Posted on 09/15/2010 7:44:53 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
WILMINGTON, Del. — A senior aide to Rep. Mike Castle told POLITICO the nine-term congressman will not be endorsing newly minted GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell.
"She is a con artist who won by lying about Castle's positions and her own life," said Kate Dickens, a Castle aide. "Out of state support was enough to pull her through yesterday so she can rely on it through November."
Castle's decision to withhold his endorsement came after a sharp-elbowed campaign that culminated in O'Donnell's stunning upset victory Tuesday. The win is widely viewed by the GOP establishment in Washington and Wilmington as having significantly diminished Republican chances at picking up the open seat.
Castle did not mention O'Donnell in his brief concession speech Tuesday evening but did say he was proud of the integrity exemplified by his team during the fierce campaign, a veiled reference to some of the extreme charges O'Donnell and her allies lobbed against him.
Besides pounding him as an "out of-touch liberal," one group that employed a former O'Donnell aide produced a web video implying that Castle was carrying on a gay affair.
Castle repeatedly said that he did not believe O'Donnell could win a general election against presumptive Democratic nominee Chris Coons, and several Republicans echoed that sentiment in interviews late Tuesday after the election results were finalized.
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He was going to pull an Arlen Specter as soon as he was elected.
F him and his ilk.
“Mike Castle won’t endorse Christine O’Donnell”
Well, she has that going for her!
sore loser alert!
RINO will pull a Scozzafava and support the dummycrat I bet
ADIOS MUCHACHO! AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
Thank you for that horrible mind pic.................
Why should he?
She’s a true conservative; he’s a liberal ruling class ‘manage the expansion’ RINO?
The country clubber elite Republicans are scared by people who actually believe in anything. The only belief the establishment has, left or right, is do whatever it takes to stay in power.
That will only make Mr. Castle look like a bigger creep than he already is.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, Mr. Castle has style, he’s just doing a superb job of hiding it.
Putz.
We don’t need your stinking endorsement, and actually don’t even WANT it!
Take your petulant RINO personna over to the DemonRAT side where you belong.
At least you’ll be true to what you are.
Lying RINO.
Things are looking up for O’Donnell already!
Mike Castle:
Wilmington Office
201 N. Walnut Street, Suite 107
Wilmington, DE 19801-3970
p: 302.428.1902
f: 302.428.1950
Dover Office
300 South New Street
Dover, DE 19904
p: 302.736.1666
f: 302.736.6580
Georgetown Office
p: 302.856.3334
Washington Office
1233 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
p: 202.225.4165
f: 202.225.2291
Conservative beats RINO in the primary: "WAAAH! WAAAH! That was MY seat and she took it from me! I'm entitled! I'm gonna take my toys and go home! WAAAH!"
Talk about PUMA - from the rank hyporcites who always demanded party unity from conservatives. Here's another acronym for them - KMAR. Kiss my a** running.
......and that’s why he lost. People saw through him.
I kinda wish the hchutch & poobah crowd were still around so they could explain why when “electable, moderate republicans” lose they aren’t bound to support the party’s more conservative choice, as we were scolded to do when things were the other way around.
Sore Loser and a RINO to boot!
Play along for a moment.
Let’s imagine Castle had won yesterday, and the next morning an O’Donnell aide said “He is a con artist who won by lying about Castle’s positions and his own life...Out of state support was enough to pull him through yesterday so he can rely on it through November.”
Imagine the reaction of the Castle folks, of the pundits, the Ruling GOP, and unfortunately so many right here on FR. “What? She can’t do that. She MUST endorse the primary winner. You CANNOT speak ill of a fellow Republican. Look, it was a primary, people voted their conscience and the people have spoken. It’s our duty to support the winner!”
GAWD, these people make me SICK!!!
Nobody, and I mean nobody, likes a sore loser.
Get over it! Move on!
I’m sure Kate Dickens is looking forward to her 99 weeks of unemployment checks.
He says she can’t win without out of state support. Not endorsing her doesn’t help much. He will endorse his liberal democrat friend. God, I hate the GOP. It’s time to get rid of rinos even it means the dems keep congress if that’s the only way to destroy the monster that used to be known as “rockefeller republicans”.
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