Conservative blogger Erick Erickson of RedState.com has endorsed Danny Tarkanian in the Nevada U.S. Senate race and has caught a bit of flak for it by conservatives who point out that Sharron Angle is a far more reliable and proven conservative than Tark. In a blog post on Friday, Erickson admits that he likes Angle “a lot” and believes she’s “one of us,” however….
I also think that Ms. Angle has a tendency when the spotlight is on her to not deploy, as Austin Powers might say, an inner monologue on what to say and not say as the heat is on. My great concern is that while she is a true winger who I would love to see in federal office, she would, during the general election campaign, say something more perplexing than Sue Lowden’s bartergate comment, then dig in.
See, I do not think a pile of cow pies can beat Harry Reid as some do. We’re going to have to mount a very serious challenge to Reid in the general election. Between Tarkanian and Angle, I think Tarkanian will provide a more serious challenge.
Erickson’s concerns about Angle’s electability in November against Reid are legitimate, but hardly an argument for Tarkanian as the alternative. Danny’s never been elected to anything, unlike both Angle and Lowden. And as we Nevadans have witnessed over the last few months, Tarkanian, at one time a lawyer by trade, will say whatever he thinks the audience in front of him wants to hear, whether it’s true or not.
How would that provide a more serious challenge to Reid? That IS Reid!