[CharlesWayneCT]

Your argument is faulty. The NRC rule prohibits the NRC from backing a candidate in a primary. The Delaware rule saying it follows the national rule does NOT mean that the delaware committee can’t back a candidate in the primary — that would require the RNC rules to state that STATE committees can’t back candidates.

I think it’s stupid for a state party to back candidates in the primary, but it’s not a violation of RNC rules.

I also believe you are wrong that their actions cost them the election. There was nothing the state committee could ever have done to get O’Donnell a victory, and there are even some who now say Castle couldn’t have won either.

[Diogenesis]

The NRSC withheld money from the candidate because
she did not BOW TO ROMNEY and his RINOS.

Romney used his pictures with the NRSC and the letter below
to raise millions of dollars.
It is no surprise he kept it for himself and Soros.

Mitt Romney: "Dear Supporter,
The Democrats will stop at nothing to cling to power in the U.S. Senate this year.
In addition to the millions of dollars President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
.... Even the smallest contribution can help. The NRSC is less than 24 hours away
from the last end of the quarter deadline before the election. They need your support
now if they are going to reach their fundraising goals.
Please make a donation now of $25, $50, $100 or even $250.
Thank you for all the support you have given to this point. I am certain that with your help,
the NRSC and Republican candidates will be able to have the resources
to take the fight to the Democrats this November.
Sincerely, Mitt Romney"

Is anyone surprised that Romney has welched on the woman candidate(s)
whom his henchmen attacked? (SSDD).

[Moseley]

Your argument is faulty. The NRC rule prohibits the NRC from backing a candidate in a primary. The Delaware rule saying it follows the national rule does NOT mean that the delaware committee can’t back a candidate in the primary — that would require the RNC rules to state that STATE committees can’t back candidates.

The Delaware Bylaws "import" the National Rules. The Bylaws require the Delaware Bylaws *BOTH* to be (a) in COMPLIANCE with and (b) CONSISTENT WITH the National Rules.

(a) In compliance with would only require the Delaware Bylaws to be applied narrowly in strict compliance with what is actually required directly by the National Rules.

(b) CONSISTENT WITH the National Rules would require MORE BROADLY that the Delaware Bylaws be applied so as to PARALLEL the National Rules, and to MATCH them in substance.

Also, note that nothing in the Delaware Bylaws authorizes the Delaware party to spend any money or inkind efforts or other activity in support of a candidate in a primary. It only prohibits a non-endorsed candidate from accessing Party resources during the primary. It does not authorize the Party to actually campaign for one candidate against another.

Combined with the requirement that the Delaware Bylaws be interpreted CONSISTENT WITH the National Rules, the Delaware GOP is prohibited from actively campaigning against one primary candidate over another primary candidate.

Remember that Christine O'Donnell was the Party's 2008 official nominee for US Senate. If there were ever a case when such a rule applies it would be when one of the primary candidates was previously endorsed and nominated by the Party.