Saying Americans are “mad as hell” about the direction of the country, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., fired up a Friday night rally inside The Orleans hotel-casino with a call to elect Sharron Angle so Republicans can retake control of the Senate.
Three miles away, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., held his own get-out-the-vote event at Orr Middle School with Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who seemed to be the biggest draw for the mostly Asian and Hispanic crowd.
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Just days before the midterm election, the dueling Las Vegas rallies held to get people to the polls were a sign of how close the Senate contest is between the Tea Party favorite Angle and Democratic incumbent Reid.
McCain, the former GOP presidential candidate, declared the race key to the fate of the country because, he said, Reid as Senate majority leader is driving the deficit spending in Washington.
“I’m here tonight because this election will change America,” said McCain, addressing more than 500 people after Angle introduced him to the conservative crowd. “My friends, the 51st vote to give Republicans the majority in the U.S. Senate will come right here from the state of Nevada. I look forward to sta
