RINO Castle May Play Spoiler For O'Donnell In Her Race Against the Bearded Marxist
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, September 24, 2010, 4:43 AM
(Left to Right) Robert Stacy McCain, Nice Deb and Chris Slavens
I met Delaware blogger Chris Slavens from Slavens Says at BlogCon in Washington DC earlier this month. Chris contributed this post on the senate race everyone is watching between Christine O’Donnell and the Bearded Marxist.
Castle write-in campaign would mean victory for Coons
In the days leading up to Delaware’s primary election, I commented to more than one individual, “For Mike Castle to lose would be like the sky falling.” It was difficult to imagine; Castle has never lost an election in my state since he first ran for State Representative in 1966. He has served in nearly every other elected office since, and was considered a shoo-in when he announced his candidacy for the Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Biden.
On September 14, the sky fell. The impossible happened. The Castle crumbled, booted into early retirement by Christine O’Donnell, a conservative Republican who was virtually unknown outside of the First State, and not well-liked by her own party’s leadership. GOP State Chairman Tom Ross’s pre-election line sums up the establishment’s attitude towards O’Donnell: “She could not be elected dog catcher.”
To call O’Donnell’s victory an upset would be the understatement of the decade; the local GOP has been rocked to its core, and Delaware politics will never be quite the same. Yet, despite O’Donnell’s impressive 6% margin of victory, questions remain about how much support she can expect from the party establishment that she took on and defeated. Comments about dog catchers aside, Ross grudgingly announced that the party supports her, though only after a number of prominent conservatives called for his resignation. Castle, however, refuses to endorse O’Donnell, and there has been some speculation about what role he will play in the remainder of this race. Will he remain neutral? Will he endorse the Democratic candidate, self-described Marxist Chris Coons? Or will he run a write-in campaign, like Lisa Murkowski in Alaska?
Asked about the possibility of a write-in run, Castle responded, “I will consider it right up until the final moment but I’m not headed in that direction right now.” The final moment is September 30, the deadline for Castle to officially declare his write-in candidacy, if he chooses to do so.
Even with statewide name recognition and a plump campaign account, Castle has no chance of winning a write-in campaign. It’s simply not going to happen. O’Donnell ran a write-in campaign for the same office in 2006, and received 4.3% of the vote, and it is conceivable that Castle could receive at least twice that, but the result would be inevitable:
1. Castle would not win.
2. Neither would O’Donnell.Some O’Donnell supporters have argued that Castle would attract support from moderate Democrats, and cause Coons to lose, but this is very unlikely. True, 53% of Republicans favored O’Donnell in the primary, but of the remaining 47%, many are disgruntled enough to write in Castle’s name if presented with the opportunity. Independents are expected to support O’Donnell, but this is a blue state; she cannot afford to lose the support of both moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats. If Castle runs a write-in campaign, Coons will win the election, and Castle knows it.
Perhaps it would give Castle some small amount of personal satisfaction to cause O’Donnell to lose to Coons, but it would also place a black mark on his already tarnished record. The voters have spoken, and it is time for him to retire. No political games, no write-in campaign, and certainly no endorsing of Democratic candidates — getting out of the way, and allowing O’Donnell to succeed or fail without outside interference, is simply the right thing to do.
The real question is who will Rove and Krauthammer bash now if Castle enters the race?
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Hugh Jasol commented:
Isn’t this O’Donnell character the same one who practiced witchcraft and had sex on a satanic altar? That is what I heard…
SuzyQ commented:
Just wondering, why wouldn’t the same thing happen in Delaware that’s happening in Alaska?
Brent Boyd commented:
I’m not so sure… Miller is leading “What’s Her Name” up in Alaska by 15… Castle is, above all, a liberal. Me thinks that he’s pull more votes from The Bearded Marxist than Christine.
donh commented:
I hope Castle runs. Any votes he gets by write in are votes taken away from the raCOONS.
