Posted on 11/08/2010 11:27:52 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) cost the GOP control of the Senate, a powerful House Republican said.
Rep. Spencer Bachus (Ala.) said that Tea Party-backed candidates whom Palin endorsed underperformed against their Democratic rivals, costing the GOP key pickup opportunities.
"The Senate would be Republican today except for states [in which Palin endorsed candidates] like Christine ODonnell in Delaware," Bachus said at a local Chamber of Commerce event last week, the Shelby County Reporter wrote Sunday. "Sarah Palin cost us control of the Senate."
Bachus' is one of the most visible Republicans to criticize Palin for her political activity during this election season. Some Republicans have privately groused that Tea Party-backed candidates who were not electable prevented the GOP from taking control of the upper chamber.
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Exit polling showed Castle within one point (definitely margin-of-error) without even campaigning. He was a shoo-in in the general. 1% of Republicans decided the whole thing. Christine O'Donnell got 16% of the state's voters and Mike Castle got 15%. Too bad Republicans are only 3 in 10 Delaware voters.
Besides, people poured money to Miss O'Donnell, giving her more exposure. She lost votes the more voters got to know her. She got fewer votes this time around than she did in her obscure 2008 race...did you know that?
That's what I have found, too.
And Miss O'Donnell is such a laughing stock in Delaware, she's openly used as the punchline of the joke when someone does something that seems nutty, people will say, "what...are you Christine O'Donnell?" Politics aren't usually discussed in the workplace, but the feeling is that everyone knows how nutty she is, it's okay.
I fear that most Christine O'Donnell supporters
And now the rest of the story...
Castle lost support over the last few years when he mostly voted for the Democrat's big government agenda. A few years ago, he probably would have beat somebody like Coons.
And Miss O'Donnell is such a laughing stock in Delaware...
Castle couldn't beat O'Donnell. If O'Donnell is a joke then Castle is a sick joke.
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