Quotes of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on September 4, 2010 by Allahpundit
Christine O’Donnell is trailing Rep. Mike Castle by only 2% among voters most likely to turnout in the Delaware Senate GOP primary, according to a Tea Party Express poll.
The poll, obtained by Hotline On Call, found that among GOP voters who indicated they are most likely to vote — or “10s” in polling lingo — Castle leads O’Donnell 43% to 41%.
The Tea Party Express released the top line of the poll on Thursday. That showed O’Donnell trailing Castle by nearly 6%, 43.7% to 38%.
These new numbers suggest that Castle is significantly more vulnerable than originally believed.
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“At this point we are forging ahead,” Levi Russell, a spokesman for the group, said on Friday…
Aides who worked for Ms. O’Donnell’s 2008 campaign against then-Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. claim that she withheld thousands of dollars in promised salary and never reimbursed them for out-of pocket expenses.
“Once I and others found out about her personal financial crises and her degree, we left,” David Keegan, a former aide, told The New York Times on Friday. “We were constantly trying to hold her back from spending. She was financially completely irresponsible.”…
Her campaign would not respond to calls and emails from The Times, but posted this rebuttal to some of the issues on her Web site. (As for that house she mentions: She sold it to her boyfriend and legal counsel in 2008 to avoid foreclosure, according to an investigation by The Delaware News Journal in March.)
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Well if he was Castle, at least he would be from Delaware which is more than be said for most of the commenters.
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:27 PM
PPACA passed the Senate 60-39. And there’s no certainty that a squish like Castle would stand firm for a Republican fillibuster.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:31 PM
What about “We don’t need Delaware for a 2012 Senate majority” don’t you understand?
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:33 PM
There is a better chance that he would stand firm in that filibuster than there is that O’Donnell could win a general election in Delaware.
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:34 PM
Heh, I wish. I’m actually from New York, where Richard Nixon’s son-in-law decided to rip apart the state party to get Richard Nixon’s grandson elected to Congress. What followed was the departure of Giuliani and Pataki from New York politics.
As a result, our governor and Senate races stand ready to pull every close downticket race to the Democrats, because we have a trio of nobodies on the top of our ticket. (Not that I’m not pulling for three of those nobodies in perhaps the hardest set of races in American history, mind you.)
I’ve found Delaware to be a suitable surrogate home, because even though it’s a blue state with a RINO as the marquee candidate, at least he’ll actually win his race.
KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:34 PM
That is EXACTLY why the Republicans lost the majority. The Democrats won in 2006 not because they had such a more awesomely awesome plan than the Republicans, it is because the Republican base stayed home on election day. They were angry about the runaway spending (remember Porkbusters, which preceded the Tea Partiers but had the same agenda as the TP?), expansion of the government, and the Harriet Miers fiasco.
ramrants on September 4, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Keep fluffing Castle, KingGold. The chicken is lonely!
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:35 PM
The fact that it’s utter nonsense and false comes to mind.
KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Sure, 0.1 is a bit higher than 0.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Oh really? Thus far the scenarios that give the GOP the Senate include Delaware in the GOP. That was a given, until some people decided it was a good idea to risk a sure thing for someone who might or might not be brought up on ethics charges…and if you look at what is happening in Nevada, it becomes even more important not to throw away a sure thing.
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Keep propping up O’Donnell, B-Plus. Your check’s in the mail, I promise!
Christine O’Donnell for
a new condoSenate 2010!KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:38 PM
Considering the fact that you are willing to give the state back to the Democrats, what do you care anyway?
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:38 PM
We can go +7, or even +8, without Castle in 2010. We’d only need to go +2 in that case to win the majority in 2012.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Winning is nice from time to time.
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:41 PM
Wow, KingGold uses the same strike-through joke for the 15th time. I sure hope Castle’s not paying you very much.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:41 PM
The real issue in the Delaware race is GOP control or Dem control– does anyone care?
orfannkyl on September 4, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Oh come on. The truth is no one even thought the Senate was in play at all until the last couple of weeks, and that was when they thought Delaware was a sure thing. There simply are not that many Democrats up for reelection..and if you are going to start throwing elections away you will have even less chance of winning. I mean come on, this is Delaware we are talking about not Oklahoma.
