• One of the more interesting dynamics in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race are the growing number of groups and organizations who you would think would be slam-dunk supporters of Sharron Angle – like the National Rifle Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – who are nevertheless reportedly mulling support for Reid (or “going Swiss”) simply because whoever would replace Reid as Senate Majority Leader for the Democrats would be measurably worse.
• Reid is, literally, the lesser of two evils in their minds….and probably even in reality.
• Meanwhile, Republican tea party darling Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts gave Harry Reid the 60th vote he needed on Thursday to pass a bill increasing the federal government’s chokehold on the nation’s banking industry. Many tea party activists, so thrilled with Brown’s victory to replace Teddy Kennedy just this past January, are having some serious buyer’s remorse.
• By dying this year instead of last, New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner probably saved his estate some $500 million since the federal “death tax” expired at the end of 2009 and hasn’t yet been renewed by Congress. Losing out on all that Steinbrenner loot will likely motivate Congress to try to reinstitute “taxation without respiration” by the end of this year.
• Wait a minute. The state of Utah somehow had a list of 1,300 illegal immigrants living illegally in Utah – including addresses and workplaces – which was leaked by someone to the media this week, and everyone’s upset with the person who leaked it? Why isn’t anyone upset that the government knew the whereabouts of 1,300 illegals taking jobs from Utahans during the Great Recession and was doing absolutely nothing about it?
• And some people still wonder why there’s so much support for that Arizona anti-illegal alien law?
• Could Republicans actually pick up 11 U.S. Senate seats in November and regain control from Harry Reid & the Democrats. Unlikely, but not impossible. Here’s the breakdown of a dozen competitive Democrat-held Senate seats in play for Republicans and the current outlook according to recent polls.
1. California: Fiorina (R) vs. Boxer (D) – leans Republican
2. Colorado: Buck (R) vs. Bennet – leans Republican
3. Delaware: Castle (R) vs. Coons (D) – leans Republican
4. Florida Rubio (R) vs. Crist vs. Meek – leans Republican
5. Illinois: Giannoulias (D) vs. Kirk (R) – leans Democrat
6. Kentucky: Paul (R) vs. Conway (D) – leans Republican
7. Missouri: Blunt (R) vs. Carnahan (D) – leans Republican
8. Nevada: Angle (R) vs. Reid (D) – leans Republican
9. Ohio: Portman (R) vs. Fisher (D) – leans Republican
10. Pennsylvania: Toomey (R) vs. Sestak (D) – leans Republican
11. Washington: Murray (D) vs. Rossi (R) – toss up
12. Wisconsin: Feingold (D) vs. Johnson (R) – leans Democrat
• Of course, it’s still awfully early. Some primary surprises could still upset the above lineup. And don’t forget that Republicans rarely blow an opportunity to blow an opportunity.
The more Nevada learns about Angle’s extreme views, the less they like her http://bit.ly/dCP5Xe
GO back ti San Francisco you Rino. Sharron Angle represents AMERICA!
Iris, Justin is no RINO. He works for Harry Reid.
Nevadan’s need to get 100% behind Sharron Angle. The big picture is that Nevada and the Nation are in serious danger if we allow Barak Obama to walk over the top of the other branches of federal government. Harry has been complicit in this all along.
Sharron may not be a skilled and polished politician, but we can work on that later. As long as we have someone that will stand with the conservatives – we will have one more vote and they (the progressives on the left) will have one less.
COME ON NEVADA! For the sake of the nation – support her and then vote him out.
Ron
Hermosa Beach, CA (but Nevada Born!)
After watching Angle’s commercials where she stands in front of an audience, her true self emerges, she actually appears to be retarded, what a joke, and steals Regan’s line “Government is the problem”.
Scott Brown was always the lesser of two evils. Did I and many like me work to get him elected in Massachusetts…absolutely! Heck, I graduated high school and college there, and I got to talk to a great number of my former classmates in the weeks before that election. Many of my friends voted for Kennedy over and over again, but now were voting for Brown primarily due to Coakley being such a poor candidate. Better Brown than Martha Coakley, hands down.
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a RINO in Ted Kennedy’s senate seat is a considerable victory, since the state is 4 to 1 Democrat by registration. This is the way Collins and Snowe survive in heavily Democratic Maine. Remember, Massachusetts has brought us Republicans like Bill Weld and Paul Celucci, who were anything but Conservative. If Brown was a real Conservative, he would not even have survived a primary in Massachusetts. I would also bet he will not survive 2012, because the Massachusetts Democrats will field a superior candidate and blow Brown out by 10 to 12 points.
I would have a hard time believing that any self-respecting Republican, tea partier, 912er, RINO or otherwise, would not accept even a moderate Republican winning over the likes of Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, or Obama’s seat in Illinois. Better a RINO or moderate than a Liberal Socialist…hands down.
What I don’t understand is how a Conservative state like Arizona continues to put up with John McCain.