Nevada Republicans chose Sharron Angle to oppose Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's reelection bid. Susan Davis has this post at the WSJ Washington Wire blog. This result increases the chance that President Obama's effort to move the Ninth Circuit even further out of the jurisprudential mainstream will become an election issue. Ms. Angle had this press release back in April, saying she was dismayed at the choice of Goodwin Liu.

The nomination might be an issue in the California Senate race as well.  Carly Fiorina decisively defeated Liu backer and one-time front-runner Tom Campbell. The daughter of Judge Joseph Sneed knows a bit about the Ninth and what President Carter's nominations did to it.