Imagine had Rove come out strongly in support of O’Donnell, rallying Republicans and bringing out a good turnout in Delaware for O’Donnell.
She wins, and was the deciding vote blocking several key bits of legislation during the “lame duck” session.
But no. Instead, we got the unprincipled maroon out there in front of every camera he could find the next day, COMPLAINING about O’Donnell while she was firing up the base and receiving huge grass-roots donations - like nothing we’ve seen in the last decade.
Which of course, is why the left is still after her.
Because they (correctly) see her as remaining an election threat.
Meanwhile, the left got everything they wanted through that lame duck session.
Rove is so typical of what is wrong with the GOP right now.
“in front of every camera he could find the next day”
The next day? The A-hole was slandering her on Fox literally as she GAVE her victory speech.
“Imagine had Rove come out strongly in support of O’Donnell, rallying Republicans and bringing out a good turnout in Delaware for O’Donnell.
She wins, and was the deciding vote blocking several key bits of legislation during the “lame duck” session.”
She’d have still been slaughtered.
Rove doesn’t have that power. If Rove could’ve done something to result in fewer blacks voting overwhelmingly in favor of Coons, the result might’ve changed.
Christine won White Republicans 85-15
Coons won White Democrats 85-15
Christine won White Independents - fairly close
Coons won Non White Democrats 95-5
Christine won Whites overall.
22% of the voters of Delaware were Non White Democrats.
Victory assumptions for Christine included a “tidal wave” or “tsunami” turnout scenario. It didn’t happen in Delaware.
A tsunami turnout scenario in Delaware would not have 27% White Republicans (it would’ve been much higher).
A tsunami turnout scenario is Delaware would not have 22% non-white Democrats (it would’ve been much lower).
There was no tsunami or tidal wave in Delaware. Obama went in to Delaware at least once. He didn’t go everywhere. He did go to Delaware.
And according to the exit polls, 57% of the Delaware voters had a favorable opinion of Obama and 43% had an unfavorable opinion of him.
The voters of Delaware liked Obama, and did not want change.
And I don’t think that Karl Rove had much to do with that.
Tom Ross had more to do with turnout in Delaware than Karl Rove did. The DE GOP was not particularly helpful with GOTV.