Looks like Sharon Angle is has her finger on the pulse of the Republican Party better than the MSM or most of the Democrats do. The most important part of her trying to negotiate with her tea party opponent, Ashijan, to drop out of the race was her depiction of today's Republican Party.
"They've lost their standards and their principles" As a Republican candidate for Senate in the state of Nevada I have to believe that Angle has quite a bit of credibility on the subject.
So the Dems could use this clip and then answer the ever-important question as to why? What has caused the Republicans to lose their standards and principles? The obvious answer is corporate money and power. Here's where the Dems can use the Citizens United inspired front groups against the Republicans.
Why would these groups be spending hundreds of millions dollars trying to get Republicans elected to office? Americans for Job Security, American Crossroads, Freedomworks, 60 Plus Association and the list goes on and on. Could it be that these groups are funded by the billionaire CEO's who made used deregulation to crash the housing market? Could these groups be funded by corporations who make millions of dollars by moving American jobs overseas? Could these groups be funded by the wall street fat cats who gambled away our pensions so they could take home billions in bonuses?
If there's one thing that resonates with the electorate right now it's that the money and influence has corrupted the system. If Dems can pin that influence and corruption squarely on the Republicans and these shadowy front groups it should equal votes in November. Plus Democrats have the added bonus of this connection being obvious and true. I hope they use it their advantage!
ps...I wrote a bit about this last night...but hopefully this is an easier read and a bit more coherent.