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A Tea Party tornado approaching from Delaware?
London Telegraph Blogs (U.K.) ^ | September 14, 2010 | Toby Harnden

Posted on 09/14/2010 11:06:48 AM PDT by Schnucki

The tiny state of Delaware, where Washingtonians escape to the beach and for a bit of tax-free shopping, is an unlikely place for a political revolution. Reliably Democratic, for more than three decades Delaware dutifully returned Joe Biden to the Senate.

In the battle for Biden’s old seat, it seemed that the only twist might be that Republican former governor and long-time congressman Mike Castle might manage to wrest it from Democratic control. A liberal republican, Castle seemed to the ideal candidate – acceptable to Democratic-leaning Delaware but a Republican in a year when all the energy promised to be with that party.

That was before Christine O’Donnell came along. With voting taking place today, polls now put her level or just ahead of Castle. She is backed by the Tea Party and has been endorsed by Sarah Palin and Senator Jim DeMint.

The primary race between Castle and O’Donnell has, to put it mildly, been a nasty one with gay smears and even death threats flying.

Within the Republican establishment, there is widespread dismay about O’Donnell. The Weekly Standard ran this tough piece of reporting about her. It has underlined party fears that she is an unsuitable candidate who is unlikely to defeat the Democratic candidate Chris Coons. Polls indicate that Coons who would be fairly easily beaten by Castle.

A number of Republican establishment figures, including Senators Bob Bennett in Utah and Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, have been booted out by angry primary voters this year. O’Donnell seems to be on the cusp of scoring a similar upset in Delaware.

If she wins today, it could make the difference between the Republicans overturning to 10-seat Democratic majority in the Senate and the party just falling short. On the other hand, an O’Donnell victory will show

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: castle; delaware; odonnell; teaparty

1 posted on 09/14/2010 11:06:53 AM PDT by Schnucki
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To: Schnucki; casino66; Poetgal26; generationgop; wschrader; Hurricane Andrew; Uncle Jazzbo; ...

2 posted on 09/14/2010 11:09:52 AM PDT by MarkLevinFan (Thank me!)
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To: Schnucki

Find the REAL Republican
Hmmm, let's see......

Side By Side Comparison of Christine O’Donnell & Mike Castle:
Jobs Voted for Nancy Pelosi’s cap and tax energy scheme which would kill 6,117 Delaware jobs and also voted for the job-killing minimum wage hike. Believes jobs are created when businesses are freed from endless taxes and bureaucratic red tape.
Security Voted with liberals in Congress to handicap our intelligence and military agencies. Believes terrorism is an act of war requiring the full force of our intelligence and military resources rather than granting terrorists precious Constitutional rights and outsourcing our foreign policy to the U.N.
Debt Voted to increase the national debt & consistently supports Washington’s reckless spending. Believes heaping trillions in debt on the backs of our grandchildren is immoral and that Congress is elected to make the hard choices to preserve our nation’s future prosperity.
Taxes Voted to keep the death tax, to increase taxes by $3,100 on every American family, and to remove the protection of the middle class from dramatic tax increases originally intended to hit <200 of the richest Americans. Will fight to remove the crushing tax burden faced by American families and businesses and dramatically simplify the tax code.
Life Voted to subject children to out-of-state abortions without consent of parents, voted to use U.S. funds to support Planned Parenthood at home and abroad, supports human cloning, and sponsored the bill to destroy, exploit and experiment on unborn children as scientific lab-rats. Strongly believes in protecting the sanctity of life at ALL stages.
Energy Voted to ban exploration for American energy, keeping gas prices high, to prohibit drilling in America’s land and waters, and to ban building new oil refineries. Supports a market-based approach to energy solutions that will keep competition high and energy prices low.
Values Voted to allow liberal activist judges to strip “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance, against the Constitutional protection of marriage, and against educational choice for parents with children in failing schools. Believes our country was founded on core values of faith, family and freedom and will fight to defend those values. Will always fight for maximum choice for parents about where to educate their kids, including private, parochial and charter schools or in the home.
Spending Voted to spend billions on failed stimulus packages & bailouts. Believes unrestrained government spending is eroding our freedom, destroying our economy and ceding our sovereignty to foreign debt- holders like China.
Accountability Voted to protect 103 outrageous pork projects that would lead to corruption and waste. Denounces corrupt pork-barrel politics, including earmarks, and will fight for increased transparency and performance information for every Federal program.
Healthcare Remained undecided about Pelosi’s government takeover of healthcare until 4 days before vote. Believes that the solution to the healthcare crisis is less government meddling in the doctor/patient relationship, more competition in the insurance market and more choice for families about their health plan.
Gun Control Received an “F” rating from the NRA, indicating a strong anti-2nd Amendment position. Christine’s strong support of 2nd Amendment rights has earned her an “A” rating from the NRA.

