[gusty]

Your response makes his point. It is always healthy in all endeavors to be honest with oneself, be it sports or politics. That is if you intend to win. In the bubble thinking only leads to constant defeat. What he was pointing out is that she was a horrible candidate, which was true. He is warning us that it is just not the Democrats who nominate bad candidates, a true statement, backed up with the example of O'Donnell. You see a lot of this, even here, where people have their devotion to certain politicians or even pseudo politicians who would be lucky to crack 42% in any election. But they ignore the facts and flaws and charge ahead anyway.

[Mr Rogers]

She ran against Chris Coons in 2010. She could have been bat-shit crazy and still have been better than him...or Joe Biden, whom she ran against earlier.

In any case, she ran in the primary and won fair & square. The GOP-E attacked her with more vigor than they ever would against a Democrat, which has also been my experience in the local races here in southern Arizona.

Kevin D. Williamson may not like her. He may think she is nuts. But she ran and won against a well known moderate Republican, which is why he reflexively attacks her 4 years later. She had nothing to do with the subject at hand, unless you want me to believe that Wendy Davis ran against a well known moderate Democrat and won the primary, and THEN suffered from as many attacks by Democrats as from Republicans.

[vette6387]

“.....You see a lot of this, even here, where people have their devotion to certain politicians or even pseudo politicians who would be lucky to crack 42% in any election. But they ignore the facts and flaws and charge ahead anyway. “

You’ve broken the code!!! The Tea Party needs to vet candidates, but since they are not a “party” in the real sense of the word, the tend to run people they love rather than people who can win. I love The Tea Party, but they need to grow up and find candidates that appeal to those who are outside their relatively small circle.