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Tea-party win in Delaware stuns Washington
MarketWatch ^
| Sept. 15, 2010, 2:15 p.m. EDT
| Jeffry Bartash and Robert Schroeder,
Posted on 09/15/2010 10:24:27 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) The stunning victory Tuesday by a tea-party backed candidate in Delawares Republican Senate primary has roiled the Republican Party and given Democrats fresh hope that they can keep their majority in the November elections.
Little-known conservative Christine ODonnell, 41, pulled off a major upset by defeating moderate Republican Mike Castle, by 53% to 47%, in a low-turnout primary. The result reverberated across the political landscape, rousing tea-party members, dispiriting mainstream Republicans and delighting Democrats.
Until a few weeks ago the 71-year-old Castle, the states lone congressman for 17 years, had been expected to romp in the primary and beat his Democratic opponent in the fall. ODonnell got a big boost after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed her, drawing fresh attention to the campaign.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beardedmarxist; election2010; teaparty
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Establishment GOP = Biofuel...
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:25:03 PM PDT
by
April Lexington
(Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Isn’t Market watch owned by CBS and a Lefty operation ?
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:27:44 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
(e)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The DC elites keep saying O'Donnell can't win. But are they really saying they can't beat a nutjob candidate who wrote a paper on the making of a bearded marxist?
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:28:29 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(Education is too important to abdicate control of it to the government)
To: All; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Marine_Uncle; blam; SunkenCiv; onyx
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I think it shows there is a deep civil war thats going on in the Republican Party, said Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in an NBC interview. I think the message is moderates arent welcome. Moderates, keep out.
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Maybe he has been reading here.....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is great news for Mitt Romney I must say.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4af754a-c0fe-11df-99c4-00144feab49a.html
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:30:30 PM PDT
by
casuist
(Audi alteram partem.)
To: ncalburt
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Dear Washington, we can do this peaceful like, or we can do it the hard way. Your choice.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I think it shows there is a deep civil war thats going on in the Republican Party, said Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in an NBC interview. I think the message is moderates arent welcome. Moderates, keep out.
I see Tim is really talking about his own party, the Democrats.
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:40:28 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
If Republicans would run as conservatives, then we wouldn’t have any problems, now, would we?
Out da Libs!
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:40:48 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Stimulus. 0bamaCare. Cap and Tax. 9/11 Victory Mosque. TARP. Amnesty. Summer of Recovery.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
the dim incumbents are going to find the voter disgust is not limited to the gop
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:40:57 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Just the Rx the Doctor ordered-—A good stunning and electrical shock to their overblown egos and psyche!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; musicman; onyx; Virginia Ridgerunner; potlatch; ntnychik; dixiechick2000; ...
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:42:05 PM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
To: PhilDragoo
What pisses me off about Rove is he doesn’t believe the sentiment in the Nation is pissed. He be wrong.
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:45:07 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: eyedigress
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posted on
09/15/2010 10:48:52 PM PDT
by
terjon
To: PhilDragoo
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posted on
09/15/2010 11:02:02 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: terjon
Thanks, that was very good.
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posted on
09/15/2010 11:24:52 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It was record turnout for a Delaware GOP primary, not a low turnout.
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posted on
09/15/2010 11:26:54 PM PDT
by
techno
To: eyedigress
I am more pissed at Rove then Obama. It is Rove type Rino lickers who have ruined the party of Reagan.
I was screaming at the TV while Bush with Roves advise rolled on his belly to the MSM long before I knew who the the TelePrompter Queen was.
To: PhilDragoo
LOLOL!
My sentiments, exactly!
What a firestorm Tokyo Rove started, huh?
He’s still on the same message tonight, though not as animated as he was last night.
There’s one question I would like to ask him, though.
After he slimed Christine again tonight on Greta, he went on to talk about this huge wave that’s building for the Republicans. My question would be...
If there is a huge wave building, why is it that he believes Christine is unelectable?
After all...in wave elections, those who would never be thought of as “electable”...are, in fact, elected.
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posted on
09/16/2010 12:15:36 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Remember November...I can see it from my house!)
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