Posted on 10/25/2010 9:55:45 AM PDT by smoothsailing
October 25, 2010
Former Delaware governor Pete Du Pont has endorsed Republican senate candidate Christine O’Donnell.
Du Pont recently wrote about the race in the Wall Street Journal, saying “On Election Day the question is: Who will help correct the negative policies that have hurt our nation over the past few years? One of the candidates supports almost all of them; the other favors policies that would make us more successful in the future.”
“I am honored and humbled to receive Governor du Pont’s endorsement in the race for the U.S. Senate, and I look forward to taking his same proven principles to Washington,” said O’Donnell in a statement. “Pete du Pont’s model of providing steadfast leadership and certainty is what America needs today to lift us out of our economic woes.”
In the primary, Du Pont had endorsed Rep. Mike Castle.
Thats good news, I’m glad he endorsed her.
Hey, Joe...in Delaware; this IS a “big f****** deal.”
This is a big endorsement!
I hope a lot of the sour grapes Castle supporters will rethink voting for O’Donnell now.
Thanks Pete!
Woo Hoo! You go girl!
Good news indeed!
GO CHRISTINE!!
Good for O’Donnell.
“This is a big endorsement!”
Well, well, well. Maybe the Delaware Republicans are finally coming around. Still waiting on Castles endorsement. Anyways very good news.
...and that Rove apology.
DE is a liberal state....has been for a very long time. If I'm not mistaken, the number of registered dem/lib/prog/pop voters exceeds the number of registered republican voters by a very large number. Also, I believe the so-called "independents" in DE are more left leaning than right.
So, for her to win....every single...and I mean EVERY SINGLE registered republican voter, AND over 80% of the independents AND at least 10% of the dem/lib/prog/pops are going to have to get to the polls and vote for her!
Couple this with a very bad turnout (less than 35%) of the dem/lib/prog/pops for the liberal candidate...and DE just may have a conservative female senator.
But it will take this kind of turnout....and nothing less.
I hope that on next Tuesday night, Karl Rove has to break the news that Christine O'Donnell has won and he has to eat fried crow and Hannity dumps a load of crap all over his bald head.
Just call me Pete.
Du Pont’s endorsement in Delaware means a hell of a lot more than Karl Rove’s, doesn’t it?
His endorsement certainly won’t hurt her. DE does not have early voting so, she still has time to pull it out.
On top of this, if Castle would endorse her and Rove would publicly apologize.........Katie bar the door.
Palin is coming to her rescue this weekend. That should help.
Show your math.
Delaware
47 d
29 r
24 i
early voting is showing +15 to the Rs
here’s what that would mean
40 d
37 r
24 i
that’s just on turnout.
Let’s look at turnout again.
What would the D turnout have to be and the R turnout have to be to have the same number of Republicans voting and Democrats voting?
Let’s start with 60% Republican turnout.
29 x .6 = 17.4
What does the Dem turnout have to be to equal, if 60%
Republican turnout.
47 x .37 = 17.39
So, if the Republicans have 60% turnout and Dems have 37% turnout, the Republicans will have slightly more voters.
If the independents give Christine at least 51%, and I think they will, because the more conservative minded independents are the more likely to vote this year, Christine wins.
You can play around with the numbers a bit, I’d assume a fairly substantial victory among independents, greater than 51%.
But we don’t have to have every single Republican voting. Not even close. We just need to have a clear turnout advantage. In early voting, that is proving to be the case, by a wide margin.
Remember, there are far more registered Dems than registered Republicans nationally, and we still won 7 out of the last 11 presidential elections.
These are the ones who have to go
Podhoretz, Frum, Gerson, Brooks, Kristol, Krauthammer, Perino, Rove
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