There is another angle to the rebuke of Sen. Harry Reid from Charlotte McCourt from beyond the grave: McCourt’s prominence among Nevada Mormons. (Both McCourt and Reid are Mormon.)

John Mansfield: “When you read the obituary request for votes against Harry Reid, you may have thought, “What a zealous Republican!” Sister McCourt was a Democrat, and an actively involved one. Her example was one factor that led me back in ’82 to walk into the Reid campaign headquarters and spend several Saturday mornings canvassing neighborhoods to send him to Congress for his first term. On one hand, when I saw John Smith’s headline “Charlotte zings Reid from beyond the grave,” I was pretty sure I knew which Charlotte this was: she was that involved with politics; also that first name reference gives a sense of how connected she was.”

The Las Vegas Review Journal has a story on this as well:

Some members of the Mormon community were upset by the obituary’s message. Sandra Jolley worked with McCourt on Reid campaigns in the past and continues to volunteer.
“I knew Charlotte. She’s someone I really admired,” Jolley said. “But why on Earth would anyone want to use this forum to demonize someone? I think this is horrendous.”
Jolley said many members of Nevada’s Mormon community respect Reid, although they are less vocal than conservatives who have come to dislike the senator strongly. Although Mormons make up 7.5 percent of the state population, they account for 20 percent to 30 percent of the Republican vote.