Posted on 09/08/2010 3:41:03 PM PDT by onyx
So has conservative kingmaker Sarah Palin endorsed tea-party favorite Christine O’Donnell in her quest to knock off Rep. Mike Castle in next Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary in Delaware?
It would be huge if she has, but the O’Donnell campaign, dumbfounded, isn’t sure what has happened.
Early this morning, Palin passed along a Twitter note from a conservative talk show host that was complimentary of O’Donnell: “@ChristineOD is great, her election must [be] a major focus for us all.”
But is retweeting someone else’s endorsement an endorsement?
O’Donnell’s campaign isn’t convinced. “We would be honored and humbled by Sarah Palin’s endorsement,” said O’Donnell spokesman Matt Moran, putting a heavy emphasis on the “would be.” He went on to say that Palin “of all people knows the politics of personal destruction, when the establishment is threatened and uses slander and lies to protect” an incumbent.
The O’Donnell-Castle clash has gotten bloody in the last couple of weeks, with the Delaware Republican establishment accusing O’Donnell of being delusional and paranoid and nothing but a perennial candidate for higher office.
O’Donnell met with Palin briefly in Washington on the morning of Glenn Beck’s big Aug. 28th rally, and has been eager for exactly the sort of Palin plug that gave the obscure Joe Miller in Alaska such a jolt in June. Miller then went on to squeak by Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in last month’s primary stunner.
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Palin is calculating who will win. She did this with McCain.
Speaks well of her as a politician, bad of her as a conservative.
This Castle guy is a loser.
LOL. She endorsed McCain before he had any challengers, save for Chris Simcox.
I just read this piece I am linking. I haven’t read much about her, but the piece seems fair and worth reading. Short but good info: http://patterico.com/2010/09/08/mike-castle-vs-christine-odonnell-whats-your-choice/
Generally speaking, I'm not going to burn the pragmatist at the stake, especially when they're aspiring to a seat that has been held by a Dem for the better part of 40 years (see: Scott Brown). BUT, Castle is completely indistinguishable from even a liberal Democrat. You can't vote for Cap and Trade AND other Dem pet projects and still expect to run with Republican party support.
The seat is better held by the Dems, than held by this Republican, and I don't frequently say that.
I must respectfully disagree. Castle would still caucus with the Reps, which means effective control of the Senate. Not saying Castle's a good guy, or that O'Donnell can't win, just taking issue with the notion that a senate Rino is "just as bad" as a Dem.
“The seat is better held by the Dems, than held by this Republican, and I don’t frequently say that.”
Yep.
You end up with a Jumping Jim or that one fake Republican who gives “bipartisan” cover for whatever communist crappola that they want to shove down our throats.
If Senate control is so close that we have to have this guy’s vote, it’s no control at all.
It’s the appearance of control -— all the blame and none of the power.
“which means effective control of the Senate.”
Nope, it’s none of the control and all of the blame.
I been all day on this O’Donnell thing...Rush gave O’Donnell a boost today case you haven’t heard.
O’Donnell has been “interviewed” by the Palin people. Her campaign does want an endorsement by Palin, of course.
Couple of things...biggest one...there is another candidate, very conservative, named Glen Urquhart...running here in the swamps of Delaware. Palin would almost certainly have to endorse BOTH Urquhart as well as O’Donnell and that would be awkward.
Both are solid conservatives, both running in a purple state, both running OUTSIDE of the official Blue Blood Delaware GOP endorsement.
The GOP Delaware Blue Bloods endorsed a Michelle Rollins to fill the Rep seat being vacated by Mike Castle and they endorsed Mike Castle to fill the senate seat vacated by Joe Biden.
The Rollins woman is looked upon as a Castle clone. Again, the Delaware Blue Blood Ruling Class GOP has spoken and for Palin to endorse one and not the other would be...it would just be odd. O’donnell’s getting a lot of national attention of late but Urquhart is a solid candidate too.
Second, the hyenas were out circling the prey and Mike Castle’s got a ton of money to beat up little Christine O’Donnell, who’s had money issues in her past like this is something new under the sun. Still, it’s been a bit of concern what might come out of the woodwork about Christine.
As of this late date the culmination is that pretty much of nothing burgers has come out of the wood work about christine but the hyena Blue Blood Ruling Class Delaware GOP sure had people wondering if soon it would be revealed that O’Donnell maybe murdered her mother.
