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Mitch Landrieu blasts GOP Senate candidate in Nevada for Katrina remarks

Posted in News Clips | 09/01/10 | By Michelle Krupa, New Orleans Times-Picayune If you diss New Orleans or question the propriety of aid flowing to Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, expect a tongue lashing from Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The most battered target to date had been Chris Myers, the Fox Sports commentator and former New Orleanian who sustained Landrieu's wrath -- and publicly apologized -- for lauding victims of recent flooding in Tennessee as "people (who) weren't standing on a rooftop trying to blame the…

Sharron Angle Said She Would Have Voted ‘No’ to Katrina Relief

Posted in News Clips | 08/31/10 | By Paul Wachter Democrats have unearthed a recording of Sharron Angle, now the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, saying she would not have voted for federal relief for Hurricane Katrina -- a measure that received unanimous support in the Senate. In a 2005 interview with conservative KLAV radio, Angle said, "I would like to go and join my voice with Mike Pence and others who, when the $62 billion came out to be spent on Katrina relief, he said, 'Wait a minute,…

Angle in 2005: I would have voted “no” on Katrina relief funds

Posted in News Clips | 08/30/10 | By Jon Ralston I have previously wondered how many Angle tapes are out there to compete with the jobs/Social Security/slush fund/Government is not God classics. I know the answer is: A lot. But I am starting to think there may be one a week (or more) floating around in the cyberspace ether, some of which Angle took off her website after the primary. (But nothing on the Internet is ever really gone, is it?) Case in point: On today’s fifth anniversary of Katrina,…

Philosophy over people

Posted in News Clips | 08/30/10 | By Steve Sebelius The latest in what seems to be an inexhaustible well of Sharron Angle sound bites is up this morning — this time, Angle says she would have voted against Hurricane Katrina relief funds. It sounds cruel and heartless (and it is), but Angle has a reason: The funds weren’t offset with cuts elsewhere, and their oversight wasn’t acceptable to Angle. She wasn’t alone: Indiana Congressman Mike Pence raised questions about the funds, before ultimately voting for them, under pressure apparently.…

2006 Angle on Millennium Scholarship: “Lose it”

Posted in News Clips | 08/26/10 | When she was running for Congress in 2006 against Dean Heller and Dawn Gibbons, Sharron Angle said in a debate on the show of her favorite radio host Bill Manders that Nevada should “lose it.” The state kept the scholarship, and Angle lost.       To read more...

School District’s $54 million boost could mean 900 jo

Posted in News Clips | 08/26/10 | By Kyle Hansen As students get ready to return to class next week, the Clark County School District is getting ready to do some last-minute hiring. But the job openings aren’t because the district procrastinated; they are because of the passage of the federal education jobs fund. Superintendent Walt Rulffes said he will recommend that the school board allow principals to decide how to fill some of the 900 new positions. In all, the district will receive about $54 million of the $83…

Speaking for themselves: Veteran groups say Harry Reid has been good on troop issues

Posted in News Clips | 08/26/10 | By Dennis Myers Republican U.S. senate candidate Sharron Angle has been attacking her Democratic opponent, Harry Reid, for failing U.S. troops. But organizations representing the troops give the Nevada senator high marks. Early in her campaign and after she won the GOP nomination, Angle was critical of Reid’s comment that the war in Iraq was lost. She included it in a litany of what she considers his gaffes, as in a June interview: “I feel like I’m more mainstream than the fellow that…

Harry Reid rips Sharron Angle over “domestic enemies”

Posted in News Clips | 08/25/10 | By Greg Sargent Yesterday I reported here that  Sharron Angle  agreed with a talk show host's claim that we have "domestic enemies" within the "walls of the Senate and the Congress." Now Harry Reid is personally calling on Angle to name names. Reid, who rarely goes after Angle directly and mostly leaves the attacking to surrogates, just issued a rare statement hammering Angle over the exchange:     "Sharron Angle's rhetoric is irresponsible and over the top. Let me be very clear. While I…

Sharron Angle aims to correct course

Posted in News Clips | 08/20/10 | By Manu Raju Voters here in northern Nevada are very familiar with Sharron Angle, the local pol whose national profile is growing due to near-saturation coverage of her race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Whether she’s got the support of her neighbors is another question. Republicans have mixed feelings about the former state legislator who is trying to take down Reid, the most powerful man in the Senate. With a little more than two months before voters choose which candidate to send…

Angle: I Haven’t Changed My Mind On Phasing Out Social Security

Posted in News Clips | 08/20/10 | By Eric Kleefeld Sharron Angle further explained her position on Social Security while speaking to reporters on Wednesday -- and said that she hasn't really  changed from her previously stated view that the program should be "transitioned out." Politico reports:     Addressing reporters after her speech, Angle was asked about her old campaign website, which called for a Social Security system that is "transitioned out." Her website no longer carries that language, a fact she's emphasized in the past, including during the primary,…