There really was no alternative to Angle either. The only other one with a chance was known as ‘the chicken lady’
That’s Sue Lowden (she’s running for LT Governor next year), I preferred the third candidate Danny Tarkanian (who lost out to Lowden for 2nd place by less than 3%, with Angle winning by 14 points).
But I’d much much much much have rather run Lowden than Angle. Fieldmarshaldj and I an a few others warned at the time that if anyone was gonna blow it, it was Angle. She had lost a GOP primary for Congress in 2006 and then whined for a REVOTE (not recount, revote), that nonsense combined with the bad year allowed the rats to come within 5 points of winning the seat. Then she lost a primary for State Senate against the elderly RINO dirtbag GOP Leader Bill Raggio. Running that loser for a HIGHER office after those boners was an act of absolute insanity.
She got a lot of undeserved support merely because she played the role of “tea party” candidate to the best effect, at exactly the right time. Dozens of people flamed anyone who dared criticize her. This was a failed politician, clearly feeling entitled to office, who used the tea party movement for her own ambitions. She then blew a race that was in the bag and it didn’t even end up very close. And there are still ninnies who would like to see her run again and insist she ONLY lost (by almost SIX points) a race she led until the end of the campaign, because of fraud, she did nothing wrong in her horrible campaign, nothing at all.
As you can probably tell I feel very strongly about that race.