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07-16-2010, 11:38 AM
Sharron Angle, Rand Paul and Harry Reid in a landslide
By Brent Budowsky - 07/16/10 09:58 AM ET
Big news: The new poll from the Las Vegas Review Journal shows Harry Reid ahead of Sharron Angle 44-37. Mark the Nevada Senate race as leaning Reid, no longer a toss-up, and my guess is that Reid wins in a landslide. Here's why:
Let’s compare Rand Paul to Sharron Angle. The Kentucky race may be showing signs of tightening between Paul and his opponent Jack Conway, but Kentucky clearly leans to Paul.
Rand Paul, like Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), is a compelling advocate of serious ideas. Rand Paul can be called a libertarian, a conservative or a conservative populist. Choose your label, but make no mistake, Rand Paul is a serious man with serious ideas.
One can agree with Rand Paul and Ron Paul, or not. I sometimes agree, especially regarding the secrecy of the Federal Reserve Board, and I often disagree. But Rand Paul has ideas. He has thought about those ideas for a long time. He advocates those ideas intelligently.
I would argue that the American political dialogue is enriched by the contributions of Ron Paul and Rand Paul, on domestic and international issues, whether one agrees with them or not.
Sharron Angle, by contrast, is a candidate who reminds me of that Patsy Cline song: Crazy! She criticizes jobless workers. She has said that abortion causes breast cancer. She favors the end of Social Security. The list goes on.
Most recently Angle was comparing herself to Moses, Paul and Jesus (honest, I couldn't make this up if I tried).
Sharron Angle is not a conservative, a libertarian or a populist of any kind. She is, quite simply, a nut with a nasty streak.
With Nevada hit so hard by the loss of jobs, imagine a candidate such as Angle who attacks the jobless, suggesting they don't want jobs. Not a very shrewd tactic, and pretty cruel to the jobless, if you ask me.
It is true that Moses, Paul and Jesus had their times of tribulation and preparation, but for Angle to compare herself to them is, well, a bit nutty and extreme, right?
Our political dialogue is not enriched by her presence, which (literally) is more a subject for late-night comedy than political discourse.
Rand Paul and Ron Paul are serious thinkers with serious ideas deserving serious debate, while Sharron Angle is just someone with very weird ideas who won a primary.
True Tea Party believers might ask why Karl Rove has such enthusiasm for Angle, and consider whether perhaps they should disown her, as some Nevada Republicans are beginning to.
Meanwhile, the Las Vegas Review Journal poll is important. The paper is no champion of Harry Reid (to put it mildly). In my experience, polls from major state newspapers tend to have above-average credibility and accuracy. The LVRJ poll showing Reid ahead 44-37 sounds about right. My guess is that Reid wins by double digits.
So let’s watch Kentucky closely, and I for one will listen to Rand Paul respectfully and with interest. While Jack Conway could make a run, Kentucky remains leaning clearly for Paul, who has gained this position the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/109207-sharron-angle-rand-paul-and-harry-reid-in-a-landslide
By Brent Budowsky - 07/16/10 09:58 AM ET
Big news: The new poll from the Las Vegas Review Journal shows Harry Reid ahead of Sharron Angle 44-37. Mark the Nevada Senate race as leaning Reid, no longer a toss-up, and my guess is that Reid wins in a landslide. Here's why:
Let’s compare Rand Paul to Sharron Angle. The Kentucky race may be showing signs of tightening between Paul and his opponent Jack Conway, but Kentucky clearly leans to Paul.
Rand Paul, like Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), is a compelling advocate of serious ideas. Rand Paul can be called a libertarian, a conservative or a conservative populist. Choose your label, but make no mistake, Rand Paul is a serious man with serious ideas.
One can agree with Rand Paul and Ron Paul, or not. I sometimes agree, especially regarding the secrecy of the Federal Reserve Board, and I often disagree. But Rand Paul has ideas. He has thought about those ideas for a long time. He advocates those ideas intelligently.
I would argue that the American political dialogue is enriched by the contributions of Ron Paul and Rand Paul, on domestic and international issues, whether one agrees with them or not.
Sharron Angle, by contrast, is a candidate who reminds me of that Patsy Cline song: Crazy! She criticizes jobless workers. She has said that abortion causes breast cancer. She favors the end of Social Security. The list goes on.
Most recently Angle was comparing herself to Moses, Paul and Jesus (honest, I couldn't make this up if I tried).
Sharron Angle is not a conservative, a libertarian or a populist of any kind. She is, quite simply, a nut with a nasty streak.
With Nevada hit so hard by the loss of jobs, imagine a candidate such as Angle who attacks the jobless, suggesting they don't want jobs. Not a very shrewd tactic, and pretty cruel to the jobless, if you ask me.
It is true that Moses, Paul and Jesus had their times of tribulation and preparation, but for Angle to compare herself to them is, well, a bit nutty and extreme, right?
Our political dialogue is not enriched by her presence, which (literally) is more a subject for late-night comedy than political discourse.
Rand Paul and Ron Paul are serious thinkers with serious ideas deserving serious debate, while Sharron Angle is just someone with very weird ideas who won a primary.
True Tea Party believers might ask why Karl Rove has such enthusiasm for Angle, and consider whether perhaps they should disown her, as some Nevada Republicans are beginning to.
Meanwhile, the Las Vegas Review Journal poll is important. The paper is no champion of Harry Reid (to put it mildly). In my experience, polls from major state newspapers tend to have above-average credibility and accuracy. The LVRJ poll showing Reid ahead 44-37 sounds about right. My guess is that Reid wins by double digits.
So let’s watch Kentucky closely, and I for one will listen to Rand Paul respectfully and with interest. While Jack Conway could make a run, Kentucky remains leaning clearly for Paul, who has gained this position the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/109207-sharron-angle-rand-paul-and-harry-reid-in-a-landslide