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I don’t know a lot about Nevada except that it is basically 2 large cities and a whole lot of wasteland. Drove from Vegas to Reno once and there isn’t a lot to fight for there.

Angle is a problem if there were just as conservative a candidate who could have won except for some mishap. As for me, I’ll not ever vote for a rino again. Better a known enemy, than a traitor in your midst.

So, the only other issue is a better conservative losing in the primary to a lesser conservative. If that “better” conservative lost simply because the “lesser” conservative ran a better campaign, then I’d have to say that the “better” was not really “better.”

If the better lost the primary because he got in late, was a virtual unknown, or became ill, etc., then I’ll regret the Angle race. I do think she squandered an awful lot of time.

And then there’s the question of fraud. Perhaps Ronald Reagan himself could not have defeated tampered electronic voting machines.

We’ve GOT to get rid of those things.

I’m more worried about tampered physical ballots than electronic stuff. democrats tend to ‘find’ whatever physical stuff they need. This whole recounting thing has to end and the only way is with instant ATM style stuff.

So, the only other issue is a better conservative losing in the primary to a lesser conservative. If that “better” conservative lost simply because the “lesser” conservative ran a better campaign, then I’d have to say that the “better” was not really “better.”

If the better lost the primary because he got in late, was a virtual unknown, or became ill, etc., then I’ll regret the Angle race. I do think she squandered an awful lot of time.

One serious problem is that Nevada does not have a primary runoff election. Angle only got about a 35% plurality in the primary to win it. In most states, she would have faced a runoff against the candidate with the second highest vote total. The runoff would have exposed Angle's weaknesses as a candidate. I'm pretty sure she would not have survived a runoff.

Re “tampered voting machines”.

If I recall correctly after the Florida hanging chads mess there was a big push to give Diebold (a company very conservative politically) big contracts for voting machines. However, it was quickly shown how easy it was to subvert these machines electronically.

Regarding executing good plans, a famous military person whose name I don’t remember said something like “the plan goes out the window the minute the first shot is fired.” Thus experience and flexibility become key factors in winning which apparently Angle’s group lacked.