From CNN:
Jon Ralston, host of “Face to Face,” used Thursday’s broadcast as a platform to air a grievance with Angle after a campaign spokesman canceled a debate that her deputy campaign manager had agreed to only hours before.
“Earlier today Sharron Angle’s campaign agreed to accept our invitation to debate Harry Reid on ‘Face to Face’ in an hour-long live broadcast from Reno on October 21st. Within hours of Reid accepting, Angle’s campaign called to say, well, its backing out now,” Ralston said.
Look, I’m as excited and optimistic as the next guy about the 2010 midterms, but what’s going on in Nevada? Harry Reid’s seat should be a slam dunk. He’s the party leader in the Senate, he’s pushed through a lot of the unpopular Obama agenda items, and his approval rating is lower than Biden’s IQ (which is pretty darn low, as we all know). So why is Angle trailing in the polls now? And more importantly, why is she backing out of debates after hearing her talk about doing “real” debates and “real” interviews.
I know it’s the strategy of the mainstream media to attack our candidates and make them seem extreme and stupid, but Angle’s starting to worry me. I never hear her on Rush, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, or Laura Ingraham’s radio shows. She’s never on FOX. Is she even doing local interviews? If she’s not, what the hell is she waiting for?
Taking liberal seats, including Reid’s, is a national project. I’ve donated money to other candidates outside of Nebraska, but I’m seriously doubting contributing anything to her. Is this race that conservatives outside of Nevada can take seriously anymore?
If Angle can prove me wrong, I’ll gladly shut up and give her the same amount I’ve been able to contribute to other candidates in tight races. But she needs to show us something, Right now with this latest incident and her trailing in most polls that are coming out in a race that should be this easy really make me doubt her validity.
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ywhyvon1 Friday, September 10th at 7:42PM EST (link)Does anyone know why Angle isn’t going to debate Reid on Face The Nation?
Maybe she smelled a rat? ( Besides the obvious of course).
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Sorry, FACE TO FACE
ywhyvon1 Friday, September 10th at 7:44PM EST (link)my bad
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She's on Hannity's TV show tonight (Friday)
congressworksforus (Diary) Friday, September 10th at 7:44PM EST (link)9pm EDT.
Remember, if the left wins, abortion will not only be legal, it will be mandatory.
The "canceling the debate" is the oldest
izoneguy (Diary) Friday, September 10th at 8:02PM EST (link)trick in the politicians bag.
It will build excitement for when the debate actually happens.
Face to Face is a local TV show
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Better to wait until the 3rd week in October…..
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
it is that darned democracy
Doc Holliday (Diary) Friday, September 10th at 8:10PM EST (link)I am sure we conservative thinkers could have picked a better candidate. I could see a Jeff Sessions type winning in a landslide. But Angle won the primary and we have to support her/stop Reid.
BTW, I would plug in Jeff Sessions clones in every race if I could.
Molon Labe!
Angle took a local property tax debate to SCOTUS and won
finaljeopardy Saturday, September 11th at 4:37PM EST (link)She was the best candidate conservatives had, and there is no reason to apologize for her. She is at a 10 to 1 monetary disadvantage in this race, and taking out a Senate majority leader is no small potatoes for that reason. Reid has an organized party apparatus, long-standing state allies and favors to call on. Taking out an incumbent is challenging, but it happens all the time. Angle has shown much improvement to date.
Angle improvement is a good thing, I want her to win
Doc Holliday (Diary) Saturday, September 11th at 7:31PM EST (link)I don’t get why if we are the party of the rich, and beating Reid is so important, she does not have more money to spend.
Molon Labe!
IIRC, Jon Ralston Is The Las Vegas Newspaper Columnist Who's Been Trashing Angle All Year
IJB Friday, September 10th at 11:04PM EST (link)So Angle should never have agreed to that debate in the first place. Pulling out was no doubt the right call.
Ralston’s temper-tantrum shows what a child he is, and is another example of how reporters and columnists come to believe that they’re an “indispensable” part of the political process. (They aren’t.)
And, no, this diary isn’t helping – if you aren’t helping elect our candidates, then put a *sock* in it. So, yeah – shut up.
IJB,
andysmith (Diary) Saturday, September 11th at 5:06PM EST (link)I admit that I don’t live in Nevada and don’t know much about John Ralston, but when we hear everything OUTSIDE of Nevada that Angle cancelled a debate appearance and is getting trashed in the media with practically zero response, then I do question what is going on.
My bad for not knowing she was on Hannity right before I posted this. I watched her interview and thought she did pretty well. A little tentative and “slogan-ish” and I wish she would have gone into more detail about the unemployment numbers and how Reid helped Obama create the mess, but she seemed somewhat credible on the issue.
If you think a good solution is telling me to shut up, then fine. I don’t see an issue with questioning a candidate’s stance on issues or campaign strategy considering they’re asking us to donate money and time. We’ve all been burned by supporting a candidate just because a person or group endorsed them or because of their party affiliation. By all means I don’t think Angle is a RINO or anything like that, but that’s kind of why we’re in the mess we’re in right now.
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I agree, this is messed up. [nt]
Martin Knight (Diary) Saturday, September 11th at 6:32PM EST (link)What is messed up?
izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, September 11th at 9:01PM EST (link)n/t
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, September 11th at 6:35PM EST (link)Saying “Flame away” makes you sound like a troll and makes me wonder why you’re here.
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