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:43 PM
And after two years, after Obama’s had fifty or so judicial nominees confirmed and Obamacare moves ahead as scheduled, and cap-and-trade passes the Senate via reconciliation, and McCain-Feingold Part II gets enacted, you’ll feel a lot better that that mean old RINO Castle wasn’t there to vote against them, right?
KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Hey, the joke’s just as true on the fifteenth time as the first. This chick embezzles from her campaigns to pay her bills. Don’t think it’s funny? Don’t laugh.
I don’t think it’s funny either. I think it’s highly unethical and probably illegal. She’d probably be fined for it if she weren’t broke already.
KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Grown-ups know that politics is the art of the possible.
JohnGalt23 on September 4, 2010 at 11:47 PM
The GOP isn’t going to take the Senate in 2010. But if we take a +8 without Castle, we only need to pick up a couple seats in 2012, which won’t be difficult. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, for example, is an incredibly vulnerable Dem incumbent in 2012. Jim Webb can definitely be taken out ion 2012. Whitehouse can be taken out in 2012. Heineman can easily taken out Nelson in 2012. If Kohl retires, Paul Ryan can take Wisconsin in 2012. Menendez is vulnerable in 2012. Cantwell is vulnerable in 2012.
So, yeah, +2 or +3 in 2012 is going to be a piece of cake.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Yeah, what dreaming pollyanna could ever think otherwise?
KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM
If those things happen, it’ll make the political climate in 2012 even more toxic for Dems, Obama’s defeat will be all but assured, and we can likely go as high as +5 or +6 in 2012 and take an easy majority.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:52 PM
Sabato thinks we’re most likely to go +8, with an outside shot at +9. If you’re banking on that +10 pipedream, go ahead, you’ll just be disappointed come November.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Yup, and a 2012 Senate majority is easily “possible” without Castle. Happy trails, Mikey. It’s been (not so) nice knowing you.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 4, 2010 at 11:55 PM
That is all conjecture…all of it. You simply can not know what is going to happen down the road. It is wishful thinking. Two years is a long long time in politics…just ask Obama. But there is something else going on here too, the Tea Party needs to pick winners like Joe Miller, not losers like this O’Donnell woman who has turned running for office into a profession..if she loses, she will not only lose the seat for the GOP, she will lose the seat for the Tea Party…and if Angle can not pull it out in Nevada the damage will be even greater.
But the idea that you can just blow off a sure thing because golly gee in a couple of years you will clean up sounds like some excuse a gambler comes up with when he is going to blow his paycheck
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:56 PM
By the way, in Solid B-Plus’s Dream World, just who in God’s name takes out Sheldon Whitehouse? There a deep GOP bench in Rhode Island I haven’t heard about?
KingGold on September 4, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Hmmmm, the dilemma — Vote for Castle in the primary in hopes he can win against the dem, hope that he can thwart the Reid/Lugosi socialists lameduck session agenda, and hope that if he wins he won’t join other Senate RINOS in voting for Cap & Tax as he did in the House…
OR,
–Vote for O’Donnell in hopes that the she can overcome the determined DE GOP establishment and then win against the dem. By all accounts, if O’Donnell wins, she won’t be a vote FOR Cap & Tax.
There are similarities to the recent primary in Alaska in that 1) a RINO is running, 2) the state GOP establishment is backing the RINO and, 3) there is a TEA Party backed candidate running against the RINO. However, the 2 TEA Party candidates don’t seem to be of equal caliber nor does O’Donnell have the public backing of former Gov. Palin.
I wish I had the wisdom of Solomon…
Gohawgs on September 4, 2010 at 11:56 PM
An asteroid hitting the planet is possible too.
Terrye on September 4, 2010 at 11:57 PM
Hey, is anyone getting paid for commenting? If I got paid, I would comment a lot more…and I would sound a lot more sure of the future…
d1carter on September 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Thankfully, you don’t need it. Over the last week or so, we’ve hashed out Christine O’Donnell’s electability and have mostly settled on zero. (See Ace of Spades’ post, or the one here, or Geraghty’s blog, for background.) Sarah Palin’s not endorsing for a very good reason.
