Angle urges Nevada candidate to pull out, criticizes Republicans

[Elmore Furth]

Sharon Angle criticized for compromizing her principles?

By Kevin Bohn, CNNOctober 5, 2010 9:41 a.m. EDT

Washington (CNN) -- Nevada GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle urged third party candidate Scott Ashjian to pull out of the race at a meeting last week, saying his campaign could result in re-election for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, according to an audio tape of the meeting recorded by Ashjian.

Ashjian, who confirmed the authenticity of the tape to CNN Sunday night, said he had decided to record the session in case there were misrepresentations in the press. He decided to leak it after he got upset with some of the initial portrayals of the meeting and an earlier phone conversation with a lawyer for Angle, which he said was condescending to him.

While complimenting Angle as a nice person, he said her offers to him are exactly what is wrong with today's politics.

"She has given up her principles for the election," Ashjian said.


Angle urges Nevada candidate to pull out, criticizes Republicans