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... Merle Lee Chronister is among the disenchanted, working class who says he is frustrated with politicians in general, but especially the Democrats. On Thursday morning, Chronister was out put up signs near Adams-Ricci Park in East Pennsboro. One of them read: “Democrats and Republicans have ran the car into a ditch.” “I’m cheaper than dirt. For me to spend $21, you know I’m mad,” said Chronister, who is 64, white and retired. “I want the conservatives to win,” said Chronister, who voted Republican in the last presidential election, but once considered himself a Democrat. He soured when officials dramatically...

Christine O'Donnell sent out an e-mail this afternoon saying Barack Obama will be returning to Delaware on Monday in a "desperate" bid to stave off the surging O'Donnell campaign.We just got word that Barack Obama is coming back to Delaware on Monday. He’s seen the polls and our grassroots fundraising. He is desperate to win this seat! Our campaign is on a roll and we are so close to winning. The momentum is gathering at exactly the right time.A recent poll showed O'Donnell narrowing opponent Chris Coons' lead to almost single digits from a high of 21%. O'Donnell surged from...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Despite a spate of television ads aimed at reintroducing her to voters, Republican Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell of Delaware has failed to chip away at Democratic nominee Chris Coons' strong lead, according to a new poll. She even may be going backward. The survey released Thursday from Fairleigh Dickinson University-PublicMind shows Coons holding a commanding 21-point lead, with 57 percent of likely voters saying they will vote for him compared to just 36 percent for O'Donnell. O'Donnell trailed by 17 points in a similar Fairleigh Dickinson poll released earlier this month. Cassino said O'Donnell, a tea party...

In the past two weeks, Republican Christine O'Donnell has narrowed Democrat Chris Coons' lead in Delaware's US Senate Race from 19 points to 10 points. The latest Monmouth University Poll finds Coons has the support of 51% of likely voters to 41% for O'Donnell. Two weeks ago, the race stood at 57% to 38%. ~ snip ~ O'Donnell has also made gains among independent voters, now leading Coons 47% to 42% among this voting bloc. Two weeks ago, she trailed in the independent vote by 51% to 41%."While Coons still has the advantage, it has to be uncomfortable knowing that...

The Delaware GOP Senate nominee has nearly halved the lead Democratic rival Chris Coons holds over her in the First State's widely-watched Senate race, a poll released Friday shows. In a Monmouth University poll, Coons now leads O'Donnell 51-41 percent, whereas two weeks ago, the New Castle County executive led the conservative activist 57-38 percent.

The People of Delaware have apparently decided they won't be electing a Christian woman to the US Senate. This is coming as good news to members of the Communist International. Around the world there is unbridled excitement for Chris Coons among hardline Marxists. There is good reason too. Coons would hold the highest elected office ever for a self-described bearded Marxist in the United States. The Communist International, while appreciating President Obama as a step in a good direction, views him as more of a social democrat in the European tradition. So anticipation continues to build among Communist hardliners for...

(CNN) - A surprising new Senate poll in Delaware shows Republican Christine O'Donnell may be in striking distance of Democrat Chris Coons. According to the new survey from Monmouth University, the surprise Republican nominee is only 10 points behind Coons, drawing 41 percent of the vote. In a previous Monmouth poll conducted two weeks ago, O'Donnell trailed by 19 points. But the latest Monmouth survey differs substantially from two other recent polls, including a Farleigh Dickinson survey released Thursday that showed a 21-point advantage for Coons and a CNN/Time poll released earlier this month that indicated a 19-point lead for...

Praying for Miss O’Donnell by Joe HargraveAs I have indicated, I will be happy when dozens of Democrats are swept out of office on Tuesday, and happier still to have played some small part with my vote. Of all the Tea Party challengers, there is one in particular for whom I am praying for victory, and that is Christine O’Donnell. The victory of this outspoken woman who has made no secret of her Christian faith would be icing on the cake as far as I’m concerned. This is all the more true in light of the “Gawker” scandal that has erupted...

Christine O’Donnell is now within striking distance of retiring Coons!!!! She has gained 10 points in the last week. She is within 8 points of winning! WE THE PEOPLE can help her triumph. Join Christine’s home phone bank and get involved today!!! This phone bank requires you to dial the numbers so make sure you have free long distance so you don’t incur charges. To sign up and start making phone calls from the convenience of your home, please go to: http://call.christine2010.com/an/landing Fill in your name, email and password and click sign up now Fill in the pop up box...

I have been following this race closely since before the Primary, which is probably why I am more bullish on Christine O'Donnell's prospects than many Freepers are. There are several reasons. I. Turnout As nearly everyone who has ever watched an offyear election closely has observed, this election will be determined by turnout, that is: Who shows up to vote? The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the GOP turnout advantage this year will likely be the largest in over a century, much larger than in 1994. Gallup estimates not only that the electorate will be 55-40% GOP and GOP leaning independents,...

