Race of the day: Harry Reid tries to keep his job
The most powerful man in the U.S. Senate is locked in a dead heat with Tea Party upstart Sharron Angle in the nation's highest-profile midterm contest
Name & Party:
DEMOCRAT
Harry Reid
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REPUBLICAN
Sharron Angle
Basic Info:
Majority Leader in U.S. Senate
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Age: 70
Former Nevada Assembly member
Age: 61
Issues:
- Anti-abortion except rape and incest
- Voted for health-care bill
- Wants to expand Head Start program
- Supported failed climate bill in Senate
- Opposes abortion in all circumstances
- Wants to repeal "Obamacare"
- Wants to abolish Dept. of Education
- Doesn't believe in "man-caused global warming"
Polling At:45%46%Campaign Chest:$4 million$4 millionKey Quote:"Have we done enough? Of course not.""Government isn't what our founding fathers put into the Constitution."Petty Controversy:Commented in '08 that Barack Obama was "light skinned, with no Negro dialect unless he wants to have one."Tried to convince a Tea Party candidate to drop out of the race by suggesting she'd use her post-election D.C. "juice" to help him outWild card:Nevada has a 14.4% unemployment rate -- the highest in the nation
Dueling Ads:"Wild": Reid accuses Angle of having a fringe political agenda that includes doing away with Social Security"Please Stop": Angle says that Reid's tenure as Senate Majority Leader has been a disaster for Nevada
Harry Reid's "Wild":
Sharron Angle's "Please Stop":
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