Ohio Granny commented:
Last night I went to a GOP fund raiser in Ohio. We had a very intense primary for a newly created county charter government. The event was for the man who won the right to be the candidate for the CEO slot.
Sitting next to me was the guy who lost. He came, with wife, cheerful, 110% behind the man who beat him, and telling everyone that we need to be working together to get our conservative vision back inside where they can turn things around.
Now that is class. If I wasn’t a big fan of him before, I was afterwards.
Mike Castle, not so much.
Sickofobama commented:
I bet you anything Obama put Castle up to this.
roadmaster commented:
It must really suck to be Castle.
Sonya commented:
Run Castle, run! Unfortunately it all only talks. Castle knows that if he runs, O’Donnell chances of winning grow tremendously.
bertogem commented:
No more Republicans, no more Rove, no more RINO’s, until the GOP gets its act together. If that means letting the Socialists have their way for now, so be it. The hypocrisy, etc. of the progressive-conservative country-club, Wall-Street Republican establishment is disgusting. Where is the party of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan? What about the Main-Street Republicans, the Evangelical Christians and the Reagan Democrats that made the GOP the party of choice through the 80s, 90s, and 00s? Do these establishment guys really believe they will win by screwing their base? I think not; I think they cynically expect to live off the crumbs from the Democrat table as the “loyal opposition” on into the night. Enough!
Jim Hoft commented:
bertogem sure sounds like a paid troll.
Jim Kanichirayil-Chicago commented:
@ Hugh- I hope that was a joke. Otherwise, you may want to consider reading up on the facts in order to better inform yourself.
I am curious why these so called “moderate” Republicans are such sore losers. Furthermore, I wonder why the establishment keeps trotting these clowns out and wasting money on their candidacies.
Bogdan from Australia commented:
Hugh Jasol. Rich out for some reliable information before you spout your vomit.
Exactly the same lies have been spred by the Leftists about Sarah Palin and all of them proved to be untrue.
O”Donnel has explained everything about her past during her latest interview with Sean Hannity on his show.
Appart from that, everyone will make some silly mistakes in his or her youth. It doesn’t matter who you were twenty years ago. It matter who you are now.
The difference between Christine and Coon is that she has grown up and matured.
Coons remains a commited Marxist and thus a complete moron.
When I was 18 years old, I became a member of a Socialist Youth in my native Poland; just for the sake of defying my father.
Now there is no greater anti-comunist than myself.
aro5o75 commented:
This just goes to show that these ‘lifers’ are’nt affiliated with any party or ideology, it’s all about them.
Says alot about thier character…or lack there of.
Sequoia commented:
Well, I guess Krauthammer and Rove will be on board with this? (A Castle write-in) No? Yes? Who’s “throwing away a senate seat” now? THIS is why RINO, moderate, entrenched Republicans are as dangerous as the idiots who want to destroy the U.S.
Vercingetorix commented:
Krauthammer has totally backtracked on his original comments about O’Donnell, and hasn’t repeated the Castle/Rove smears about her.
He made a point of saying on Special Report on Monday that O’Donnell handled the “Witch” smear so well that the issue is now “dead., and that while she is still a long shot to win the election, he hopes that she will.
It’s time to quit lumping him in with Rove on this subject, and I suspect that he now deeply regrets originally accepting Rove’s statements on O’Donnell.
Vercingetorix commented:
For us to now marginalize Charles Krauthammer doesn’t make any more sense than what Rove is doing to O’Donnell.
antilbr commented:
Hey HUEY…..Our president OB and our first lady have sex on that alter every night….dont really know but thats what i heard…..(sarc)
Bob commented:
I agree with Rush yesterday. If Castle runs his votes will hurt the democrat.
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aro5o75 commented:
Hey Hugh #1,
were you ever a teenager?
I heard Obowma had sex with Larry Sinclair and he was’nt a teenager
I heard Byrd was a grand buttwiper in the KKK and he was’nt a teenager.
