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If she was not ready to compete and win in a Blue state with her baggage, why did she enter and compete in the primary? I hope we don’t encourage people to enter our primaries just to prove a point to our own party folk. I hope they are in it to win it and have the actual ability to win it all the way.

why did she enter and compete in the primary?

You have the history backwards, good sir. Christine O'Donnell expressed an interest in running in December 2008 on her website, told the radio station WDEL on February 13, 2009, that she was considering running, and filed her official Statement of Candidacy on March 20, 2009, with the Federal Election Commission. That form is not due right away.

It was not until around October 2009 that Mike Castle decided he wanted to bump Christine O'Donnell off.

Christine O'Donnell did not enter the race against Mike Castle. O'Donnell declared in March 2009 and was the only candidate in the race throughout 2009.

Mike Castle decided he wanted to jump in -- remember he was already in a safe U.S. House seat. But the tea party groups revolted because they found Castle (politically) revolting.