Don’t you think the Republican party could have found a solid conservative with a great resume in Delaware to run for Senate? Little or no baggage? Next go round maybe the party will actually look for good conservatives rather than running RINOs for every other seat. O’Donnell did this on her own, to her credit. None of the conservative lawyer, elder of the church conservative types had the guts to run. She did.
Sure, the GOP could, and those people won't run because they know the odds are they will lose - at least that was the considering back when it was time to decide whether to jump in. And the Delaware GOP can't just order Castle not to run as it is their job to win seats and Castle could actually win. It's not like you can just go get a random businessperson. Had anyone but Castle entered, Beau Biden would have run and been a shoe in. He bailed because he knew Castle would be favored.
I'm not sure people really understand how this works. Great conservatives are out there, but these are usually not professional politicians. They have to weigh whether there is a chance to win, whether they can put their lives on hold, whether they can put their family through the ringer of running for office. O'Donnell actually IS a professional politician - she seems to be a candidate constantly.
It really just isn't as easy as people seem to think. Castle was going to win. O'Donnell is not. We've made our point, we can hope Christine does well. The reality is that Coons will almost 100% likely be the next Senator from Delaware.