We all need to work on finding good candidates with a broad appeal. Christine O'Donnell was a flake, and if we allow ourselves to nominate more people like her because they chant a Tea Party mantra, we will continue to lose. I'm not sorry that we didn't elect Mike Castle, the liberal Republican who ran against her in the primary. On the other hand, if the Tea Party had gotten behind someone who could win in Delaware but wasn't a liberal, we could have done the country some good. Christine O'Donnell would be a flake in any state, but we can't expect to elect another Jim Inhofe from Delaware. We could have used the momentum last year to elect someone who would be reasonably right of center.
I don’t know about Christine O’Donnell, but the vast majority of outsider/tea party candidates have been competitive.
Angle was very competitive in Nevada (a blue state in 08). If the 2010 election were held now or just a few months later than it did, she would have won.
My goodness, we won a house seat in NYC recently with a real conservative. I thought Bob Turner had to be a mushy liberal republican when I read that he had won, then it turns out he is a down to earth patriotic conservative.
I know what you are saying, but we can’t narrow the political process away from real people who might not be conventional politicians who deicde to run. every single candidate should be judged as an individual in each case. doesnt matter if its a 35 year old woman or a 75 year old man.
If conservatives did not rise up to support and defend Palin of all people against the dirty attacks, just forget that idea of another succeeding.