Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment and the ensuing controversy marked a
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American Idol For Conservatives: You Decide
Okay, Swamplanders. Who will America choose? First up, Sharron Angle, late from her turn as a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nevada. She will be performing Lee Greenwood’s God Bless The USA.
The Chiaroscuro Hellscape That Will Be Nevada
As Harry Reid and Sharron Angle’s closing ads tell it, Silver Staters are in for a nightmarish November 3.
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So it goes in a race where majorities have an unfavorable view of both incumbent and challenger, who’ve been …
Why The “Extreme” Strategy Is Working For Harry Reid, But Probably No One Else
Democrats have reacted to Tea Party-fueled Senate bids from the likes of Sharron Angle, Rand Paul, Ken Buck and now Joe Miller with a simple message: Republicans are “too extreme.” Uncertain if the anti-Bush mantra of recent cycles still resonates and disconcerted by a serious enthusiasm gap, Democrats have fixated on persuading voters …
Sharron Angle and the Fourth Estate
The Nevada Senate candidate’s rocky relationship with the press isn’t going to be getting much better after this one:
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For what it’s worth, nothing she says in this clip is untrue — every campaign wishes things worked that way. They just don’t usually admit it.
Welcome Back, Pragmatism
People are unhappy. They’ve been unhappy for a while: through Enron and the .com bubble bursting, 9/11, two wars, Katrina. They thought Barack Obama would bring change but few have felt the changes he’s wrought: who can imagine how bad the economy could have gotten sans stimulus? It feels bad enough as it is. Then came the Gulf oil …