Well, there was way too much said to give you the whole transcript, so I’ll provide highlights and snippets from the four US Senate candidates who appeared on Face to Face with Jon Ralston today.

Note: And before I get emails from/about all the other candidates and their views, I hereby invite the other candidates (or their supporters) to drop their answers and Comments below.

Note 2: Tarkanian appeared to be a no show at the outset.  Ralston told viewers that Tarkanian was scheduled to be there but was not in the studio and that they did not know where he was.  A moment later, Ralston said he was getting word that Tarkanian had arrived.  Ralston then went straight into the segment with the other three candidates.  Tarkanian joined in after the first break.

Note 2B: Ralston just Flashed an email alert as I was working on this:  “Danny Tarkanian showed up late, said he had no idea it was live and (off camera) accused the host of taking a shot at him. And you thought the Republican race for the right to take on Harry Reid was a circus before?”

Me: How did Ralston take a shot at him?  Ralston was Live and had a missing guest and was about to do all the intro’s, so he really had no choice but to say Tarkanian was not there.  Because, you know, he wasn’t.

Anyway:  Here’s all the video if you want to watch the whole show.

So:

On Yucca Mountain and whether Harry Reid ought to get credit for killing it:

Chachas: If the best the Senate Majority Leader can do is say he managed to defund a highly unpopular initiative, it’s a sad statement…  He needs to be figuring out how to return Nevada to stability and prosperity

Angle: I don’t give him much credit for it.  He should be looking at jobs.  Demonizing nuclear energy is not the way to do that…  And if he’s for nuclear energy, then he should be looking at the potential we have in the state. –

Amodei: It’s been worked on since Senator Bryan and before, a lot of people played a part.  I think it’s a missed opportunity.  It’s one thing to zero out funding, another to talk about probable uses that relate to jobs… Like reprocessing…  Create jobs that pay a liveable wage in southern Nevada…  We should turn those lemons into lemonade.

Danny:   We should have turned Yucca into a nuclear reprocessing facility…creating 1000s of jobs…and millions in revenue…

On whether Nevada really ought to lose its powerful senator:

Angle: Tsunamis are powerful. They are also very destructive. And that’s Harry Reid.

On Chachas’ comment in his recent Nevada News Bureau interview re: his peers:  “None of them have said an original word other than rehashing what the NRSC already publishes on this stuff” – and what ONE original idea each candidate brings to the table:

Chachas: It seems to me that everyone running has a duty in this process to put out there what they really believe, in detail.   The thing I believe most about fixing our job situation in NV is it will not be done quickly…  As I’ve written, the federal government is a steward of 78% of land in this state.  There is no reason we should not get 10 million acres back, sell it, append it with tax benefits, and entice businesses to come to Nevada…

Amodei – Protecting our water resources, maintaining control.  Right now those decision are made in DC; you have to fight the legislation passed by the last few Congresses, and give the Army Corps of Engineers more jurisdiction over water…

Angle – Begin to deregulate at the federal level, so our state can have states’ rights… We have so much regulation and taxation going on at federal level.  All of that needs to go away. There is too much government.  That is an original idea:  an original idea of the original Founders…

Tarkanian: My economic plan contains three original ideas: create jobs, at no cost to taxpayers, including at Yucca (meaning, which Ralston had to pull out of him after his statement, a reprocessing plant)…  Releasing BLM land to the state to compete to bring companies to Nevada so we an diversify the economy…  And working with federal government to work with states to reduce sales taxes 50% or more to increase consumption…using stimulus dollars to subsidize the loss of sales tax revenue in the states.

On how/why they are the “true” conservative among the candidates (Ralston specifically mentioned Tarkanian’s new ad billing himself as the Reaganesque candidate and asked Angle if she considered him more conservative than herself):

Angle: Read my record, not my lips.  Go look and see.  The press calls me a consistent conservative.  And I…did receive the Reagan Freedom Award.

Tarkanian: I am running on principles of Reagan. I’ve outlined proposals… I’ve come out and been against all pork projects. I am against the first bailout package… I have come out strongly against taxes. Sharon says she has credibility…  But we are still waiting to see what position she has w/regard to districts.

Chachas: On every issue that affects the country, I believe in small government, efficient government and empowering the consumer.  We are now driving towards a precipice.  We will have a $1.6 trillion deficit in 2010. It’s going to take more thoughtful discussion to fix that… We have to look at each piece and really make hard choices…  In Washington today, too few people want to tell the truth.

I am respectful of [Angle's, Amodei's] public service.  But I come with 25 years of business experience.  I’ve worked with successful businesses, fixed broken businesses…

Amodei – The objective for the Republicans is to win in November. I am concerned about the culture of clichés and labels. Second, look at the politicians in the Nevada legislature.  They meet only every other year for 120 days, but it does set you apart in terms of a record… Wehther it’s 2003, we voted for taxces… nobody saying about the cap proposal, or the … 2009 Nat Tax Payers Union aration, 2nd highest in state senate (I had)

Chachas – The Democrats are a tax-and-spend-party, but the Republicans have become a don’t-tax-and-spend party.  Republicans will have to come forward to radically reshape the way the government spends money.

Last question was on the AIG bonuses and the bank fees proposed by Obama.  Go watch segment 4 if you want to see those answers.