The Hill: Centrist GOP senators not in rush to support challenger to Reid

[Omaha Steve]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/103441-centrists-lukewarm-on-angle

By Alexander Bolton and J. Taylor Rushing - 06/15/10 08:31 PM ET

Several GOP centrists are undecided about whether to donate to Sharron Angle, who told Senate Republicans on Tuesday that she represents a chance to get rid of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

Angle, who won the Senate Republican nomination to take on Reid last week, made her pitch at a lunchtime meeting with the Republican Conference on Capitol Hill.

The Tea Party favorite has drawn fire from Democrats for calling for the replacement of Medicare and Social Security with “free-market alternatives.” Angle has also called for big cuts in federal spending and endorsed getting rid of the Department of Education and giving more control to state and local governments.

Centrist Senate Republicans say the party should have a big tent, but some are not quite ready to promise Angle any funding.

Sen. Scott Brown, a centrist Republican from Massachusetts, said he doesn’t plan to campaign or donate to Angle.

“I’m not planning on getting involved in that race,” he told The Hill. “I’m just focusing on doing my job here.”

Brown offered the caveat that he and his team will be involved in “very few races.”

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[Jennicut]

1. Because Angle is NUTS?