I can’t figure this out. Why is his underwear in such a bunch over this unless he somehow is going to suffer financially? I doubt it is his pristine sense of ethics that drives him. He needs to give it a break.
My understanding is that he tried to broker a deal with the DE Tea Party to have them support Castle, and was flatly rejected. I'm assuming that (like Murkowksi) he'll do anything to send the message that if you defy the establishment you will be destroyed.
mark my words....there's a payoff of some sort going on....look for Rove to land a big time show of his or a nice position in the bama administration...
“I can’t figure this out. Why is his underwear in such a bunch over this unless he somehow is going to suffer financially?”
Maybe O’Donnell put the hex on him.
Here’s what I think: Mark Levin said earlier Castle had released a statement saying he hadn’t ruled out a write-in vote a la Murkowski.
If Rove can get her numbers so low she can’t recover and it’s obvious, castle will come in to save the day.
Otherwise, there is no reason for this stuff from Rove. Had he done it before the election, I could understand it a little better... trying to get his candidate to win. But this serves no purpose but to help coons.
Or rove is just vindictive and trying to get back at christine for her remarks about him.
way to go, Karl... conservatives were expected to shut and support castle when it looked he would win... what rules does rove play by anway? sucks.
My comment after seeing this is that when it comes down to it all insider politics, trade offs are big business in DC.
This being Biden’s ex position in the senate, it is seen as “his” seat. A dem seat. A “Biden” seat, like the Kennedy “seat.” Which did not get retained by the dems.
So it “belongs” to Joe's son Beau Biden.
Because of his inexperience etc, it was for certain if he ran this time he could not win.
Therefore apparently a deal was struck between the dems and the GOP for this seat to go to Beau eventually.
If Castle won this time around and got the seat it was assumed that Beau could get it from him in the next election.
The fear is that O'Donnell will effectively retain the seat if she wins it Nov 2.
If Coons wins this time around, he will give it up to Beau when the next election comes around.
What the trade off was/is, I don't know but it must be pretty important to have Rove and other GOPers trashing O'Donnell so bad.
The dems and the GOP old system players are scared to death of the Tea Party Movement and of having a Conservative Congress.
I kinda like the idea...
I understand that Rove tried to broker a deal between Castle and the Tea Party. The Tea Party declined, got behind O’Donnell and she pulled off the upset.
It isn’t his finances that were hurt, but his ego.