Sharron Angle [1]‘s campaign to unseat Harry Reid in Nevada has stumbled badly [2] in the first few weeks since she won the Republican nomination, making what should have been a runaway victory over the unpopular Senate Majority Leader a tight race, instead, with Harry enjoying a small lead [3].
But, I’ll give her this: whether her own people are coming up with them or she’s getting help from the national Republicans, her commercials are funny:
And effective. Reid’s tenure has been a disaster for Nevada, and the progressive policies he’s pushed in the face of strong national opposition have only made a bad situation worse. The stimulus package was sold a way to keep unemployment from rising above 8% [4], but the national rate is around 9.75% and Nevada’s is much worse than that [5]. But, don’t worry, Silver Staters; at least the chimps are happy.
The Angle campaign is smart to keep hammering Pinky Reid [6] on the economy; it’s where he’s the weakest and avoids some of Angle’s more controversial [7] social-policy positions. And I’ve always said satire is one of the most effective weapons in the fight against a crappy politician.
Keep them laughing at him, Sharron. It’s Pinky’s glass jaw.
(Crossposted at Public Secrets [8])