Chicken quip grounds high-flying Senate candidate Sue Lowden

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With one foot on a banana peel, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada might actually eke out yet another victory thanks in large part to the "chicken wing" of the Nevada Republican Party:

Sue Lowden recently suggested bartering with doctors for medical care — “our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor.” The line from the millionaire casino executive and former beauty queen immediately became a late-night joke and YouTube sensation, and upended a GOP race that had been hers to lose.

Democrats set up a website, “Chickens for Checkups,” and dispatched a volunteer in a chicken suit to one of her fundraisers. GOP rival Danny Tarkanian circulated a video of her comments and asked if she were the best candidate to take on Reid.

Early voting begins May 22 for the June 8 primary and the inevitability that was building around Lowden’s candidacy has eroded as others in the field of 12 Republicans sense an opening.

And somewhere Reid is cackling.

Associated Press

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