Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

As we head into the last two and a half months of the Angle-Reid campaign, the biggest refrain from Harry’s commercials should just stick in every Nevadan’s craw. That is, “she’s too extreme”. TOO EXTREME! This from a guy willing to devastate the economy of an entire county because, worshiping at the alter of the [...]

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AP Nevada Republicans Tuesday picked tea party insurgent Sharron Angle to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, marking the start of an epic showdown between a king of Capitol Hill and a conservative renegade who wants to turn Washington on end. The choices couldn’t be more different. Reid, 70, is the bland, sometimes prickly [...]

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has knocked down his leading Republican challenger, paving the way for a potential fall fight with a tea party favorite who may be easier to beat. Reid’s unceasing attacks on his biggest-name challenger — former Nevada Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Lowden — have dragged her down into a tight [...]

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Early voting in Nevada’s primary election gets under way this weekend across the state. Polls open at county registrar offices and other various locations beginning Saturday. Voters can cast early ballots for two weeks, though locations and times vary. Residents are urged to check with their county registrar or the secretary of state’s website for [...]

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Sharron Angle (R-NV), a conservative Republican running to replace U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), will be hosted at a fundraiser in Reno this Sunday May 23 at the Montrêux Country Club located at 18077 Bordeaux Drive. The event begins at 1:00 pm.  U.S. Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore (R-CA) will also join with Angle. DeVore is [...]

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Nevada banned people wearing chicken costumes from polling places around the state last week. The state election commission does not want the costumes or other poultry-related memorabilia to prevent mocking of Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden, who wants to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D). Democrats have ridiculed the former Nevada GOP chairwoman for [...]

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In listening to “America’s Morning News” today, I heard Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid bemoaning the BP oil spill disaster. Comparing it to the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989, Mr. Reid underscored the relatively moderate amount of oil spilled by Exxon, using data to impress upon his listeners the grave danger we are in due [...]

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Competing for the growing anti-immigration vote, U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian spoke out against Senator Harry Reid’s proposal for comprehensive immigration reform during a telephone conference call May 13. In a new TV ad which began airing May 10, he called the Reid plan, “nothing more than a bailout for those who break the rules.” [...]

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Sharron Angle’s surge in the U.S. Senate primary contest has created a rift within the Republican Party, with key establishment players unhappy that the Tea Party-backed conservative might upset their handpicked favorite, Sue Lowden, GOP insiders say. Some Republicans even have threatened privately to support Democratic incumbent Harry Reid in the fall if Angle on [...]

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Does the White House think Harry Reid’s a goner? The Washington Post’s Jason Horowitz writes up Sen. Chuck Schumer’s not-so-secret ambition to succeed Reid as Senate majority leader. Reid, of course, is locked in a pretty tight re-election race in Nevada, which has led to all kinds of gossiping and speculation about who might replace [...]

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