Your choice is pretty simple – Castle or the Democrat. It’s really a matter of whether Castle’s voting record is so repellent to you that you’d rather have a Dem in the seat.
KingGold on September 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM
You forgot the part about how this is Delaware and not Alaska and there are not nearly as many conservatives in this state as there are in Alaska, and no one really thinks this woman has any real chance of beating the Democrat..so the real question is should the people of Delaware vote for the woman who uses her campaign funds to pay her rent and who has virtually no chance of winning the general, or should they vote for a well known politician that most of them like and feel comfortable with.
Terrye on September 5, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Yeah, because taking a +3 in 2012 is as unlikely as the apocalypse. If you have that little faith in the GOP’s ability to win elections, then why the hell are you banking on the highest possible take we could possibly get in 2010 (the +10 that Sabato thinks is a real longshot)?
Good Solid B-Plus on September 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM
OT: “With just under two months until Kentucky’s U.S. Senate election, a new WHAS11/Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll shows Republican Rand Paul nearly doubling his lead in the last month, now up 15 points over Democrat Jack Conway, 55% to 40%”
Inkblots on September 5, 2010 at 12:04 AM
Always good news. See, B-Plus? Conservative candidates do well – in conservative states.
KingGold on September 5, 2010 at 12:10 AM
By the way, I also forgot that we can take out McCaskill and Tester in 2012. Also, Jeb Bush can win over Nelson in Florida. Yet +3 is supposed to be a bridge too far?
If you want to pretend that Castle over Coons is the only thing keeping our republic from falling apart, well, that’s your right I suppose.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 5, 2010 at 12:16 AM
Anyone voting for Castle is voting for cap and tax,amnesty, card check, and God knows what else.
This guy needs to go at all costs.
Think long term people. The more of these RINOs we run off today, the fewer there will be tomorrow. We need to scare the Maine twins and Miss Lindsay. Scare them to their very core.
Maybe, just maybe, they will vote right, if they are scared of being primaries.
Mike Castle is one of the worst of the worst. It was bad enough when he was in the House with 434 other people. Now he will be in the Senate. In the Lame duck session at that.
Even if we take the Senate, it will only be by one or two. Castle, like the Maine twins, can still screw us all. He simply cannot be allowed to win.
Again, this is just the beginning. We must take these people DOWN.
Use your heads for more than something to put a hat on.
Out Castle in, and you’ll never get him out.
gary4205 on September 5, 2010 at 12:20 AM
Are Castle and Odonnel the best that Delaware can do for conservative reps? Bleh.
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Terrye, et al…
Being from Arkansas, my interest in the DE race is in thwarting the socialists and their agenda. Castle voted FOR part of their agenda as a Member of the House. That’s not a good sign. In my earlier post I said “there are similarities” as in some not all. I agree that O’Donnell is not Joe Miller. I would prefer RINO Castle over the socialist dem. If all we want is numbers, Castle fits the bill. If we want the R’s to vote against Amnesty, against Cap & Trade, against Card Check, against funding obamacare then putting more RINO’s in office isn’t the way to go as we’ve all seen they can’t be trusted.
Gohawgs on September 5, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Boy it really galled Cavuto to do this eh?
Rocks on September 5, 2010 at 12:25 AM
Also, KingGold:
If you’re so high on Cook and Sabato’s polling, why are you so gung-ho about the Gillibrand seat? Both of them have it as Safe Democrat, and every reliable polling agency has the seat as either Safe or Likely Democrat. Schumer’s seat is absolutely a Dem lock, BTW. Somehow, thinking we’ll take Senate seats in New York when the polling says we won’t is rational, but think we’re likely to go +3 at the very least in 2012 is being in “cloudcuckooland.” Wonderful.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 5, 2010 at 12:27 AM
You are up mighty late..:)
Dire Straits on September 5, 2010 at 12:27 AM
Maybe the GOP will one day be composed of nothing but RINO’s, an entire herd of Snowe/Collins/McCain stalwarts bending to liberal winds.
Joy.
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:28 AM
2006: Lost 30 House seats and 6 Senate seats.
2008: Lost 21 House seats and 8 Senate seats.
You consider ’06 “better”? You really are a nutjob.
