Sharron Angle

Harry Reid Defeats Sharron Angle

Brian Beutler | November 3, 2010, 12:43AM

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

In most election years, the fact that Harry Reid beat a far right political naif like Sharron Angle wouldn't be big news. But this year its among the biggest and happiest for Democrats all night.

With both MSNBC and Fox calling the race in Reid's favor by shortly after 12:30 a.m. ET, Reid was beating Angle 51 percent to 44 percent with less than half the precincts reporting and the results trending in his favor.

Reid was not supposed to win this election. His approval ratings are terrible in Nevada, where unemployment and foreclosure rates are among the highest in the country. And as the face of the Senate Democrats, his constituents rightly hold him accountable for unpopular Democratic policies that have been unable to prevent economic depression in his state.

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The Best Of Anti-Government (And Gov't Benefit-Receiving) Sharron Angle

Eric Kleefeld | September 29, 2010, 9:02AM

NV Sen. candidate Sharron Angle (R)

With the recent news that Sharron Angle, the Republican nominee for Senate in Nevada who is running on a platform of tearing down big government, actually receives government health care benefits through her husband's pension as a former federal employee, let's take a look at some of her best anti-government lines.

It is, of course, quite interesting that a candidate who so strongly opposes the federal government receives compensation from them. So let's keep in mind some of these really, really anti-government positions she has taken.

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