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Inside Sharron Angles Failed Campaign: A Model Of Dysfunction
In the mood for some dirt on the midterms? You’re in luck—yesterday, Shira Toeplitz of Politico published a long postmortem of Sharron Angle ’s campaign, which was apparently as poorly-organized and ineffective as Harry Reid ’s was compelling. Toeplitz focuses most on Terry Campbell , Angle’s longtime aide and Campaign Manager. The writer uses an incident in which Campbell almost canceled an appearance by John McCain at an Angle campaign event as an example of the manag...

Tea Party Activists Reportedly BEGGED Sharron Angle Not To Campaign With John McCain
Sharron Angle’s campaign staff nearly axed a high-profile, last-minute Fundraising event featuring Arizona Senator John McCain while he was already in flight to Nevada. Uncovered in a new Politico report that lifts the veil on the true dysfunction of Sharron Angle’s unsuccessful campaign to topple Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Angle’s head campaign advisers apparently mounted the mission to cancel the McCain appearance, despite the crucial timing of the function. Wh...

GOP Aides: Angle campaign was 'Dumb and Dumber' sequel
At least that's what Republican political operatives involved in the campaign are saying. Terry Campbell , a former State Legislator who had worked with Angle on campaigns in the past, helped her secure the Republican nomination in 2010. But according to Politico , the big-time GOP operatives that moved in for her battle with Democratic Candidate Harry Reid say Campbell had little command of day-to-day operations and pushed bizarre tactics . For example, while Sen John McCain was en-ro...

How Angles Campaign was Doomed
Politico reports: It’s widely recognized that in the marquee 2010 Senate race, Majority Leader Harry Reid ran a nearly flawless, textbook Campaign, an operation so extraordinary that it enabled him to defy an almost certain political death. It turns out he got some inadvertent inside help. Interviews with Nevada and Washington Republicans familiar with the campaign of Reid’s GOP opponent, Sharron Angle, describe a not-ready-for-prime-time effort that was equally astonishing — a model of ...

Tea Party Activists Reportedly BEGGED Sharron Angle Not To Campaign With John McCain
Sharron Angle’s campaign staff nearly axed a high-profile, last-minute Fundraising event featuring Arizona Senator John McCain while he was already in flight to Nevada. Uncovered in a new Politico report that lifts the veil on the true dysfunction of Sharron Angle’s unsuccessful campaign to topple Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Angle’s head campaign advisers apparently mounted the mission to cancel the McCain appearance, despite the crucial timing of the function. Wh...

Tea Party Activists BEGGED Sharron Angle Not To Campaign With John McCain: Report
Sharron Angle's campaign staff nearly axed a high-profile, last-minute Fundraising event featuring Arizona Senator John McCain while he was already in flight to Nevada. Uncovered in a new Politico report that lifts the veil on the true dysfunction of Sharron Angle's unsuccessful campaign to topple Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Angle's head campaign advisers apparently mounted the mission to cancel the McCain appearance, despite the crucial timing of the function. From Politico: Whi...

Angle and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Campaign
Politico reports that while much of the attention after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) re-election victory has been focused on the "nearly flawless, textbook campaign" of Team Reid, the "not-ready-for-prime-time effort" by challenger Sharron Angle (R) boosted Reid's chances. Eye of the storm: "At the center of it was Terry Campbell, Angle's closest adviser, who held the title of Campaign Manager... After capturing the nomination, Campbell was consistently unaware of the daily metric...

Insiders: Angle campaign totally incompentent
Is ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal DOA? It’s widely recognized that in the marquee 2010 Senate race, Majority Leader Harry Reid ran a nearly flawless, textbook Campaign, an operation so extraordinary that it enabled him to defy an almost certain political death. It turns out he got some inadvertent inside help. Interviews with Nevada and Washington Republicans familiar with the campaign of Reid’s GOP opponent, Sharron Angle, describe a not-ready-for-prime-time effort that was eq...

Sharron Angle eyes 2012 congressional seats (The Ticket)
Fresh off the gaffes and missteps that sank her Nevada Senate Campaign, Tea Party star Sharron Angle is already looking for her next political opportunity. "I will always be involved in politics," Angle told the Loahontan Valley News mere weeks after losing her high-profile challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "I have a lot of options next cycle. Lots of options." Angle discussed several potential 2012 opportunities including a state Senate run, another run for U.S. Senate (this tim...

Angle: Shocked by loss, has political options
Sen. Ensign says he will seek re-election Las Vegas (AP) — Republican Sharron Angle says she was shocked by her Nov. 2 loss to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but in looking forward has “lots of options” to weigh as she decides her next political step. “I will always be involved in politics. I have a lot of options next cycle,” Angle told the Lahontan Valley News. “Lots of options.” Nevada’s other U.S. Senate seat is up in 2012 and as many as fo...

Angle: Shocked by loss, has political 'options' (AP)
Las Vegas – Republican Sharron Angle says she was shocked by her Nov. 2 loss to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but in looking forward has "lots of options" to weigh as she decides her next political step. "I will always be involved in politics. I have a lot of options next cycle," Angle told the Lahontan Valley News. "Lots of options." Nevada's other U.S. Senate seat is up in 2012 and as many as four Congressional Seats could be in play by then. Angle, a former State Representative, ...

Angle May Run for Congress
Nevada U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle (R), who lost her challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), may run for Congress in the state's 2nd district Congressional Seat should Rep. Dean Heller (R) challenge Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) in a primary in 2012, the Lahontan Valley News reports. Said Angle: "I will always be involved in politics. I have a lot of options next cycle. Lots of options." ...