MadisonConservative on September 5, 2010 at 12:28 AM
Castle is no sure thing. He is below 50% in the last poll against Coons and had been steadily dropping prior to that. Why? probably because of this ridiculous over reaction to O’Donnell’s candidacy. Even if he beats her, and he probably will, he will have a very close race against Coons.
Rocks on September 5, 2010 at 12:28 AM
Primaries = primaried.
gary4205 on September 5, 2010 at 12:29 AM
The Minister of Social Activity told me to boot everyone out, so I wisely booted everyone out. When the Minister talks, I listen.
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:30 AM
OT: Texas probing Google over search results
This is the very last straw for me. I have stood by the google folks for way too long. I have changed all my online accounts to go to my yahoo e-mail. Google is becoming more and more out of hand each year.
I know a lot of you have posted in the past that you have boycotted Google. For those who haven’t, I advise you do. Case in point: I historically receive tons of hits for some of my photos on flickr at Google images when people search certain things. Recently, as of a week ago, this has stopped. I may be paranoid, but I think that it is being done on purpose because someone has learned of my politics. Petty? Yes. But Google is petty.
Bing and Yahoo for me. F(u)ck Google and their man underwear sniffing wimps.
carbon_footprint on September 5, 2010 at 12:32 AM
O’Donnell looks like a girl friend I once had. Really cute but then you slowly realize that she’s really a psycho …
PackerBronco on September 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM
So wait, the guy who thinks I’m a dreamer because I think we’ll likely go +3 or higher in 2012 wants us to put boots on the ground/burn up the interwebs for freakin Gary Berntsen, whose best polling has him at -19 vs Schumer?
Good Solid B-Plus on September 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM
Another six years of Castle, so when exactly are we supposed to kick this guy to the curb, after he serves 50 years? Sometimes I’m not sure which is worse, having yet another RINO licking the demorat boots or having an actual dem.
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM
Exactly, like all liberals, Castle overplayed his hand.
Now, as you say, even if he wins, Coons may very well beat him. However, we can also say that of Christine can take down Castle, the Big Mo will be with her, and she can damned sure take down Coons. Momentum is a funny thing. We you have it, it’s almost unstoppable.
gary4205 on September 5, 2010 at 12:34 AM
If Castle wins, he’ll be in office til he croaks. If Coons wins, at least we have a chance of knocking him off in 2014, but Castle is the kind of political lifer that you only get one chance to be rid of forever.
Good Solid B-Plus on September 5, 2010 at 12:37 AM
I don’t know about that but this thing is wide open now that’s for sure. I honestly don’t know why Castle won’t debate her. She’s easily flustered. He must really not want to have to answer questions about his record.
Rocks on September 5, 2010 at 12:37 AM
And I was worried that crr6 was representing you?..:)
Dire Straits on September 5, 2010 at 12:45 AM
Exactly. If he shows his face, he will get grilled. He’s already been booed at town halls. I think it’s quite telling that he doesn’t have the guts to debate her. If she was a “stupid” as his fan boys here say, he would make light work of her, no?
gary4205 on September 5, 2010 at 12:46 AM
Hopefully Gingrich will be the 2012 POTUS nominee for the GOP, just to be sure that the dinosaur establishment candidates continue to pollute D.C.
Just think of it: Newt, Castle, Pelosi, maybe throw in some other lifer prig, all sitting on a couch and telling the nation that blowing our money out their rear ends is the only way to save the nation. Alright!
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:47 AM
Dude, don’t even joke about that. Givin’ me nightmares.
Inkblots on September 5, 2010 at 12:51 AM
If you saw the Minister of Social Activity in a candy-stripe bikini then you would know why I always do as she says. Well…that and the fact that she would kill me in my sleep for defying her. I want to live.
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:51 AM
Hey, what kind of bishop are you, anyway?
Inkblots on September 5, 2010 at 12:53 AM
The fallen kind.
No not really, but I do fall down the deck stairs from time to time, usually on Friday or Saturday night for some reason.
Bishop on September 5, 2010 at 12:57 AM
Between that the choice of options in the Delaware Republican primary is as appealing as pre-chewed Melba toast, I’m really glad I don’t live in Delaware.
