2010 GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle
So 2010 Republican nominee Sharron Angle is talking about making another run for the Senate in Nevada and unsurprisingly, Republicans are not happy about it. Angle's campaign against Harry Reid was an utter disaster: She made several avoidable mistakes, most notably telling several Hispanic students that "some of you look a little more Asian to me." But Angle seems to think she has a shot in 2016, a view shared by only a few Angle partisans.
According to Politico, national Republicans aren't worried that Angle will actually beat presumptive nominee Joe Heck in the primary. Instead, they're afraid that she'll force him to spend money and move to the right at a time when he should be focusing on Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto. The good new for Team Red is that, after Angle's catastrophic 2010 campaign, no big-named Republican groups have any interest in helping her again.
The Club for Growth usually loves to back anti-establishment conservatives, but their spokesman says that they don't think another Angle candidacy will end any better than her last one. Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks are also planning to sit this one out. Even Chuck Muth, a conservative activist who tried to recall several GOP legislators over their support for a tax hike, tells Politico that "Angle doesn’t have a prayer," while the GOP has "an excellent chance with Joe Heck to pick up that seat.
Whether Angle picks up on these not-so-subtle hints remains to be seen. We shouldn't bet on it though: Right after Angle lost her 2010 bid, she proceeded to talk about running for president, so she's not exactly someone who knows when to take a bow and get off the stage.