Vote - Sept. 14th - TODAY!
Polls open till 8pm!

3 posted on 09/14/2010 11:10:47 AM PDT by DelaWhere (Better to be prepared one year early than one day late!)
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To: DelaWhere

4 posted on 09/14/2010 11:11:42 AM PDT by MarkLevinFan (Thank me!)
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To: DelaWhere
According to Rush today he has promised Harry Reid his vote on Cap and Trade.

Voted for Nancy Pelosi’s cap

5 posted on 09/14/2010 11:12:53 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Schnucki
On the other hand, an O’Donnell victory will show just how big is the wave of voter dissatisfaction during this mid-term campaign – a wave that will sweep away many more Democrats than Republicans.

THAT is the only intelligent insight in this whole article.

6 posted on 09/14/2010 11:13:36 AM PDT by RachelFaith (2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Welcome to "The Hunt for Red November".)
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To: Schnucki

Republican leadership better wake up and smell the roses. Republicans don’t want Democrats dressed as Republicans. We want Conservatives or nothing.


7 posted on 09/14/2010 11:14:12 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Schnucki

Crist could be added to that RINO tally even if he wasn’t ousted in a primary.


8 posted on 09/14/2010 11:14:31 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: DManA

>>>According to Rush today he has promised Harry Reid his vote on Cap and Trade. <<<

Even more telling is the reason he voted for it - he quotes in his press release from June 2009.....

Center for American Progress (CAP) said it would cut carbon dioxide, INCREASE jobs, only cost pennies.....

Hmmmmm, Center for American Progress - George Soros funded, run by John Podesta with their environment/energy expert VAN JONES!

You can’t make this stuff up! He told me - You can’t believe Heritage Foundation, Pew, etc. because they are ‘Conservative’ - (and they all said it will wreck the economy, kill millions of jobs and clobber families finances.)

NO Castle - No way!


9 posted on 09/14/2010 11:21:39 AM PDT by DelaWhere (Better to be prepared one year early than one day late!)
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To: MarkLevinFan
When he loses, expect Castle to immediately jump to the Democratic party which is what he was all along.
10 posted on 09/14/2010 11:38:22 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Venturer
exactly.

Listen to EVERY complaint about what went wrong when Republicans were in charge and what you will find time and time again are policies that were pushed by RINO’s.

It was the RINO’s that drove up the debt.
It was RINO’s that tied Bush's hands on the war.
It was RINO’s that pushed through the prescription drug benefit.
It was RINO’s that enabled EVERYTHING bad that happened.

What good it is to have power, if that power is just used to push liberal agendas?

I want conservatives in power, not liberals regardless what whether they have a D or an R after their name.

11 posted on 09/14/2010 11:42:01 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Amen Brother, but the problem is we do not have enough Conservatives in the Republican party and none in the Democrat party.

Any Conservative the Democrat party may have once had has fallen prey to the power structure that say’s vot democrat or be chastised and never get a Committee.


12 posted on 09/14/2010 11:46:22 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer
If we don't have enough conservatives ... then I would rather stay in the minority than get the blame with RINO/liberal policies inevitably fail.
13 posted on 09/14/2010 12:05:52 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Venturer

“We want Conservatives or nothing”

This is the only winning strategy. Period.


14 posted on 09/14/2010 12:08:40 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone
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To: Schnucki

Please Lord, give America a chance to right it’s wrongs.


15 posted on 09/14/2010 12:37:34 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (Please Lord, give America a 2nd chance. Through your Son Jesus Christ, Amen.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

If these dummies find out that we will not support RINO’s they will turn Conservative fast enough.

They are in this for the perks and the power, they wont give that up just to be liberal.


16 posted on 09/14/2010 5:23:33 PM PDT by Venturer
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