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2010 Right Wing Candidates Weekly Update 10/20

Sharron Angle (link is external)

Terrorism(link is external): Angle refuses to apologize to Canadian Ambassador who condemned Angle for saying that terrorists are crossing into the US from Canada (AP, 10/19).

Latinos(link is external): Says that Latino students, and herself, look Asian (NYDN, 10/19).

Ad(link is external): Claims that Harry Reid is in “the conga line” with Michelle Obama (Slate, 10/19).

Fundraising(link is external): Spent over $5 million on fundraising (Salon, 10/18).

Palin(link is external): MissesTea Party Express kickoff with Palin, who praises Angle and slams Reid (Nevada News Bureau, 10/18).

Ken Buck (link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Claims that homosexuality, “like alcoholism,” is a choice (KDVR, 10/19).

Poll(link is external): New data shows Buck losing lead, in dead heat with Bennet (HuffPo, 10/19).

Women(link is external): Stands by comparison of rape allegation to “buyers remorse (Daily Kos, 10/18).

Carly Fiorina (link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Courage Campaign asks Fiorina to refuse support from National Organization for Marriage in internet ad (YubaNet, 10/19).

Government(link is external): Can’t name spending programs she would cut (LA Times, 10/18).

Palin(link is external): Skips rally with Sarah Palin and Michael Steele (NYT, 10/17).

Experience(link is external): Fortune magazine exposes Fiorina’s failed record running Lucent Technology (Fortune, 10/15).

Ad(link is external): Boxer hits Fiorina for backing Palin, offshore drilling, and repeal of assault weapon ban (Boxer, 10/15).

Joe Miller (link is external)

GOP(link is external): NRSC spends $162,000 on ads to help Miller (WaPo, 10/19).

Ethics(link is external): Admits he broke ethics rules while working for Fairbanks; judge set to rule(link is external) on disclosing more information (ADN, 10/19).

Security(link is external): Miller’s security firm under investigation for arresting reporter (Alaska Dispatch, 10/19).

Immigration(link is external): Cites East Germany as a success in wall-building (Mediaite, 10/19).

Debate(link is external): Skips debate with McAdams and Murkowski (ADN, 10/18).

Christine O’Donnell(link is external)

Constitution(link is external): Questions Separation of Church and State, stumped on the content of 14th and 16th Amendments (ThinkProgress, 10/19).

Taxes(link is external): Chris Coons claims that O’Donnell can’t prove assertion that the Democrat wants a $10,000 tax increase (News Journal, 10/19).

Media(link is external): Jeffrey Shaffer looks into “Christine O'Donnell and the rise of cable TV politics” (Christian Science Monitor, 10/19).

Rand Paul (link is external)

Poll(link is external): Democratic poll shows Paul trailing Conway by 2% (WaPo, 10/19).

Debate(link is external): Heated debate with Jack Conway, might back out of next one (McClatchy, 10/18).

Religion(link is external): Conway ad on “Aqua Buddha” spurs debate on religion (NYT, 10/18).

Marco Rubio (link is external)

Debate(link is external): Crist dubs Rubio an “extreme right-wing candidate” in debate (Miami Herald, 10/19).

Outside groups(link is external): American Crossroads spends big to back Rubio (The Ledger, 10/18).

Palin(link is external): Campaigns with Sarah Palin and Michael Steele on Saturday (Politico, 10/18).

Pat Toomey (link is external)

Outside groups(link is external): Club for Growth, formerly led by Toomey, set to expand pro-Toomey ad campaign (Washington Independent, 10/19).

Tea Party(link is external): AP looks into how Toomey won backing from both the tea party and GOP establishment (AP, 10/19).

Poll(link is external): Loses lead, now in dead heat with Joe Sestak (LA Times, 10/19).