Former first son rides dad's coattails in Nevada Senate race (Jack/Jimmy Carter)

[NVMojo]

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jimmy Carter stepped out of a restaurant on recent afternoon to find a dozen or so people waiting to greet him with murmurs and nervous handshakes. The 82-year-old former president flashed his famous grin and smoothly worked the crowd.

Following in his footsteps, a man with the same grin struggled for the same reception. He reached at the hand of a distracted possible voter.

"I'm Jack Carter. I'm the one who's running," he said.

Such is the blessing and the curse of the Jack Carter for Senate campaign.

The eldest son of the 39th president is in the final push of an underdog campaign for the U.S. Senate in Nevada. Carter, a millionaire investment consultant, says outrage moved him to make his first bid for public office against a well-funded incumbent Republican, Sen. John Ensign.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/oct/27/102710187.html

[Cha]

1. I'd like to be there to

shake both their hands and thank Jack for being "outraged".

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!

[progressivebydesign]

2. What a mean-spirited headline! ugh. n/t

[Lindacooks]

3. Yeah, if they're going to say anything about 'dad's coattails' it

should be about the chimp. He's never accomplished a damn thing without his daddy getting him in and digging him out of his messes.

[NVMojo]

4. right on Lindacooks!!

[Beaverhausen]

5. Anyone know how he is doing in the polls?