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2010 Right Wing Candidates Weekly Update 10/13

Sharron Angle (link is external)

Fundraising(link is external): Raised $14 million in three months (WaPo, 10/12).

GOP(link is external): Leading Nevada Republicans endorse Reid over Angle (Politico, 10/12).

Religious Right(link is external): ADL criticizes Angle for refusing to condemn her pastor’s anti-Mormon comments (KVVU, 10/8).

Extremism(link is external): Cites Dearborn, Michigan and a non-existent town in Texas as outposts of Sharia law (CNN, 10/9).

Ken Buck (link is external)

Controversy(link is external): Referred to a rape victim’s situation as “buyers remorse;” suspect even admitted(link is external) that it was rape (PFAW, 10/12; Colorado Independent, 10/12).

Ad(link is external): DSCC launches new ad blasting Buck’s record as a prosecutor (Daily Kos, 10/12).

Religious Right(link is external): American Right to Life rescinds endorsement of Buck (CBS, 10/12).

Debate(link is external): Blasts Stimulus Plan and Afghan strategy in debate with Bennet (Chieftain, 10/8).

Carly Fiorina(link is external)

Ad(link is external): Boxer hits Fiorina for backing Arizona’s SB 1070 in Spanish-language ad (LA Times, 10/12).

Religious Right(link is external): Anti-choice, anti-lgbt equality groups spend money to back Fiorina (SF Gate, 10/12).

Palin(link is external): Calls Palin “qualified” to be President but chooses to campaign with McCain over her (Politico, 10/12).

Film(link is external): BraveNewFilms tackles Fiorina’s time running HP (NYT, 10/10).

Joe Miller (link is external)

Poll(link is external): In statistical dead heat with Murkowski in Public Policy Polling (Politico, 10/12).

Controversy(link is external): Said he won’t answer questions about “personal issues” (Anchorage Daily News, 10/11).

Taxes(link is external): Supported higher taxes during pipeline lawsuit (Anchorage Daily News, 10/12).

Ad(link is external): New pro-Murkowski PAC airs ads blasting Miller’s “radical ideas” (AP, 10/12).

Christine O’Donnell (link is external)

Debate(link is external): Faces off with Coons in CNN debate tonight at 7:30 (Baltimore Sun, 10/12).

Poll(link is external): Coons leads O’Donnell by 16% in Fox News poll (TPM, 10/12).

Ad(link is external): Refers to Coons as “The Taxman” in latest ad (NYT, 10/12).

Rand Paul(link is external)

Ad(link is external): PolitiFact confirms Conway’s charge that Paul supports a $2,000 Medicare deductable (St. Petersburg Times, 9/13).

Taxes(link is external): Calls for elimination of federal income taxes, backs national sales tax (AP, 9/12).

Clinton(link is external): Says the former President, who backs Conway, is a “less than honorable” person (PoliticsDaily, 10/12).

College(link is external): Paul’s student group often mocked Christians at Baylor (Politico, 10/12).

Dino Rossi (link is external)

Outside groups(link is external): Crossroads GPS and other pro-GOP groups pummel Murray to help Rossi (Seattle Times, 10/11).

Poll(link is external): Elway poll shows Rossi trailing Murray by 13% (PoliticalWire, 10/12).

Ad(link is external): Murray campaign blasts Rossi’s extreme views on choice and contraception (CQ, 10/12).

Marco Rubio (link is external)

Health Care(link is external): Dubs reform law a “disaster” (Herald Tribune, 10/8).

Debate(link is external): Meek and Crist call Rubio an extreme candidate in debate (WaPo, 10/7).

Tea Party(link is external): Crist says only he can “stop the Tea Party mess that Mr. Rubio would bring to Washington” (Miami New Times, 10/12).

Pat Toomey (link is external)

Climate Change(link is external): Disputes notion that human activity contributes to climate change (Think Progress, 10/12).

Tea Party(link is external): FreedomWorks to kickstart GOTV efforts for Toomey (FreedomWorks, 10/11).

Ad(link is external): Democrats blast Toomey for backing Social Security privatization (HuffPo, 10/12).