Harpazo on September 5, 2010 at 1:05 AM
*Given that the choice…
Harpazo on September 5, 2010 at 1:05 AM
A strong minority is better than a weak majority.
lilium on September 5, 2010 at 1:08 AM
The Dems didn’t get to a sixty majority in one go. They did it in two elections. If GOP even wins(that is debatable), Bammy will have an easy excuse to blame them if the economy still doesn’t recover. And you want to lose 2012 for Castle? Let Christine win if she can now. If she doesn’t, we can take the senate in 2012. But please be sure to field candidates in all states. This kind of election comes once in a lifetime and we have two sitting ducks in NY and we still can’t take them.
promachus on September 5, 2010 at 1:26 AM
Some people have really lost their minds.
Chudi on September 5, 2010 at 1:27 AM
It’s actually dense thinking like this that will sink the USS GOP.
Newsflash – the Democrats took the House and the Senate with overwhelming majorities.
Yet – because of the BLUE DOGS – they weren’t able to do anything unless by slight of legislative hand.
Guys like Castle are to the GOP what the Blue Dogs are to the Democrats.
So uhm yeah – take a “majority” with guys like Castle – it won’t help you any more than the it did the Democrats.
And that’s a fact and THAT IS especially true if the GOP is led by the same losers that sunk us in 2008.
Enjoy your win with Castle – it’ll be the last one you get.
HondaV65 on September 5, 2010 at 1:33 AM
Wow the elites, the bloggers and the pundits really hate this woman huh? They can barely be civil… I bet she wins…it’s that kind of year…
CCRWM on September 5, 2010 at 1:33 AM
^^This is evolved and mature thinking.
The only thing I’d caveat here is the fact that O’Donnell may not be that great of a candidate. If that’s true – then it might be better to give this seat to the Democrats.
But putting Castle in there – doesn’t help us. I’m not talking about his RINO voting record either – I’d be tempted to go for him in spite of it but …
I’m not working for JUST a Republican majority – I’m working for a REFORMED Republican party because – I KNOW – that putting the same schlubs back in charge of the house and the senate will just sink our chances in 2012 – and 2012 is the “big show” – that’s when we have a chance to take back the White House – escape the VETO and …
ACTUALLY OVERTURN OBAMACARE.
HondaV65 on September 5, 2010 at 1:37 AM
To me the GOP has been caught flat footed…I guess they bought the Obama hope and chamge BS too and didn’t see this coming …because in so many races, not all, but in many we have a choice between bad and worse!
If O’Donnell can beat Castle in a Republican primary where the voters are so much more discerning then she can probably win in the general where the Dems are not as discerning (Hello Biden for all these years) She might win. If she does then she is a reliable Republican… C’mon every naysayer… this year is exceptional why not just go for it? Desperate times call for desperate measures…
CCRWM on September 5, 2010 at 1:40 AM
Who the hell is going to vote for this imbecilic woman. This woman is unqualified to run a grocery store, talkless of be a senator. This is such a joke that many conservatives are taking her seriously. She is an imbecile.
Chudi on September 5, 2010 at 1:42 AM
People need to remember – unless we purge the GOP party leadership – WE ARE SUNK IN 2012.
Castle will vote for Mitch McConnel as Majority Leader.
And … as Majority Leader – McConnell will do everything within his power to disappoint and suck the fire out of the Tea Party movement – which is the ONLY ONLY ONLY THING PROPELLING THE GOP FORWARD RIGHT NOW.
Why will he do that? Because he’s an establishment Republican and he’ll do it because the Tea Party is a direct threat to his livelihood. Without the Tea Party enthusiasm – the GOP is sunk in 2012. Actually – put Mitch McConnell back in charge of the shop and I’ll tell you there will be A THIRD PARTY in 2012 – and myself and many others will be a part of it.
GUYS LIKE MCCONNEL, BOEHNER, CORNYN, ET AL … put this party into the toilet. Don’t expect them to get us out of it.
Castle will ALLY with the establishment.
I suggest people stop crying about the political assassination of a few RINO elites and roll up their sleeves and re-work this party.
If you think the GOP Ayatollah’s can take on Obama for two years when they can’t even remove a highly impotent and clownish Mike Steele from the RNC – you’re fooling yourself.
HondaV65 on September 5, 2010 at 1:45 AM
What could possibly go wrong?
