Yeah, sometimes we GET WHAT WE WISH FOR even if it DOESN'T WORK OUT, Harry!
Remember, Democrats WANTED to run against REAGAN!
"Primaries tomorrow to test depths of discontent
WASHINGTON — In Nevada, the Republican race for the right to challenge Harry Reid, a Democrat and the Senate majority leader, in the fall could go in a number of directions tomorrow.
Former state assemblywoman Sharron Angle enters primary day as the slight front-runner due in part to significant expenditures from the Club for Growth, among other conservative third-party groups, on her behalf.
But Sue Lowden, the former state party chairman who hamstrung her once-front-running campaign by suggesting a barter system for health care, remains in the game because of her considerable personal spending. And then there is businessman Danny Tarkanian, who has hung around as Angle has risen and Lowden has fallen. He is the son of Jerry Tarkanian, the former UNLV men’s basketball coach....
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"Primaries show off the power of the broom; Upstarts shoo or threaten veterans" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | June 9, 2010
WASHINGTON — Tea Party movement candidate Sharron Angle scored a stunning victory in Nevada’s GOP Senate primary, as voters across the country sent a message that established politicians are endangered this election season.
ALL INCUMBENTS OUT!!
Angle, who wants to scrap the Department of Education, phase out Social Security, and dump nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, benefited from a late surge among antiestablishment voters and outside cash from groups demanding a more conservative voice in the Silver State. She will face the top GOP target this November: Senate majority leader Harry Reid....
One of the most closely watched races nationally was the Senate primary in Nevada. Republicans backed Angle over state GOP former chair Sue Lowden, even though Angle’s stances could alienate independent moderate voters in the race to defeat Reid. Her win concerns some GOP leaders and delights Democrats in Nevada, analysts said....
The Nevada primary had been considered a key gauge of how much support the emerging Tea Party movement has among disgruntled voters and how much influence it has in the GOP.
Lowden had been the front-runner until last month and was considered a strong candidate to beat Reid. Democrats consider Angle, a former state legislator known for often-lone antitax crusades, an easier opponent.
And how often is that things work out for Democrats?
They are about to lose control of Congress after losing their super-majority, right?
“I think they’re as happy as anyone with a 38 percent approval rating can be,’’ said Nevada-based political analyst Jon Ralston, describing the Reid camp’s reaction to Angle’s popularity....
Elsewhere in the state:
Governor Jim Gibbons of Nevada, an incumbent damaged by details of an extramarital affair disclosed during a nasty divorce, was soundly defeated in his GOP bid for renomination. It was the first time a Nevada governor was beaten in his own primary.
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