'Tea party' favorite Sharron Angle takes aim at Harry Reid

[TomCADem]

Source: CSM

Sharron Angle is a favorite of the burgeoning “tea party” movement. But she brings with her fight to enter the political big time a set of controversial positions, statements, and affiliations that GOP leaders are having to scrub, explain, or make excuses for.

Still, a Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Nevada voters last week had Angle ahead of Reid by a substantial 50-39 percent – as much a reflection of Reid’s unpopularity as a four-term Washington insider as anything else.

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Citing Thomas Jefferson’s notion about the periodic need for revolution, Angle told conservative talk radio host Lars Larson: “If this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies.” She’s said essentially the same thing in other venues.

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Sen. John Cornyn (R) of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, found himself having to explain why Angle had once been a member of the Independent American Party, founded in Nevada (according to its website) because “the Republican Party was growing too corrupt and socialistic.”


Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0619/Tea-party-favorite-Sharron-Angle-takes-aim-at-Harry-Reid

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Most major media outlets simply refuse to expose Sharron Angle's right wing views that would make Jim Demint look like a Black Panther. On energy, she still advocates deregulation even after the gulf spill. She complains that global warming is a hoax, and she advocates the abolition of the IRS, EPA and Department of Energy among other things.

Also, notice how this article does not even mention her views on Social Security (eliminate it).

[PSPS]

1. Her crazy talk is gold with her base.

The problem, of course, is that she needs more than those 17-percenters to win any general election. Even Reid should be able to mop the floor with her.

[KonaKane]

2. "Second amendment remedies"

I note that if she were a leftist and said that, DHS would be at her door right now.

[Mz Pip]

3. Why is she ahead?

Is Nevada that nuts? I know Reid is unpopular but good grief this is really nuts.

[TomCADem]

6. The Reason Is That The Corporate Media Is Actively Suppressing Stories On Her Expressed Positions

This is not a gotcha moment. Sharron Angle's own website listed many of her extreme views and rants. Her position on social security alone should doom her. BUT no one knows. No one asks her the tough questions. Most importantly, the media fails to inform voters of what they are voting for. Thus, Sharron Angles gets to avoid dealing with the fact that she is a walking caricature of the Tea Party.

[Lasher]

4. Rasmussen poll

As much a reflection of Rasmussen's intentional bias as anything else.

Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason Dixon shows Angle up by 3%, within that poll's MOE.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/nv/nevada_senate_angle_vs_reid-1517.html#polls

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. Which party will she represent in the election?