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September 15, 2010
No Quarter
Instapundit is taking a lot of looks at the just concluded Delaware Republican Primary. He has after action reports (O'Donnell won). I also like this before action report he linked. The question addressed is: can O'Donnell win the general election. You couldn't ask for a more vexing political conundrum than the Delaware Senate primary. It's like something a poli-sci professor dreamed up to torture his students. Mike Castle is the kind of liberal seat-warmer that should be trimmed from a Republican Party getting into fighting shape for the battle of its life, against a dying super-State that will be immensely difficult to bring under control... but he's got a far better shot at winning the general election than his more conservative primary opponent. The Democrat, Chris Coons, is loony and Marxist enough to qualify for a position as one of Obama's czars. As bad as Castle might be, it's not difficult to make the case that putting Coons in the seat would be far worse.For me, the deal is - like NY23 - the Tea Party can make a fight out of it. They can put the fear of God into even a Democrat winner. I say lets fight. No quarter. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 09.15.10 at 05:31 AM
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They need to fight, but they also need to come up with better choices than Doug Hoffman. Or Christine O'Donnell. Eric Scheie · September 15, 2010 04:54 PM Eric, She was a Republican sacrificial candidate three times when she had no chance. Now that the stars are aligned she was "dumped" by the "Powers" in the Republican Party. This seems to be the year when all the normal "rules" are out the door. I'm going out on a limb and say that she will win in DE. I read on Instapundit that she has already raised $ 3/4 million since the primary. And yes better candidates would be good. But how much worse could she be than the people we "normally" elect? Rangel? Reid? Pelosi? Boxer? Dodd? Frank? Snowe? Graham? (BTW the meme going around is "Snowe Removal In 2012"). It is about time the Republican Party stood for something. If the voters don't like it (smaller government - lower taxes - fewer regulations) so be it. M. Simon · September 16, 2010 12:18 AM Sorry, but unless she retracts some of the nutty things she has said, I will have to agree with Karl Rove about her being nutty. Read this: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/09/the_gops_delaware_senate_nomin.html At the time she was she Press Secretary for CWA, which I think is one of the nuttiest organizations in the country. This is typical: http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12411/LEGAL/pornography/index.htm I think she is giving the Tea Party movement* a bad name. And if she still holds views like these, I'm skeptical about the claim that she really believes in small government: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/odonnells-greatest-hits.php But looking at the broad general view of things, I'm corrupt enough that I won't do more than leave a comment here. No big wailing post or anything. (Besides, Karl Rove still owes me $$$$!) Just don't expect me to like her. BTW, I liked what Steve Chapman said about the value of craziness: http://reason.com/archives/2010/09/16/the-tea-party-and-the-value-of ***QUOTE*** Here's my first impression of the tea party movement: It's a rabidly right-wing phenomenon with a shaky grasp of history, a strain of intolerance and xenophobia, a paranoia about Barack Obama, and an unhealthy reverence for Fox News. Any movement that doesn't firmly exclude Birchers, birthers, and Islamaphobes is not a movement for me. Here's my second impression of the tea party movement: We are lucky to have it. [...] *Actually, it is only fair to point out that FreedomWorks refused to support her. Eric Scheie · September 16, 2010 08:38 AM Post a comment
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