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Friday, June 11, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Political Insider: Angle emerges as Democrats’top target WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats wasted no time in making Republican Sharron Angle their top target after the tea party favorite who wants to wipe out Social Security and shutter the Edu- cation Department won the nomination to challenge Sen. Harry Reid. No other candidate emerg- ing from Tuesday’s primaries has received anything close to the criticism Democrats have heaped on Angle, a former state lawmaker. Angle used national tea party leaders’ support to topple Republican casino executive Sue Low- den, whom national Democ- rats eviscerated during the primary. ‘‘For Democrats in Nevada to be successful this Novem- ber, we must be aggressive in framing the debate,’’ said Sen. Robert Menendez, who leads his party’s committee to elect Democrats to the Sen- ate. His Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Com- mittee and Nevada Democrats were quick to follow up with criticism of Angle — all in defense of Reid, a top target for the GOP. With a steady pace, the MCT file photo Sen. Harry Reid Democrats have churned out news releases about her con- servative policies, her politi- cal allies and sniping among Nevada Republicans. As the scrutiny has grown, Angle took down her website for a polish. The only option on the site is to donate. ——— Republican Senate hopeful Rob Portman unveiled his first television ads telling Ohio voters that he has visit- ed every county and wants to put the state back to work. The 30-second ad that is airing on cable and broadcast stations statewide focuses on Ohio’s high unemployment rate that hovers around 11 percent. ‘‘I’ve visited all of Ohio’s 88 counties on a jobs tour, to factories, small businesses and farms,’’ he says into the camera while he stands in what appears to be a factory. ‘‘People are working harder for less, and looking for jobs that don’t exist.’’ Although known in south- west Ohio where he served as a congressman, Portman is largely unknown elsewhere and is introducing himself to voters. Ohio Democrats have been aggressive in reminding vot- ers that Portman worked for President George W. Bush’s administration during a time when the economy shed mil- lions of jobs and Washington increased deficit spending. Portman reported more than $7 million in the bank in his most recent finance report in April. In November, he faces Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who report- ed less than $1 million in cash during the same period. ——— A Quinnipiac University poll shows Democratic Attor- ney General Richard Blumen- thal’s lead has dipped over former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, the endorsed Republican, in the Connecticut Senate race. The telephone survey of 1,350 registered voters shows Blumenthal leading McMa- hon by 20 percentage points — 55 percent to 35 percent — in the race to fill the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd. That’s compared to a May 27 Quinnipiac Poll when Blu- menthal held a 25 percentage point lead. ‘‘Three weeks after the Vietnam flap, Attorney Gen- eral Richard Blumenthal has lost a little more ground to Linda McMahon, but he still has a comfortable lead,’’ poll director Douglas Schwartz said. This new poll shows vot- ers’ opinions about Blumen- thal’s misstatements about his military service have not changed, with 61 percent in both surveys saying it doesn’t make a difference in how they’ll vote in November. Blumenthal said he ‘‘mis- spoke’’ in claiming more than once that he served in Viet- nam and apologized for his comments. He actually served state- side in the Marine Reserve during the war. ——— Quick hits: — Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner sent an mes- sage to her political e-mail list encouraging readers to support North Carolina Sec- retary of State Elaine Mar- shall in a June 22 runoff for the U.S. Senate nomination. Like Marshall, Brunner sought a Senate nomination herself but did not receive the support of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Com- mittee. Brunner lost the bitter fight to Fisher, whom she has yet to tell her e-mail list to support. — Meg Whitman aired her first ad of the general election on Thursday, telling voters statewide that putting Cali- fornians back to work is her top priority. Whitman, who won the GOP gubernatorial nomina- tion on Tuesday, adds that raising taxes is ‘‘absolutely the wrong thing to do.’’ Five California legislative races still too close to call LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five state legislative primary races remained too close to call on Wednesday, with candi- dates, including a tea party activist, separated in some cases by just a few dozen votes. Republican Tim Don- nelly had a narrow pri- mary lead to succeed Assemblyman Anthony Adams in a district straddling Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. Donnelly, a small businessman from Twin Peaks in San Bernardino County, founded the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Cali- fornia in 2005, but left the organization in Have a news tip? 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He decided against seeking re-elec- tion. Races for two other Assembly seats also remained undecided after voters chose from nearly 340 candidates for 100 legislative seats in Tuesday’s primary. Michael Allen was leading in the Democra- tic contest to replace Assemblyw oman Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, who is running for state Senate. Even tighter was the Sacramento fight to fol- low termed-out Assem- blyman Dave Jones, who won the Democrat- ic nomination for insur- ance commissioner. Sacramento County Supervisor Roger Dick- inson had a slight edge over Sacramento City Council member Kevin McCarty in that Democ- ratic primary. Other tight races include contests to suc- ceed termed-out Demo- cratic state Sens. Denise Ducheny of San Diego and Dean Florez in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Democratic Assem- blywoman Mary Salas was leading former Assemblyman Juan Var- gas for the Southern California seat. Republican Tim Thiesen was ahead of Phillip Wyman in the San Joaquin Valley race. The winners will face unopposed candidates from the opposite party in the November gener- al election. home-delivered subscription to Convert your Daily News Golden Ticket