Monday, July 26, 2010

Sharron Angle's Angle Not Working?

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Sharron Angle--and the establishment GOP, who is trying to spit-polish her up into something presentable--have a daunting task ahead of them. How do you take a candidate with extremist views seem mainstream, when her previous comments are out there for the world to Google?  So far, the tack has been for her to speak mostly to "friendly" media, like FOX "News" and right-wing talk radio.  On those rare occasions when she's slipped out of her comfort zone, she hasn't come off well.

But then, she hasn't come off well in friendly venues either. She seems willing to let some of those nuttier opinions bubble forth when she's in friendly territory. Even on FOX, Neil Cavuto had trouble steering her into less choppy waters.  Could she still win? Well, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and George W. Bush have won elections in the past, so who knows?  Personally, as a long-time Nevadan, I think we have embarrassment enough with Sen. John Ensign.  It seems difficult to imagine having a Senator that makes Captain Hairdo look like the "good" one. 

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Why Talking to the 'Friendly' Media Is Hurting Sharron Angle

"Politicians have to watch out for those nasty "gotcha" journalists in the mainstream media. They will badger candidates and berate them until they say something they don't mean, and then the press will take it out of context and beat them over the head with it.



Count Sharron Angle, the Republican aiming to defeat Democratic Sen. Harry Reid in November, among the partisans on both sides who hold this view. So Angle has decided not to play that game. Besieged with interview requests since her upset primary victory, she has granted them mostly to ideologically sympathetic outlets such as conservative talk radio and Fox News. . ."

Read more at: WeeklySeven

2 comments:

  1. I've blogged about this many times. It's Sharron Angle's race to lose and she is doing a good job at losing the race.
    He ad's are terrible, she has hair that looks like straw, she lectures in the ad's and that is a horrible thing to do.
    She has not made any attempt to connect with bloggers as far as I can see and her web site is terrible. She is letting Reid dictate the race and it seems like she is on vacation, based on her calander on her web site. Other than that, she is doing a good job.

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  2. "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" Yes, now it is making sense why Harry Reid's camp was wanting to run against Angle instead of Lowden.

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