Sharron Angle, the Elusive Everywoman

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more: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/29/sharron-angle-the-elusive-everywoman.html

Sharron Angle, the Elusive Everywoman (+batshit crazy!)

The Senate candidate may be known for some extreme positions, but on the campaign trail she has the ability to connect.


It’s 2 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon and the tour bus of country musician Bobby Freeman is parked in front of Sharron Angle’s campaign headquarters in Reno, Nev. Freeman, the aging songwriter once friendly with Jerry Lee Lewis, has written a campaign jingle for Angle to play on local radio stations. About half a dozen campaign staffers sit tapping their toes in Freeman’s bus as they listen to his new tune. “This, my friends, is going to turn the race around,” Freeman shouts over the piano. “Harry Reid is toast!” Everyone laughs.

It’s funny for two reasons. One, because the caricature of a country musician in big boots and a 10-gallon hat isn’t the most convincing portrait of a political kingmaker. But it’s funny also because, well, he could be right. If state polling is to be believed, Angle, the little-known Reno Republican with a reputation for being a crusading mother and bombastic politician, might actually beat Majority Leader Harry Reid, the most powerful politician in Nevada’s history.

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1. Newsweek just loves to lead with a "Dems are going to lose"

headline.

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2. yup, typical