[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Even though I live a long way away, I saw replays of her ad. It was devastating. I have no idea if another Republican could have won the election but there had to be someone better than O’Donnell.

[muawiyah]

That wasn't her only ad, and it's not even an ad she wanted to make ~ in the background was a different issue ~ and locally somebody thought it had to be dealt with.

I live in the same broadcast area.

You have to remember something about Delaware, Joe Biden got elected from there and to win you must usually be a Democrat, or have had significant brain surgery, or be gay with a cousin or two working as thugs for the unions ~ oh, yeah, and be IN TIGHT with the shore community real estate and tourist industry (which are all the same thing there)

The odds were against her.

[muawiyah]

you can look up the ad's history but I think it was only broadcast once on a local UHF channel ~ and not a network affiliate, with a very limited audience, outside of prime time.

Delaware is within the Baltimore and DC broadcast areas BTW, and i'm pretty sure the ad wasn't run on 4, 6, 7 or 9 ~ but you've probably seen it several times as part of various documentary type news stories.

The Republicans in Delaware generally live in the South half of the state. The Democrats predominate in the North. The voters are becoming a bit more conservative every year as wealthy people from the Philadelphia suburbs retire to the shore.

it is entirely possible that in a century and a half the whole state will become prime Republican territory.