Karzai sets up council for peace talks with the Taliban
“War is deceit,” of course, and only a fool would blindly assume the Taliban would come to the negotiating table in good faith. But there is another aspect of this story to watch carefully: namely, the likelihood of concessions toward a more robust implementation of Sharia law in Afghanistan.
Indeed, Sharia is already enshrined in the Afghan constitution, setting the stage for future conflicts — the imposition of Islamic law being the fundamental aim of jihad — and for future human rights abuses that Islamic law upholds as just and sacred. Those include stonings and lashes for adultery, the subjugation of women and unbelievers, and death for apostasy and “blasphemy,” the last two of which have been high-profile issues in Afghan courts under Karzai.
There is no reason for faith in Karzai to take a stand in the near or distant future, recalling his failure to condemn the practice of stoning, and the disastrous Shi’ite family law, passed under his watch, that legalized marital rape.
And the Sharia-for-”peace” push is already well underway. In August, Afghanistan’s “largest gathering of clerics,” meeting to discuss reconciliation with the Taliban, said “the lack of implementation of sharia hodud (punishment) has cast a negative impact on the peace process.”
In other words, surrender and submit for the “peace” of tyranny and oppression, if Sharia could even bring peace, because the next stage after accepting Sharia in principle is an indefinite period of infighting over how much Sharia is “enough” in practice.
That is where Afghanistan now finds itself. “Karzai sets up council for peace talks with Taliban,” from BBC News, September 4:
And where do our troops find themselves? On the other side of the Earth fighting for tyranny and oppression. I doubt that many enlisted for this. Their Generals have made a pact with the Devil.
Luka on September 5, 2010 at 2:07 AM
The Generals follow the orders of their Commander In Chief.
Generals don’t make pacts, at least – not on their own.
HondaV65 on September 5, 2010 at 2:36 AM
Just following orders, huh? That doesn’t cut it, not since World War II, particularly as they have taken an oath to the U.S. Constitution, not to a fuhrer.
Luka on September 5, 2010 at 2:49 AM
The naysayers despise conservatives more than they do Democrats. That ‘she might win’ is exactly what they are afraid of. Why else would there be this concerted attack on her from all the GOP lapdogs? Do they care who is running in dozens of other states?
Why is Christine O’Donnell suddenly so toxic today when last week almost no one knew her name? If she is some laughable nutjob loser who could never win then why are they running around in a circle flapping their arms all of a sudden?
My guess is that GOP internal polling is telling a very different story and they didn’t like what happened to Lisa Murkowski in Alaska. They also didn’t like the reaction of conservatives when they sent their lawyers up there to try to work a miracle for her.
They see another of the old boys on the chopping block and want to defend their own. For them conservatives are the enemy and Democrats are merely friendly rivals in a game they both understand.
That is why we are seeing the Two Minute Hate of Christine O’Donnell.
sharrukin on September 5, 2010 at 2:55 AM
Are things really that bad in Delaware?
If so, let them remain a blue state.
moochy on September 5, 2010 at 4:04 AM
O’Donnell’s problems are not manufactured by her opponents or the dreaded “Establishment,” they are all 100% hers. She owns them.
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Now, some people may be willing to look past the serial lying and the financial shenanigans and the disclosure difficulties, but that won’t make them go away. This stuff is enough to kill her in the general in a 50-50 state, which Delaware is not.
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Castle is no conservative, he is a moderate with a lifetime ACU rating of 57 – Snowe/Collins territory. But he will vote for Republican organization and for the “key” party votes as determined by the leadership, and with us on more than half the other votes. You can bet the Democrat will be 90% or more against us.
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If you think the majority isn’t important, ask yourself if Sotomayor and Kagan would have sailed through to SCOTUS so easily under a Judiciary Chairman Sessions. Those who insist we can win a majority without Delaware, in effect saying, “Pitch this seat from sure pick-up to likely Dem,” are just stupid. Sure, it is possible we might win with a seat to spare, but that’s not the sort of margin a sane person relies upon.
Adjoran on September 5, 2010 at 5:08 AM
I watched the interview with Cavuto. I also listened to the Gaffney interview and looked at some other stuff. She seems like she reeeeaaalllly wants to be a politician which gives me pause, but this go-round I am deaf to pleas from the Republican establishment and foolish followers about the necessity to vote for RINOs so that the Republican Party can do the right things after November. That, ladies and gentlemen, is demonstrated BS.
