Posted on 10/26/2010 3:59:44 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
Who does Delaware Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Coons want campaigning in Delaware? Sarah Palin, of course.
Facing attention-grabbing Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell, the Coons campaign sent an e-mail to supporters Tuesday wondering aloud why the matriarch of the “Mama Grizzlies” hadn’t yet fulfilled a promise to campaign for the struggling candidate.
“The Delaware Republican Party turned its back on O’Donnell. Then the National Republican Senatorial Committee turned off their support,” read the letter. “Sarah Palin’s absence in Delaware is a sign that she is set to do the same?”
Far from a rhetorical question, the Coons campaign seems eager to actually have the former vice presidential candidate make an appearance for O’Donnell.
“I think Sarah Palin coming in would be great,” said Coons’ Communications Director Daniel McElhatton. “Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint, [and] Christine O’Donnell have all the same types of ideology and policy positions … So if Sarah Palin wants to come in and articulate those positions to Delawareans, all the better.”
The Coons camp’s eagerness to have Palin stump for O’Donnell might be reflected in a recent Gallup poll that suggests Palin has a negative net impact of 16 percent on independent voters, though it’s not as bad as President Obama’s negative net impact of 27 percent.
While polls currently show Coons leading the race by double digits, the O’Donnell camp recently sent a message to supporters claiming that gap between the two was shrinking.
“Chris Coons’ tired rhetoric is wearing thin and the polls are showing it,” read the message.
The O’Donnell campaign was unavailable for comment.
How transparent can these fools be?
They are terrified that Sarah might show up.
You know they thought the same in CA. Meg believed the MSM spin and distanced herself from Palin her poll numbers DROPPED. Carly stood by Palin and she is from internal polls only 1 pt down at the moment.
If the RINOs where right then the reverse should be true.
Teaxas for palin website is reporting Palin is coming to DE this weekend to campaign for COD. So Coons will eat his words.
“You know they thought the same in CA. Meg believed the MSM spin and distanced herself from Palin her poll numbers DROPPED. Carly stood by Palin and she is from internal polls only 1 pt down at the moment.”
I have noticed this as well. The smart candidates, like O’Donnell and Fiorina, know that Palin is solid gold in political terms. They embrace her and over-perform.
The less astute candidates (Whitman being a prime example) distance themselves from her and suffer. I am glad Joe Miller is now giving her a prominent role in his campaign. I have always felt he was going to win in the end, but he could have made it easier if he had associated himself with Palin more since the primary. JMHO.
However, Miller doing what he did is making Palin, demint, and others trek to AK to help him in the final week. Those are people that could be used in the lower 48 to push close elections over the top. Instead they are in AK thanks to the RINOs not stripping Lisa of her chair and thanks to some degree to Miller dissing Palin.
we will lose a couple congressional seats do to the sore losers of the GOP
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