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I see. So conservatives in Delaware have nobody to blame but themselves.

Not entirely. But to end up with Christine O'Donnell as the Republican candidate .... yeah, conservatives should be doing some serious soul-searching look at their role in turning an almost sure R seat over to a weak Democrat.

If there was going to be a serious attempt to challenge Mike Castle in the primary, shouldn't they have done so by putting up a person who had a shot in hell of winning the general election?

If there was going to be a serious attempt to challenge Mike Castle in the primary, shouldn't they have done so by putting up a person who had a shot in hell of winning the general election?

I think short-sightedness is the reason why they didn't. Conventional wisdom said "a true conservative can't win"...so the only "true conservative" that was "stupid enough" to run was a seriously flawed candidate...and they STILL won the primary.

This should be a lesson to everyone that says "well, we can't expect a conservative in some of these states". If you use that logic to talk yourself out of even trying, then you are "too clever by half".