Tea party candidates threaten US poll upset

From the FINANCIAL TIMES:

…There is Dan Maes, selected this week as Republican candidate for Colorado governor, who made headlines for suggesting that a bike-sharing programme in Denver was part of a United Nations plot to deprive Americans of their freedom.

And Linda McMahon, who co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment and is a master at kicking men in the groin, chosen as the Republican nominee in Connecticut for the Senate.

They join Sharron Angle, running for the Senate seat in Nevada, who has promoted Scientology-based massage as rehabilitation for prisoners, and Rand Paul in Kentucky, who this week faced down allegations that, as a university student, he “kidnapped” a woman and forced her to take drugs…

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