Busted! The (formerly) anonymous bean-spiller, who sold a sleazy story to Gawker about hooking up with Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell on a Halloween night three years ago, has been identified. Dustin Dominiak, 28, was outed by his former roommate Brad Kurisko to The Smoking Gun soon after realizing the photos used in the story showed Dominiak wearing his borrowed Boy Scout uniform.

October 29,2010 O’Donnell thanks manufactured homeowners for jump start Packed house even attracts media from Belgium By Ron MacArthur U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell thanked a standing-room-only crowd of area manufactured-home residents for giving her a platform four years ago when she first entered the political arena. Republican O’Donnell is locked in a battle with Democrat Chris Coons in a special election to fill the seat vacated when Sen. Joe Biden became vice president. The winner of the race takes office immediately following the election to serve out Biden’s four-year term. O’Donnell was the featured speaker Monday, Oct. 25, during...

I really hate Gawker for making me do this, but ... I'm going to have to defend Christine O'Donnell. The site just published an anonymous first-person essay with the headline "I Had a One-Night Stand With Christine O'Donnell." Apparently Gawker's headline writers go by a different definition of "one-night stand" than the rest of the world, though, because her anonymous lay didn't actually get laid. Anonymous says that three years ago O'Donnell showed up tipsy with a friend at his front door on Halloween. Then 25, he was totally weirded out by her random drop-in because he didn't know her...

A friend suggested tonight, in light of the story published anonymously (and in exceedingly poor taste) about a bawdy night with Christine O’Donnell (allegedly), that Democrats just can’t help themselves. I agree. I’ll not offer the link here, in the name of good taste, but Google is your friend and it won’t be very difficult to find these allegations. More importantly, spend a little time reading beyond the original trainwreck itself; many many people are not impressed, and a dramatically large number of them are women. To name a few: Via The Daily Caller: NOW defends Christine O’Donnell against Gawker’s...

The author sounds vindictive and mean-spirited who the reader feels has lost his way in life. Everyone knows that boys don’t kiss and tell, and here we have this clod barking as if he is a Philadelphia Phillies fan heckling the San Francisco Giant’s right fielder. As readers we become simultaneously angry about his callous disparagement of women and sorry for whatever is torturing his psyche. You can read an avalanche of reactions to the Christine O’Donnell one night stand claims here and here and satirically here. So who is this fellow who wrote it? That is a less interesting...

NOW to Media: Stop Reducing Women Candidates to Sex Objects Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill October 28, 2010 Sexist, misogynist attacks against women have no place in the electoral process, regardless of a particular candidate's political ideology. Today the tabloid website Gawker published an anonymous piece titled "I Had A One-Night Stand With Christine O'Donnell" that takes the routine sexual degradation of women candidates to a disgusting new low. NOW repudiates Gawker's decision to run this piece. It operates as public sexual harassment. And like all sexual harassment, it targets not only O'Donnell, but all women contemplating stepping into...

Despite money and ads, poll shows O'Donnell still badly trails Coons in Delaware Senate race BEN EVANS Associated Press 10:35 a.m. CDT, October 28, 2010 The survey released Thursday by Fairleigh Dickinson University-PublicMind shows Coons holding a commanding lead of 21 points, with 57 percent of likely voters saying they will vote for Coons compared to just 36 percent for O'Donnell.

Everytime I see Lamar Alexander I think of those red flannel sweaters he and his supporters wore in his run for the Republican nomination in 1996...Anyway, Lamar is headed to Delaware politicalticker Lamar Alexander, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, will make a campaign appearance Friday in Delaware with GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, CNN has learned.The Tennessee senator is the first member of the Senate Republican leadership to appear with O'Donnell, according to an Alexander aide. O'Donnell stunned and disappointed the GOP establishment when she beat Rep. Mike Castle in the Republican primary. Castle was considered a sure winner...

Karl Rove, Republican political strategist and the general behind George Bush's presidential victories, has been taking pot shots at some conservative favorites. His latest target, former Alaska governor and Tea Party darling, Sara Palin. Palin, Mr. Rove told Britain's The Daily Telegraph, lacked the "gravitas" to be president in 2012. He dissed her new Alaska reality series as a bad political move. “With all due candour, appearing on your own reality show on the Discovery Channel, I am not certain how that fits in the American calculus of 'that helps me see you in the Oval Office’,” Rove told the...

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 5:53pm Crossing party lines in DE Senate raceBy Amy Cherry A group of Democrats say they're throwing their support behind Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell because their party has betrayed them. Jim McCulley is a small business owner. He's been a registered Democrat his whole life, but this time he's voting Republican by casting a ballot for O'Donnell in next week's election. I've become very disillusioned with partisan politics, and the thing that I really like best about Christine is that she doesn't have the endorsement of her party or any party. She's going to...