What would you do if you were running for re-election to the U.S. Senate in a state with a 14% unemployment rate and your opponent had repeatedly said that she didn't think it was her job to help create jobs?
You'd make an ad out of it. Just like Harry Reid did about Sharron Angle. And it's devastating.
Transcript:
HARRY REID: I'm Harry Reid and I approved this message.
GARLAND WELCH, CARPENTER: You felt lucky working on a job like this. But when Wall Street greed crashed the economy, everything stopped. Sharron Angle says it's not a senator's job to fight for jobs. That we're on our own.
SHARRON ANGLE, 5/14/10: People ask me, what are you going to do to develop jobs in your state? Well that's not my job as a U.S. Senator.
WELCH: Not her job?
SHARRON ANGLE, 5/11/10: I'm not in the business of creating jobs.
WELCH: To me, it seems like the only job Sharron Angle wants to fight for is hers.
It's hard to believe that Sharron Angle would pledge to not help create jobs, but there you have it, on video. And it's not like those were isolated gaffes. They reflect Angle's core convictions. Just this week, she once again made it clear she didn't think Senators should help create jobs, blasting Reid for helping save 22,000 jobs at MGM's CityCenter project. So you can count on this being an issue for the duration -- perhaps the defining one of the campaign.