I haven’t seen anything in this thread that puts her outside the conservative pale, and what we don’t need are more “moderates” in Congress who can undermine our conservative agenda. Principle before Party.
Randy
williars on September 5, 2010 at 5:15 AM
BS, there’s s huge difference. Castle might be a vote to repeal Obamacare- he’s voted against it before. The Dem is a certain vote for Obamacare. Since O’Donnell has zero chance of winning a general election in deep blue DE. those are your two choices.
Jon0815 on September 5, 2010 at 5:56 AM
So let’s endorse him at all costs to Constitutional government.
Valiant on September 5, 2010 at 6:46 AM
I think that’s a point everybody misses, as good as the GOP will do this year, (If that first big poll out of WV is any indicator, we have a shot of picking off Byrd’s seat in the sweetest double play in history) 2012 is the REAL Senate bloodbath:
First, the gimmies:
Ben Nelson, Nebraska: I think the GOP could run anybody not named Sharron Angle and win this seat. The Cornhusker Kickback pretty much guarenteed that seat as a pick up.
Claire McKaskill, Missouri: 2006 squeaker from Missouri. As it happens, Missouri REALLY doesn’t like the Donks agenda. She’s a goner.
Jon Tester, Montana: Beat Conrad Burns in a squeaker in a bad year for the GOP. Montanans pretty sure ObamaCare wasn’t what they asked for when they elected this hack. Tag the toe.
Sherrod Brown: Another 2006 squeaker, another guy Ohio ain’t voting for in 2012.(The other’s Obama.)
Jim Webb, Virginia: 2009 told me everything I needed to know about this one and Webb’s yet another 2006er who’s One and Done. Did I mention Liz Chenny’s been looking into this one…as a candidate? Despite the “Maccaca Incident”, alot of people don’t realize Allen STILL only lost this one by a .6% margin. Being not so gaffe-tastic (or “been there, done that”) my money says Liz’ll mop the floor with this tool.
Kent Conrad, North Dakota: A chill wind rakes the high planes…and he’s a goner. Hey, when Dorgan splits and the guy running to replace him was so far ahead in every poll it’s been listed as Safe Republican at RealClear since early spring, you KNOW the folks up there are P.O.ed.
Now, the good possibilities:
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan: Current polls see Michigan’s statewides as the epicenter of the 2010 Red Storm of The Mid-West. I believe Stabenow is toast in 2012.
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin: He may be getting a “surprise retirement party” in 2012 if Wisconsin of 2010 is a barometer for Wisconsin 2012, especially if Paul Ryan goes for it.
Bob Casey Jr., Penn.: How red is this valley? Keystone State looking like a GOP governor and Senator this year, things get worse, it’ll get even redder.
That’s nine right there, six of which are damn near mortal locks. Don’t be surprised if the last three come through as well.
I disagree with you about picking off Whitehouse. New England, from my observation as a New Englander, born and raised and still living here (sadly), is getting bluer in direct proportion to it’s shrinking population, ie; everyone with either a brain or the means to leave gets the hell outta here ASAP. Put it this way, the only way I’ll consider Whitehouse vulnerable is if Linda Mac pulls off the upset (which is a distinct possibility) here in Connecticut, because that’ll be a Triple Crown: Kennedy’s, Byrd’s and Dodd’s seats all going GOP in the same year and proof POSITIVE that my theory is incorrect.
Menendez and Cantwell…let’s see how Christie and the Jersey GOP are doing then and let’s wait and see if Rossi does knock over Patty Cakes first in Washington before we start mining for gold in those two states.
SuperCool on September 5, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Doesn’t sound like there is much to Castle’s allegations.
Valiant on September 5, 2010 at 6:58 AM
Rebuttal here.
Valiant on September 5, 2010 at 6:59 AM
LOL…
ddrintn on September 5, 2010 at 7:38 AM
^ Look, ObamaCare is NEVER going to be repealed. Ever. Far too many squishes get elected for that to happen.
ddrintn on September 5, 2010 at 7:39 AM
I’m glad to see that, unlike most of the O’Donnell cheerleaders here, you are at least taking the long view on things. So am I.
