And O'Donnell is no Mike Lee or Joe Miller.
I’m generally pragmatic in circumstances like these. However, Castle is so dismal, I’d view his election as a loss. If Christine is our candidate, we have a shot at winning. If Castle is elected, we lose either way.
Delaware is a small state, where small money can make a big difference.
Delaware is not Mass. It’s not a state where only backstabbing RINOs can win. Neither is Maine. Mass might be that state.
Christine can win. If gets the nomination, Conservatives will be enthusiastic to vote for her. Add that to Christines overall likeability, and she easily could win.
I’m not in Delaware, but I’m paying some attention to this race, and it appears that the media is pretending that there’s no election taking place.
It’s worth it to try to get Christine in there. She’s clearly much more conservative than Castle is. She’s young, good looking, and polished on TV. Republicans should want to have her on their team, she could be put out front on occasion.
I will grant that conventional wisdom says that “moderates” have an easier time winning than conservatives. If this was true, it would be easier for Castle to beat Coons than for O’Donnell.
But I’m not sure that conventional wisdom is right. I’m not sure that “moderates” have a fixed political philosophy. Some do, others don’t. Some people just don’t care that much about politics, and if O’Donnell looks nice on tv, or comes across as likeable in some way, she will pick up “moderates”. Get conservatives on political philosophy, and “moderates” on likeablity, and/or maybe identity politics. Irish, catholic, female.
Castle has name recognition. O’Donnell lacks that to some extent, but would get it if she won the primary.