Reid and Angle disagree - on everything

[Denny Crane]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101015/D9IS2D800.html

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sixty minutes, two candidates and not a single moment of agreement.

Instead, Republican Sharron Angle taunted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to "man up" Thursday night in their only debate of a close, caustic and costly race.

Speaking more softly, Reid called her extreme, an ally of the special interests and advocate for jettisoning government agencies that millions of Nevadans rely on.

This is an important race.

Reid is the senate majority leader, and he should be having no trouble winning this election. He has the benefits of incumbency on steroids.

For the republicans, the seat gives them a shot at taking over the senate. It's also a reasonable way to take the temperature of the effect of the tea party movement.

 

[Denny Crane]

The local newspapers seem to think that Angle won the debate handily.


http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/oct/15/reid-lost-debate-angle/

Reid lost the debate to Angle

By Jon Ralston (contact)
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 | 2:01 a.m.

Let’s get the easy part out of the way first:

Sharron Angle won The Big Debate.

Angle won because she looked relatively credible, appearing not to be the Wicked Witch of the West (Christine O’Donnell is the good witch of the Tea Party) and scoring many more rhetorical points. And she won because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid looked as if he could barely stay on a linear argument, abruptly switching gears and failing to effectively parry or thrust.

Ralston is a major figure in the news organizations in Vegas, FWIW.

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm/Angle_mops_the_floor_with_Reid_.html

Angle mops the floor with Reid

Posted by Sherman Frederick
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 at 07:04 PM

While both candidates -- Sharron Angle and Harry Reid -- started out slow and tight in their debate this evening, by debate close it was clear: Angle mopped the floor with Reid.

She hit hard on a variety of topics; showed she had the fire to be a U.S. Senator; demonstrated a command of the issues; and, of course, stayed gaffe free.

Reid meanwhile looked tired. Sounded entitled. He mixed up the Department of Education with the Department of Energy. Couldn't find his notes for the close and generally fell back on talking points on far too many questions.

Frederick is the publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, one of the town's two major newspapers.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

In all honesty, Reid has proven to be a true embarrassment to the dems. Maybe not as bad as Pelosi, but still bad. His oft racial or bigoted remarks and caustic way of handling people do not justify him as the majority leader. It's caused him to lose a lot of his base at home. When will these people learn that the vast majority of us want some sense of civility and better solutions to our real problems than "tax the rich". That's not cutting it anymore.

 

[maxiep]

Reid is getting Daschled. I can remember when Reid was a traditional Western Democrat--moderate to right wing of the party, which fit Nevada pretty well. Tom Daschle was the same way (SD is another largely conservative state). However, when you become Majority Leader, you have to toe the Democratic Party line. It's death for those people who are in mostly conservative states/districts.

Chuck Schumer as the next Majority Leader won't have the same burden. He can be a firebrand without fear of losing his seat.