>. Angle managed to pull defeat out of the jaws of victory and lost to Reid by a shockingly large margin. <<
Yeah, that was Angle, and not the nearly unanimous Nevada Republican establishment endorsing Reid and even pulling out every dirty campaign tricks for Reid.
Of course the RINOs are partly to blame, but Angle still lost pretty big to the second most vulnerable Democrat Senate incumbent in the nation. I think that Lowden and Tarkanian would have each won by 5% or so. I supported Angle in the 2006 House primary and the 2010 Senate general, and I agree with her on just about every issue position, but let’s not needlessly imperil a House or Senate seat when there are alternatives that are just as conservative.