If Nevadans elect Sharron Angle tomorrow, they shouldn't be surprised to wake up to a nuclear waste dump in the back yard, because without Harry Reid fighting for them in the Senate, that's exactly what they are going to get.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Nevada Voters shows Angle hitting the 50% mark for the first time since mid-August, while Reid earns 46% of the vote. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and two percent (2%) more are undecided. (To see question wording, click here.)
According to a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday, 42 percent of likely voters in Nevada are backing Angle, who enjoys strong support from many in the Tea Party movement, with four in ten supporting Reid, the top Democrat in the Senate who’s bidding for a fifth term in the chamber. Seven percent of people questioned are supporting Scott Ashjian, who is running as a Tea Party candidate, but who is shunned by many in the grassroots conservative moment, and 10 percent say they are voting for none of the candidates listed…
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he supports Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle because Washington needs new leadership.
Arpaio is known for his efforts against illegal immigration and Angle is among his many supporters.
She has said every state needs a sheriff like Arpaio.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows the candidates tied with 45% of the vote each. Five percent (5%) prefer another candidate and six percent (6%) more are undecided.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Nevada finds Angle with 46% support, while Reid earns 43% of the vote. Six percent (6%) like some other candidate in the race, and five percent (5%) remain undecided.
This is Reid’s best showing all year...
Reid has also been trying to raise doubts about Angle and a solid plurality of voters now have negative perceptions of both candidates. Reid is viewed Very Favorably by just 26% of Nevada voters and Very Unfavorably by 48%. For Angle, Very Favorables are 18% and Very Unfavorables are 39%...
“She favors an approach that’s even more extreme than the Republicans we’ve got in Washington. That’s saying something.”
“I’m sure she meant slush fund in the nicest possible way,”
After coming under attack for the remark Thursday Angle took it back. Obama ridiculed that, too: “I’m sure she meant slush fund in the nicest possible way,” he said.
Said Obama: “She favors an approach that’s even more extreme than the Republicans we’ve got in Washington. That’s saying something.”
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Sharron Angle, following her come-from-behind Republican Primary win Tuesday, has bounced to an 11-point lead over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada’s closely-watched U.S. Senate race.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Nevada, taken Wednesday night, shows Angle earning 50% support while Reid picks up 39% of the vote. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided....
Sharron Angle, who barely registered in the polls two months ago, rode a Tea Party endorsement past her GOP opponents and on to victory in Nevada’s primary election Tuesday...