A never-aired Sharron Angle campaign ad
The Social Security spot at right was produced by some folks in the Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate campaign but never aired, as some of the "DC handlers" managed to kill it. I can't imagine why. It's like Night of the Living Dead crossed with Sponge Bob. they used a wide Angle lens or they wouldn't have got all those starving waifs in the picture. I think Harry Reid should sue her for Libel. Either that or make a commercial that says Sharon Angle murdered immigrants. most Depend-able supporters....

Angle considering 2012 run for Congress
GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle, who lost her bid to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), could be back on the Campaign Trail in 2012.  The Tea Party-backed Angle said that she could run for the state's Second district Congressional Seat should its current occupant, Rep. Dean Heller (R), Primary embattled Sen. John Ensign (R) in two years. “I will always be involved in politics. I have a lot of options next cycle,” she told the Lahontan Valley...

Conservative fever builds for Palin book tour (AFP)
Chicago (AFP) – Ultra-conservative powerhouse Sarah Palin kicks off a tour to promote her second book in as many years Tuesday as part of a massive media blitz ahead of an expected bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag" promises to be filled with the folksy wisdom that won Palin a massive and adoring fan base, many of whom are expected to line up for hours for the chance to get a book signed. Palin's p...

Snyder to support Schostak for GOP chairman
In an announcement released this afternoon, Snyder said Schostak “is the right person to lead our party as Republicans assume the mantle of leadership and work to reinvent Michigan.” Schostak was credited, along with outgoing party chairman Ron Weiser, with leading a successful GOP fund-raising operation in 2010, helping the party elect Snyder, expand its majority in the state Senate and regain the majority in the House. Several other potential candi...

It's Not Over Yet in Alaska Senate Race
Alaska Senate Candidate Joe Miller (Credit: AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) In ongoing efforts to stay in a race that many consider over, Alaska Senate Candidate Joe Miller is likely to file a state Lawsuit on Monday to prevent Lisa Murkowski from being certified as the winner of the three-way Alaska Senate contest, in which Murkowksi ran as a write-in candidate. Monday is Miller's deadline for filing the suit. A federal judge ruled on Friday for a temporary injunction to halt election officials fr...

The Black Farmers Money finally is approved
from blue wave news Native Americans, Black Farmers Granted $4.58 Billion in Senate Settlement of Discrimination Cases On November 20, 2010, at 2:11 am, In Policy, Politics-House, Politics-Senate, By Leanne. Justice delayed is not always justice denied, as the U.S. Senate proved today when it approved large settlements for Native Americans and black farmers. Each group has separately sued the Federal Government. Native Americans were looking for compensation for mishandling of the trust accoun...

Tea Party To GOProud: Fuck Off
Following up on last week's Press Release by GOProud in which they pleaded with the anti-gay Candidates they endorsed to not be so anti-gay, a massive coalition of Tea Party groups has responded with an attacking letter sent to the GOP leaders of the Senate and House. Turns out, they are interested in "Social Issues," not that we ever doubted it. Here's the preamble to the letter, written by Free Republic founder Jim Robinson.Today, Tea Party Nation, along with over 180 other Tea Party Groups,...

The Unmeasured Angle
I'm in complete agreement with Steve M. This unaired Sharron Angle ad really is terrible. And I'm positive Sharron Angle would have won if she had run this ad just after the primary. Mock it at your own peril, because while it really does have the production values of a 3 AM public access channel, that's entirely the point. Democrats would have seen the ad and gone after Angle as a rube, which would have been a fatal mistake and sealed the "Angle is one of us and Harry Reid is the smart-ass elit...

Meghan McCain Wants To 'Kick Obama's Ass' In 2012
Meghan McCain, daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain, might be seeking to avenge her father's 2008 presidential loss by becoming a GOP Strategist next election season in order to "kick Obama's ass" in 2012. "I've already had people interested in me working, which is unbelievably flattering," McCain said at the Miami Book Fair International while promoting her book, "Dirty Sexy Politics," Politico reports. "I want to go out and do it all over again with somebody else -- I want to go get a Republ...

The 2010 electorate: Old, white, rich and Republican
WASHINGTON — The 2010 Elections turned into a rout of the Democrats because the elderly and wealthy surged to the polls to help sweep the Republicans back into power, and the balance of women's votes shifted to the GOP as well, according to a new report. The study released Monday by Project Vote, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, also found that turnout by pro-Democratic blocs such as African-Americans, young people and Latinos dropped sharply from 2008 levels, leaving a lopsided pro-R...

Sharron Angle Camp BLASTED By GOP Official: Advisor Would Play Role In 'Dumb And Dumber' Sequel
Politico: "In the 20 years that I've been involved politically, I've never had the misfortune of working with such sheer, utter incompetence. Too much is at stake in these political campaigns -- people like Campbell don't need to be anywhere near them," said Chris LaCivita, who served as political director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee this fall and worked directly with the Angle campaign. "If they were filming a sequel to the movie 'Dumb and Dumber,' Terry Camp...

Senate Democrats View 2012 with Trepidation
While not even a month has passed since the last national election, Democrats are already worrying that 2012 may prove to be a tougher environment for the party - and one that could spark major turnover. See, Senate Democrats have a lot to lose come 2012, because of the 33 seats in play next election, 23 are currently held by Democrats - or the Independents who Caucus with them. Republicans are only tasked with defending 10 seats, and GOP leaders feel confident they'll actually net at least four...