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orous minority remains cap- “government takeover.” That’s partly because althpugh columnist Gene Lyons is a Grassroots, of course, is what the tea
tive to the GOP’s decades- "death panels" etc., scared you’d never know it from National Magazine Award party in its purest form is about
long War on Arithmetic. The low-information voters; partly watching television, much of winner and co-author ot "The Listening to Angle it s hard not io realize
more dramatically “conserva- because the bill’s so complex the discontent with the law Hunting of the President" (St. 7 that the ultimate in tea-party victones on
tive" economic dogma fails tha|_few really understand comes from- liberals. Another Martin’s Press, 2000). WhjSjJs^ewtl^ ^hy ^rte^^
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Angling for |
Reid’s defeat I
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"She’s running the worst campaign in I
the country,'and she could still win."
That was James Carvillc talking about
Nevada Republican Sharron Angle, pre-
viously a virtual unknown, who is giv-
ing Senate Majority Leader Harty Reid a
run for his political life. Carville was I
trying’to divert attention from the fact |
that Harry Reid has been tied iri his fight
against Angle, even though Reid’s out-
spent her. and has a well-established,
name. -
The name’s a large part of his prob-
lem, though.
imM “They have fallen out
;, of love," Angle tells me
about Nevada voters’
not-that-intb-you rela-
tionship with Reid. She
believes they “hold
Harry Reid personally
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KATHRYN ctes coming out of
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uurcx There is 14 percent
„ unemployment in the
state of Nevada. On the campaign trail. 1
Angle spys, people ask her about the ’
economy. They ask. ’“How can we get
| assessment on deepwa- this turned around?’” Angle says,
I ter exploratory wells. "They’re upset, with the spending.
I These types of wells They’re upset with the debt ..." , “ !
I offer the reassurance of "Folks like me who aren’t really look-
I much smaller.'minimal ing for a job.” Angle tells me, "we have’
I risk because the delin- children and grandchildren who are in
following will Show. . cation and sidetrack ' ’ “ * ■ ■ >• > i-
l am extremely, concerned about, what REP. GENE drilling that accompa-*
, .-the offshore deepwater drilling, moratori- GREEN
urn will mean for our area, and I contin- serve to define the
chance 1 get that this moratorium is hav- This modification would address the
ing damaging effects on the workers tied Administration’s call for safe and secure
to this offshore, production both drilling, protected an estimated 75 pcr-
upstieam and downstream I ha'" —* . --i- „„„ta us
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Brady and 2.2 of our colleagues to I have supported expansion of domes- ■ funds, u s Tth "
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solution to lift the deepwater drilling will continue to do so; Reid paying the price, for failed leader-
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produced while the Department of Mentlx-
Don’t be infected by GOP’s sick health care rhetoric
Just how ■gullible arc you'.’ tliere’s noth- how it works. -■/ survey, by: .Stanford, University
Of the many absurdities in the I ing conserva- That needn't be an over- and the Robert Wood Johnson
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says: “We know that my strength has
has not changed
1 am writing today in response to a let- £
ter to the editor that was published on |
Sept. 30 alleging that I have just recent- ; I
ly become interested in the offshore |
drilling moratorium issue. To the con- . j
trary, 1 have been actively and publicly |
involved in this debate.since May as the . |
following will show. ®
the offshore deepwater drilling moratori-
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the workforce And when we call and
ask,‘How are you doing'.’’what wc real-
GREEN nies these wells merely ly mean is 'Do you still have your job
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ue to press the administration every parameters of the then-known reservoir payment9' ’ . ■ .
chance I get that this moratorium is hav- This modification would address the In this climate. Reid celebrating “only
mg damaging effects on’the workers tied Administration’s call for safe and secure 16,000 lost jobs in America as "really
to this offshore production both drilling, protected an estimated 75'per-, good as he did in response to unem-
upstream and .downstream. 1 have ■ cent of the jobs that could be lost under pioyment numbers in March doesn t
expressed this in meetings with Interior the moratorium and helped prevent play all that well \ou don t have tu be
' Sec. Salazar. .Director Mike Bromwich future eneruv supply shortages it) years Reid s opponent to reject his spin on his
of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 2011 and 2012. .. ' job performance: "My role as majority.
Management, Regul.aOon and Additionally, on May 20 Rep. Charles very, very good tor
F.nforcement, Admiral Allen of the Coast Boustany (R-LA) and 1 led a.letter to ' ..1e ^erview las
Guard, and our House leaders, fhe loss Secretan Salazar cosigned bv a biparti- „f the Zu ,7"' aA U ^reshlt'of that
moratorium and a conunued de. lacto drilling moratorium although permitting art|c|e las, tha[ bf’comra(licts
shallow water dr.llmg moratorium <s the issues remain In response to these Rcid’s Slinnv porIuval xcvada ls
last thing our recovenng economy needs, issues, on Aug. 31, we led a lettei with lc,s hd from tbe fedeia!
I h it is why on lulv It), 2010.1 led a let- ” ot our colleagues Irom'both sides of Lrnment ,ban n’Ost othei slates on a pe-
ter with Rep Kevin Brady (R-tews) the aisle asking Sec Salazai to work person ba<s In total mmulus funds.the
signed by 34 of our colleagues asking with industry to resolve these issues and state has a per capita rank of 5Otii out of
President Obama to immediately lift the to immediately begin the prompt 51 (that's 50 states plus .Washington.
. moratorium. issuance of shallow water new well per- D.C.); in education funding, it's 51 st; nr ’
In June. I led a letter w ith Rep. Kev m mils transportation, it's 48th; and in Medicaid
Brady and'22 Of our colleagues to 4 have supported expansion of domes- fends, it’s 47th "
Secretary Salazar, outlining an interim tic energy production for many years and 1’he final accounting may just show . , L
cnlntinn tr> Kit thp Bnpnu -upr riritlino willzaMiniw In ,lrt Reid paying tlte pi'ICC fOI’ failed leadet-
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Jree.i It's the worst-kepi secret ot American .
Member-of Congress politics that Angle is not the most pol-
ished..candidate of the '201.0 midterm
. ’ \ elections. She is ridiculed not just
, influential Democrats like Carville, but
lV dismissed by mainstream reporters for
. making what have been deemed “a lot ot \ ,
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tive about whelming obstacle. l ew foundation documents that othcrwise wlsl, )ol more ton,cntlona|
beheving in motorists know how their.auto- roughly lour m .10 respondents • e;]n ,]idate Bu( she ks w)th a
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The Baytown Sun, 46180 is published Of its BdvertisefS. Angle is a walking success story
i ; already, and it bodes well for the move-
ment that she’s so prominent a part of.
The tea party is about a “paradigm
Sam Adams Alliance asserts. Nevada’s
the picture of just such a change. The
colors of the picture will only get bolder
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