“Sharon Angle did not ‘self-destruct’. She was a good conservative facing an uphill battle. Do you think some mealy mouthed Republican would have defeated Reid? The man has the most effective GOTV network there is with the culinary unions.”
I beg to differ. my wife is from one of the major business families in Las Vegas so although we live in CA, we do know what’s going on in Nevada. I actually contacted Bill Raggio, a then Republican Senator from Reno. According to him, Angle was a disaster as a legislator. She fought with everyone and had no support from the Party in Nevada. Then there was the (Akin issue) with her in that every time she opened her mouth, she stuck her foot all the way down to her a$$. Reid’s son lost the governor’s race by a landslide. You don’t think that the same union cabal that got Reid elected wasn’t working for Rory? The truth is that Rory had a good opponent and Harry didn’t. My guess is that either of Sharron’s opponents would have beaten Reid, but didn’t get the chance thanks to the Tea Party in this instance.
Okay, I’ll concede. The next time Reid is up for re-election, let’s run a Castle-type against him, and see who wins. It should be interesting. Karl Rove will have yet another shot to break his losing streak.