Posted on 09/15/2010 4:07:05 PM PDT by Kaslin
WILMINGTON, Del. On the eve of the primary that would end his electoral career, Rep. Mike Castle was in a reflective mood. He seemed calm and confident, yet almost everything he said sounded valedictory as he offered a prescient analysis that explained in advance a defeat that echoes through the nation.
A genial and courtly man in the manner of the elder President Bush (who held a fundraiser for him in Kennebunkport), the nine-term congressman was mourning the decline of both the conciliatory style of politics that animated his career and the moderate Republican disposition that the Tea Party is determined to destroy.
"There are issues on which, as Republicans and Democrats, we should sit down and work out our differences," Castle said Monday as we sat at Kelly's Logan House, a watering hole where he has gathered his closest supporters the night before every election since his first victory, for the neighborhood's state legislative seat, in 1966.
Republicans who might be inclined toward the middle of the road, he said, are petrified of "quick attacks by columnists and the Sean Hannitys of the world. People are very afraid of crossing the line and being called Republicans In Name Only or worse." As a result, "not too many members are willing to stand up."
"Part of it," he added, "is worry about primaries, and this election has shown the power of very conservative groups."
Castle's defeat at the hands of Christine O'Donnell, a perennial candidate who may be the least qualified Senate nominee anywhere in the country, does indeed mark the final collapse of the Republican Party not only of Nelson Rockefeller and Tom Dewey, but also of Bob Dole and Howard Baker.
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Good Lord, these idiots and their hyperbole. How in the hell do they even get a paycheck?
Two years ago it was “the end of conservatism” “We’re all socialists now” Remember that one?
Why would IBD even give a forum to this jackass or that even dumber token Eugene Robinson?
Like Obi was. A highly qualified “community organizer.” Oh, and Al Franken. A “comedian.” Of sorts...
That’s baloney. The people they are calling “moderates” are not moderates...maybe Murkowski but she was in a very Republican / conservative state. If Castle had been a center/right moderate, he probably would have not had the opposition he drew. Castle swung from center left to far left depending on the time. That’s not ‘moderate.’
Our tolerance for “moderates” could be judged if the people they keep calling “moderates” actually were moderates rather than liberals calling themselves moderates.
So we can laugh at them and ridicule them
Coons is a devotee of the Third Way, a poorly disguised neo-Marxist (and Democrat) organization that claims it seeks to find a middle ground between far right and far left. It is a bogus movement that has captured the attention of such small minds as Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
Keeping my fingers crossed that it ends the era of a moderate GOP. Of course, it seems somewhat inconsistent since the media always portrayed the GOP as extreme.
And did Ned Lamont get elected? LOL
“Moderate” DemocRATS disappeared years ago. Now all you have in the ‘RAT party is Marxists, Commies, fascists, sexual deviants, mobsters and freaks. Which one are you, E.J.?
His name is Chris Coons
Thanks Mel...Pen, start here and read a couple that follow.
Someone who would vote for Cap and Trade is too stupid to be a Republican.
Thanks hoosiermama!
dionne is a turd that floats in that sewer.
LLS
Whenever the old guard leftest media refers to a Republican as moderate, thats code for super-liberal. An actual moderate Republican is referred to as a conservative by the leftest media. And an actual conservative Repulican is referred to as a nutjob by the leftest media.
“Castle’s defeat at the hands of Christine O’Donnell, a perennial candidate who may be the least qualified Senate nominee anywhere in the country”
... Ruling Class BS.
O’Donnell is more qualified than Harry Reid, since he has destroyed jobs and our national security.
“Watching Coons on Spitball now. The guy is sprinting to the right. Hes a scared!”
Every Marxist Runs Conservative.
Even Obama did it.
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