The same day Nevada Republican Sharron Angle announced her candidacy for Harry Reid's Senate seat in 2009, she agreed with a conservative radio host who claimed that there are 'domestic enemies' and 'homegrown enemies' in Congress. That's right: The GOP candidate in what is arguably the highest-profile Senate race in the country said 'Yes, I think you're right,' to the suggestion that there are enemies of our country within the 'walls of the Senate and the Congress.' Angle has been asked about this at least three times, and each time she has refused to change her position. On Monday, when ABC News' Jonathan Karl asked whether she stood by the claim, she replied: 'Certainly people who pass these kinds of policies _ Obamacare, cap and trade, stimulus, bailout _ they're certainly not friends to the free-market system.' Karl: 'So, what are they?' Angle: 'They're not friends.' This isn't complicated. All Angle has to say is: No, of course I don't believe there are domestic enemies in Congress. Given some of Angle's other statements, particularly her suggestion that people may resort to 'Second Amendment remedies' if Congress continues on its current course, it seems possible that she may well believe there are 'domestic enemies' in Congress. If a high-profile Democratic Senate candidate agreed with a lefty host's claim that conservatives within Congress constitute 'domestic enemies' _ and then repeatedly refused to disavow the claim when given the chance _ it would be picked up by scores of major media outlets and hammered at ceaselessly until the claim was retracted. But Angle is mostly getting a pass. Have journalists decided that Angle's eccentric comments have raised the bar so high this latest is no longer worthy of attention? In any event, is there a good reason to let something like this slide? Excerpts from Greg Sargent's blog on domestic politics and debate on the Hill: voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line 