All of her finances have been paid...a lien by the IRS, she had to sell her house as there was a lien on her house. She did the right thing, properly paid the mortgage. It took her a long time to pay off her college loan...now there’s something new...taking a long time to pay off loans.
Now they’re coming out of the woodwork. Christine’s been endorsed by The Tea Party Express. Mark Levin’s been on it for weeks now. Today, God bless and through my tears, Rush Limbaugh covered the O’Donnell race wonderfully,.
I paraphrase...”How many of us wouldn’t have things for the opposition to throw at us if we dared to dream of a run for an elected office?” Rush asked, softly and sincerely.
“And when the Blue Blood Ruling Class says that these itsy bitsy candidates cannot possibly win against the likes of Mike Castle...well why don’t we all stick together and GET them elected instead of turning against these normal citizens?”
It was wonderful.
So that “endorsement” of O’donnell by Palin was but a whisper but make no mistake, Palin took a stand on the Castle/O’Donnell race.
And McCain was going to win. It’s a given, sometimes.
Personally, I wish she remained silent, as to endorse a loser would “cheapen the brand” so to speak.
For how long? Remember, we do this all over again in 2012, and if history repeats - which it almost always does - the incumbent President's party ALWAYS bounces back on the incumbent's coat tails. Castle is EXACTLY the kind of guy who would desert the GOP at the first moment of difficulty.
Believe me, I'm the LAST guy who says a "RINO" is just as bad as a Dem. I'm just saying this particular RINO is just as bad, and a recipe for future disaster.
As you know, I don’t vote in Delaware, and I have no idea why Sarah hasn’t endorsed her or whether Sarah plans to endorse her. I’m positive Sarah likes nothing about Castle, but there’s been so much lousy information floating around about Christine, that I am thinking that Sarah might still be trying to separate the lies from the truth.
You think Palin might’ve been testing the waters, a trial balloon, to see what kind of reception she got.
If Palin was going to endorse, that wouldn’t be it, a RT of Tammy Bruce’s tweet, would it?
I haven’t been seeing Palin attacked for the RT, so maybe there’s a Palin rally in Delaware in the next few days?
Nonsense. A Republican senate would mean that Republicans control the committees, which means that Democrat legislation dies before it ever even makes it to the floor. The majority party, in fact, controls the agenda.
Thank you! Heretofore, I was unaware of the other conservative in the race! Now, everything makes sense!
Yes, Sarah endorsed!
Is this the reason we were told that we had to support Specter in 2006?
How’d that work out for us?
“The seat is better held by the Dems, than held by this Republican, and I don’t frequently say that.”
I’m tending to agree with you. Whenever Castle votes with the dimoKKKRATS you know he will be a guest on all the Sunday morning talk shows telling why the dimoKKKRATS are right and the Republicans wrong. Can we say Cap And Trade as an instance. Probably better to leave the seat in dimoKKKRAT hands then have someone like a RINO Castle stabbing the Conservative movement in the back at every opportunity. We don’t need to give him a platform from which to spew his left wing venom.
It wouldn’t cheapen the brand. It’s clear that Christine is the Conservative and Castle is the RINO.
Cheapening the brand is nominating a RINO when you claim to be a Conservative Party.
If Palin endorses Christine and Christine doesn’t beat Castle, it might mean that in September 2010, the team of Sarah and Christine isn’t as powerful as the team of Castle, the Delaware GOP and the National GOP.
If Sarah does endorse, and Christine does win, that makes Sarah more powerful than the National GOP.
It doesn’t cheapen the brand if it turns out that the National GOP is more powerful than a single political figure. It’s not news. If a single political figure is more powerful than the National GOP, that’s a huge story, especially in a supposedly “liberal” state like Delaware. Headline: “It’s Sarah Palin’s Party Now”
I must respectfully disagree. Castle would still caucus with the Reps, which means effective control of the Senate. Not saying Castle’s a good guy, or that O’Donnell can’t win, just taking issue with the notion that a senate Rino is “just as bad” as a Dem
Castle is bad news, and is just another Democrat vote.
Wonder why Palin has not endorsed O’Donnell.....is it that Castle is a Soros stooge like John McCain?
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