Posted in News Clips | 07/13/10 | By Greg Sargent
Here's the latest out of Nevada: Sharron Angle is getting attention for flubbing an answer involving job creation in a manner that raises questions about whether she grasps an enormously important local issue. This is not going to get the sort of national coverage that attended her "slush fund" or "Second Amemdment Remedies" claims. But in a sense this kind of thing can actually be more important, since it more directly concerns a major local issue directly afflicting Nevada residents.…
Posted in News Clips | 07/12/10 | By Elyse Siegel
Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle may be the darling of the Tea Party movement, but within the Nevada GOP community, the conservative hopeful has been criticized as "a very difficult person," "an ultra-right winger" and someone the state "can't rely on" to be their representative in Washington. A growing number of Nevada Republicans are expressing skepticism over Angle's Senate candidacy. Some are even signaling they may not vote for the GOP contender over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November.…
Posted in News Clips | 07/12/10 | Las Vegas Sun Editorial
Angle tries to hide her radical ideas from the voters in the general election During the Republican primary, Senate candidate Sharron Angle had a website that clearly outlined her strong views, but once she won the nomination, most of the information was removed. It was later replaced with a highly edited version of her stance on the issues. The revised website was an attempt by her new handlers in Washington to hide her radical views from the voters. In response,…
Posted in News Clips | 07/12/10 | By Brian Greenspun
Senator’s patriotism questioned, despite his devotion to military Shame on Sherm. This is not one of those “pick on Sherm Frederick” columns I have written from time to time. I used to enjoy picking on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s publisher because Sherm and the Review-Journal always made it so easy to find fault with the quality — or lack thereof — of the journalism they practiced. Frankly, there have been far more important matters to discuss these past couple of…
Posted in News Clips | 07/09/10 | By Stephanie Tavares
In the 1950s, the Nevada Test Site provided the evidence that U.S. nuclear capability was far ahead of the rest of the world’s. The federal reservation 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas is now tasked with making the nation the global leader in solar power. Thursday’s announcement that a wide swath of the Test Site will be the proving ground for new solar technologies was hailed by federal officials, renewable energy researchers and solar developers with Nevada ties. The plan…
Posted in News Clips | 07/09/10 | By Anjeanette Damon
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s campaign wanted to send a message with its selection of CityCenter as backdrop for Thursday’s rally and fundraiser with President Barack Obama. Reid has made the multibillion-dollar Strip resort a showpiece for his chief argument for re-election: His power and influence in the Senate and beyond is crucial to helping Nevada pull itself from its economic morass. However, don’t expect the Reid campaign’s argument to evolve into a game of one-upmanship with his Republican opponent,…
Posted in News Clips | 07/09/10 | Las Vegas Sun Editorial
Candidate adds to extreme views, says saving Nevadans’ jobs was wrong Last year, as workers closed in on finishing CityCenter, MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said the massive project was on the verge of bankruptcy. That put tens of thousands of jobs in jeopardy and threatened an already stumbling local economy. Murren was trying to get financing to push the project forward, but banks were resistant because of the tight credit market. So Murren went to Nevada’s congressional delegation…
Posted in News Clips | 07/09/10 | By Anjeanette Damon
Obama calls on supporters to campaign door to door to bolster the senator’s chances in November Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s weeklong campaign swing was intended to show he can deliver not only economy-stimulating government projects to Nevada, but also the Democratic Party’s rock star campaigner, President Barack Obama. Speaking Thursday evening at a rally for Reid in CityCenter’s Aria, Obama showed yet again his facility for speech-making and energizing a crowd — skills Reid can only envy. “There’s a…
Posted in News Clips | 07/09/10 | By Sam Stein
Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has moderated a host of policy positions in her transition from a primary candidate to general election contender battling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. One thing she has not backed away from has been her insistence that abortion should be outlawed universally, even in cases of rape and incest. In a radio interview Angle did in late June, the Tea Party favorite re-affirmed her pro-life sensibilities (rigid, as they are, even within Republican circles), when…
Posted in News Clips | 07/09/10 |
The woman hoping to defeat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Republican U.S. Senate nominee Sharron Angle appeared on conservative host Alan Stock's radio program. During her radio interview, Angle defended her stance on many issues. She also took several questions from callers. One of the callers asked if she would have intervened on behalf of MGM Resorts' CityCenter complex the way Senator Reid did. In 2009, CityCenter experienced financial struggles during its construction.…