But you have a far too limited view on that long view. I’m not looking at 50+ seats in 2012. I’m looking at 60+ seats in 2012 or 2014, along with a President Palin, or Pawlently, or Daniels, or Paul (hey,a guy can dream big, can’t he), or Romney (hey a guy can dream small, can’t he).
Now, there is a big difference between 59 seats, and 60 seats. With 59 seats, we have to be prepared to negotiate with the Dems over things. With 60 seats, as we have so sadly seen, we can shove our policies down their throats, and watch them squirm. And if we have to engage in ugly unseemly politics with Castle or Collins or Snowe (or all 3), don’t you think it would be worth it to see Social Security privatized, or the Depts of Education and Commerce eliminated, or… well, fill in your own conservative dream.
Once again, take the long view. And keep in mind someone voting with you 50% of the time is better than someone voting against you 100% of the time. Which is what Chris Coons, NE liberal Democrat that he is, would be doing.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 7:46 AM
For someone I’ve argued War on Terror issues so often, you run up the white flag mighty easily here at home.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 7:47 AM
Just being realistic. Want to make a wager that by 2013 ObamaCare is NOT repealed? Didn’t think so.
ddrintn on September 5, 2010 at 7:50 AM
Can you read? Many of your points have absolutely nothing to do with the growth of government or spending…
ninjapirate on September 4, 2010 at 10:20 PM
they all have to do with the growth of government and spending. Open borders has to do with the growth of government, rejecting the free market for government intervention has to do with the growth of government, fighting PC wars has to do with the growth of government and spending. voting for liberal programs, spending etc have to do with the growth of government.
your failure to understand that basic concept is the problem with RINO’s.
Open borders grows government from increased in domestic police forces to hadnle the increased crime, the illegal hiring, the increased need for visas, documentation, the increased spending or social programs, schools, healthcare etc.
rejecting the free market for government intervention grows government. From TARP funds to auto bailouts to increases in social programs like unemployment, food stamps, welfare social security etc
fighting wars PC grows government by increasing military spending, increasing the time and depth of the wars increasing government powers like the patriot act, budgets for ammo, tanks, planes etc.
voting for liberal polcies like medicare part D are self explainatory.
Those among other reason are why Bush lost and all have to do with governmental growth and increased spending. and that is not even going into the fact that that spending was red ink increasing the debt load of the next generation.
If the GOP regains power in 2010 and continues the Bush polices the GOp will be voted out of office in 2012
unseen on September 5, 2010 at 8:01 AM
Not a single poll showing Castle up by less than double digits
Add that to someone who has won 12 times statewide, and a guy who is quite popular in DE.
That’s about as close to a sure thing as you get.
And the >50% rule is usually applied to incumbents, which Mike Castle is not.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 8:02 AM
whoa. Asking a question, and then putting the answer in someone’s mouth… in the very same line!!
I’d call you disingenuous, but as far as the post goes, it goes without saying.
make that by 2014, where we could have 60+ seats, and I’d take that bet, in a heartbeat.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 8:04 AM
That should be, make that 2015…
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Suuuuure you will, in the safety of Internet anonymity, where people get called liars with impunity as well.
ddrintn on September 5, 2010 at 8:07 AM
^ 60+ seats? LOL Ever thought about stand-up comedy?
ddrintn on September 5, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Which leads to a question: do you think it would’ve been wiser to back Crist in Florida rather than Rubio? Florida isn’t a red state, after all. It’s purple. Crist would’ve had an easier time of it, probably.
ddrintn on September 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM
Wow. I listened to the interview with Dan Gaffney. What a loser! He obviously wasn’t interested in her answers to the questions. He just wanted to ask “damning” questions and talk over her responses. He’s in the wrong line of work, if you ask me. Ugh!
~~ Lisa Graas
gocatholic on September 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Something tells me that at least Goldstein had the ability to pay his bills on time, a quality noticeably lacking in Christine O’Donnell.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Once again, so quick with the white flag.
Worthy of a Frenchman or a Democrat.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Hey, you offered the bet, remember? All I did was accept, given some terms.
JohnGalt23 on September 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM
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