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Tea party-backed O'Donnell wins upset in Del. (Biased Sour Grapes MSM alert)
Yahoo! News/AP ^ | September 14, 2010 | RANDALL CHASE

Posted on 09/14/2010 6:35:04 PM PDT by pillut48

WILMINGTON, Del. – Conservative activist Christine O'Donnell earned a stunning victory in Delaware's Republican Senate primary Tuesday, riding a wave of tea party anger and advertising dollars to oust U.S. Rep. Michael Castle.

O'Donnell's shocking win gave new energy to the tea party movement, which targeted Castle after victories by Republican tea party candidates in the Alaska and Nevada Senate primaries.

With 78 percent of precincts reporting, O'Donnell had 54 percent to 46 percent for Castle, a former two-term governor and the longest serving congressman in Delaware history.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; de2010
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To: I still care

Rush led the charge and Hannity is backing him up.

I see a lot of smart conservative women getting in the game this year.


161 posted on 09/14/2010 7:50:43 PM PDT by bitt
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To: BenKenobi

And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Cyprian’s day.

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead!


162 posted on 09/14/2010 7:59:03 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Life has the weight of a feather, duty the weight of a mountain.)
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To: NTHockey

That is already decided. Both state and national GOP have said they will not spend a dime on her nor will they support her.

There you have it, people, the PUBs don’t give a damn what you think. Shut up and do what we tell you.

GTH, GOP!

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If this is so, we must IMMEDIATELY begin the organization of a second party after this election cycle.


163 posted on 09/14/2010 8:03:05 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Life has the weight of a feather, duty the weight of a mountain.)
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To: Psalm 144
If this is so, we must IMMEDIATELY begin the organization of a second party after this election cycle.

This is a signal to us that THEY realize they are being beat, and being beat bad.

A couple of good battles and the GOP can be OURS.

AND in our immage.

164 posted on 09/14/2010 8:06:12 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years)
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To: Longbow1969
Rove is a political strategist. He understands what every political strategist knows, O'Donnell will not win Delaware. Period.

Even if this is true, I just don't care anymore. I'm tired of Republicans who don't believe in conservative principles and don't practice conservative principles. I'd rather see a real conservative with honest positions lose than see a Republican liberal elected so he can strike deals to keep ObamaCare alive and revoke the Bush tax cuts. At least the difference is clear.

We didn't call out big-spending, corrupt Republicans when they were in power last time. I'll never make that mistake again.
165 posted on 09/14/2010 8:19:06 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: wideawake

The NSRC backed Specter over Toomey, only to have Specter defect to the ‘Rat party. Specter’s vote alone brought us ObamaCare, and his election was financed with GOP money. At least the ‘Rat who may win in Delaware will not win with GOP funds.


166 posted on 09/14/2010 8:46:01 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: Psalm 144

And it is St. Cyprian’s day. He was martyred today.


167 posted on 09/14/2010 11:56:39 PM PDT by BenKenobi (“this country will be less conservative with Castle voting 55% with the GOP")
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To: wideawake

Airplanes first - then the girls!


168 posted on 09/15/2010 12:03:09 AM PDT by BenKenobi (“this country will be less conservative with Castle voting 55% with the GOP")
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To: wideawake
Mid-term elections are ALWAYS low-turnout, and the party with the most fired-up base is the one who wins. Right now, the Tea Party folks are fired up, ready to crawl over broken glass to vote, while the lefty-flagburner-Godless-Traitor Democrats are dispirited and apathetic.

Your argument MIGHT have SOME validity in a Presidential year, but not this year.

169 posted on 09/15/2010 5:13:32 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: MuttTheHoople
Your argument MIGHT have SOME validity in a Presidential year, but not this year.

Not only would my argument certainly have complete validity in a Presidential election year, it has validity this year as well.

Let's look at the Scott Brown election. 1.9mm MA Democrats voted for Obama in 2008, 1.1mm MA Democrats voted for Coakley in 2010. That's a Democrat dropoff of 45%.

1.11mm MA Republicans voted for McCain in 2008. 1.17mm MA Republicans voted for Brown in 2010. That's a 5% increase.

MA turnout in 2010 overall was 74% of what it was in 2008.

However, DE is not MA. DE is 21% African-American vs. 6% for MA. Democrat turnout in DE in 2010 will not almost halve as in MA.

Moreover, I would assume that every single fired-up Tea Party activist in DE voted O'Donnell last night - and she got 30,000 votes.

If DE has 74% of 2008 turnout, that would mean 300,000 votes cast in the general, meaning that O'Donnell's fired up base would account for 10% of the vote.

Brown won by less than 5% in MA. He would have lost if MA was 21% African-American.

O'Donnell has a ton of work to do.

170 posted on 09/15/2010 7:40:22 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: GoMonster

Hit piece. I hate when an interviewer refuses to let the person being interviewed finish their statements! Shades of Larry O’Donell, Dylan Ratigan, and Crazy Ed Shultz!

I’m in Texas, and I’d vote for her.


171 posted on 09/15/2010 9:08:37 AM PDT by pillut48 (Whenever O says, "Let me be clear," you know what is to follow is a bunch of nuanced BS!)
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To: wideawake

“DE is 21% African-American”

And what percentage of the electorate? Yeah, it’s a road to hoe, but it can be done.


172 posted on 09/15/2010 12:40:35 PM PDT by BenKenobi (“this country will be less conservative with Castle voting 55% with the GOP")
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To: BenKenobi
Approximately 28% of the electorate in 2008.

It will be less in 2010, but likely more than 21%.

173 posted on 09/15/2010 1:09:19 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

What about in 2006, the off year senate election?


174 posted on 09/15/2010 1:44:20 PM PDT by BenKenobi (“this country will be less conservative with Castle voting 55% with the GOP")
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To: BenKenobi
I don't have enough data.

I doubt that's the comparable though.

2008 is far too high and 2006 is probably too low.

I think turnout will be better on both sides in 2010 vs. 2006.

175 posted on 09/15/2010 1:56:31 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

That’s far more comparable than a 2008 historic election wave. I’d be surprised if higher than 10 percent of the electorate were black in this election.


176 posted on 09/15/2010 2:22:00 PM PDT by BenKenobi (“this country will be less conservative with Castle voting 55% with the GOP")
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To: BenKenobi
I’d be surprised if higher than 10 percent of the electorate were black in this election.

Nationally, maybe. Not in DE.

177 posted on 09/15/2010 2:25:10 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

Off year election. Two honkies.


178 posted on 09/15/2010 2:56:59 PM PDT by BenKenobi (“this country will be less conservative with Castle voting 55% with the GOP")
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To: marygam

They are democrats only not marxists enough to win in the democrat party. They even act like petulant children. Just like Dims. Acting just like dims is what is wrong with them. And that is why they lost. Did ya catch the big eyed brunette on Fox & Friends this morning. What a looser. Remember 1789, we’re coming for ya DC. Can ya hear us now?


179 posted on 09/15/2010 7:04:37 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots)
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