I KNOW Coons is a marxist and he is’nt a teenager.
Robert commented:
Regarding the other write-in candidate:
Despite her now running as an Independent and against the Republican primary winner, the Senate GOP caucus has voted to let Murkowski remain as top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
arnonerik commented:
As painful as this is, it is certainly a teachable moment, for Delaware rank and file Republicans and the Tea party patriots. Win or lose the Senate race, it is vital to wrest control of the local Republican Party apparatus away from the “moderates”. GOP State Chairman Tom Ross and all the local politicians who support him need to be defeated and replaced with people who will put Country, Party and principle ahead of personal political power and private deals with the Liberal Establishment. Castle isn’t the only guy that needed to be rejected, ejected and out-maneuvered. Good luck with establishing a real Republican Party in Delaware.
down with dems commented:
Odd, because every article I’ve read prior to this one about a Castle write-in campaign has theorized that a Castle write-in campaign would have the potential to pull enough votes from Coons to give O’Donnell the win.
sandy commented:
What a pathetic pile for dog doo doo Castle is. I guess this is why he called Obama and Biden. “Is there anything in it for me if I spoil it for O’Donnell?” Just guessing of course. But why else would this man make an utter fool of himself?
As for the Reid/Angle Senate race — according to the LV Review Journal a fight broke out among the attendees at a forum in which Reid taped his appearance while Angle appeared live.
oldguy commented:
The important thing to remember is Castle can no longer chair any Republican run committees. He has been Spectorized.
Sheila commented:
Why aren’t you all burning up the phone lines to protest these despicable people? I called Castle’s office yesterday and got through right away; I made my opinion known loud and clear. I also sent a not-so-kind email to Kay Bailout yesterday (both she and Cornyn are disgraces to Texas) protesting her strong support of keeping Murkowski in her committee positions, and noting (as always) that I can’t wait to see the last of her grasping claws clinging to that senate seat and that I will work tirelessly for whoever runs against her. Then, just to start the day right, I got a call this morning from the NRSC and I told them what I’ve been telling them for months now – I’m a conservative, not a republican, and they can go to he!!.
eaglewingz08 commented:
Why wouldn’t RINO Castle steal more votes from Coons than he could from O’Donnell. The voters for O’Donnell are pretty hard core conservatives, who would not vote for Castle or his sister liberal Coons, under any circumstance. But the democrap voters for Coons might be led to vote for Castle as a less Marxist alternative. Thus Coons should have more to fear from a Castle campaign than Christine.
Rose commented:
Castle just proves his Marxist Malignant Narcissistic credentials.
Rose commented:
“The real question is who will Rove and Krauthammer bash now if Castle enters the race?”
Sorry, the Real Question now is who gives a damn what Rove and Krauthammer think about anything at all, anymore!
Throw the RINOS overboard.
http://townhall.com/cartoons/cartoonist/ChipBok/2010/09/5
Conservative Ken commented:
Both ends of Political leadership need to stop this attack on Sarah O’Donnell, and stop it soon. For their own sakes.
It’s almost a carbon copy of the attack used on Sarah Palin, and the big reason why she will not appear on liberal talk shows. It’s designed to question her competence to serve the same way it was used on Sarah Palin.
Win or lose, if the attack does not stop they will have created another strong woman in influential Tea Party leadership. Another voice the American People will listen to.
Lynn commented:
Great incite into what is going on in Delaware!
AuntieMadder commented:
What the hell is wrong with these people? Do they want a congress with a Demonrat majority for two more years?
Castle, Rove, Mukowski, Krauthammer, and the rest of you political establishment Republicans: Do the right thing and support the primaries-winning conservative candidates. Don’t risk splitting the tickets and giving it to the Demonrats they’re running against or bash them until you drive voters to their opponents. Don’t be Hugh Jasols.