis Port Democrat, praises Reid in the email, saying he is grateful Reid is the majority leader. Republicans, Kennedy wrote, know Reid is pivotal to the Democrats' agenda and are already looking to unseat him in 2010 as they did to former Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004.

"Our GOP opponents understand Harry's role, and they're already looking for ways to undermine his leadership," Kennedy wrote. "He faces reelection in Nevada in 2010, and he's already being targeted for defeat. The next [Federal Election Commission] fundraising report will cover early contributions to 2010 candidates through this December and the GOP will use that report to decide whether they can beat Harry Reid."

Former Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday that GOP presidential nominee's John McCain's economic plan is helping him close the gap in pivotal states he must carry to win the presidency on Tuesday.

Speaking via satellite from Toledo, Ohio, on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Romney, a Belmont Republican and 2008 presidential contender, said recent Mason-Dixon polling shows McCain closing ground.

"The Mason-Dixon polls that came out yesterday state by state, show John McCain leading in Ohio, and Florida," Romney said. "Of course, we gotta pick up Pennsylvania as well and then perhaps Virginia, New Hampshire, [and] some combination including Iowa New Mexico, Nevada. There's a pathway to victory for John McCain."

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After crashing the Democratic National Convention in Denver next Tuesday, Romney (R-Belmont) is scheduled to attend two events for the Nevada Republican Party Wednesday.

As PolitickerMA.com reported Thursday, Romney will headline at a fundraising luncheon for the Nevada GOP in Las Vegas next Wednesday.  

Then Romney will "host" a rally for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain in Las Vegas the same afternoon, according to an invitation sent by the Nevada GOP that PolitickerMA.com has obtained.