Are Republicans in Washington sweating the fact that Nevada Senate hopeful Sharron Angle used to be a member of the far right Independent America party? Not for the moment–or at least not while Angle’s sequestering herself from the press.
Yesterday evening I asked John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, what he makes of her 1990s-era membership in the party and what bearing it will have on her campaign.
“I don’t think it makes much difference because we’ve had–a lot of famous Republicans used to be in different parties. Ronald Reagan. In Texas, Phil Gramm and our governor, Rick Perry, so I don’t think that makes any difference,” Cornyn said.
That passes muster at least at a superficial level, but the real test will come when Angle is forced to answer questions about her involvement with the party, or if further, damning details about that stage of her political career emerge.
