Yeah, except Scott Brown is more comparable to Castle, ideologically speaking. Scott Brown also had a career/record in office. Apples and oranges.
Well no. Brown ran as an anti establishment candidate just like O’Donnell and nothing like Castle. As for career record, Coons has a record of raising taxes like nobody’s business. So consider the record issue a wash.
“Yeah, except Scott Brown is more comparable to Castle, ideologically speaking”
Brown is not more comparable to Castle and he certainly did not appear so before the election. He ran as a rockribbed conservative. Brown was touted as a conservative on everything but abortion and he had a mixed record on that. Brown was against cap and tax and was no where near as liberal as Castle. He certainly wasn’t perceived as anything other than a conservative before BEFORE the election.
Brown is moderately prochoice. And being proabortion is a double edged sword, even in a blue state. (Brown was against federal funding and was for parental notification; Castle was on the opposite side of Brown on both issues. Castle is a down the line proabort) Some prolifers will refuse to vote for you. But anyone for whom abortion is an important issue votes for the Democrat rather than the GOP proabort. Polls bear this out.
“Scott Brown also had a career/record in office.”
And having a career in office helps? This year? Tell that to Murkowski and Castle. They had careers. A lot of people who currently have careers “in office” are going to be retired on November 2. That is the whole theme of this election. You do know that, don’t you?
Apples and oranges, eh? Maybe you’re right. She will probably win by more than Brown did