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Title: Tea Party Victory Endangers GOP’s Goal Of Retaking The Senate
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Yahoo News
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho ... ps-goal-of-retaking-the-senate
Published: Sep 15, 2010
Author: By Holly Bailey
Post Date: 2010-09-15 12:28:28 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4263
Comments: 7
With polls showing significant GOP momentum this fall, Republicans in recent weeks began to believe they had a real chance of retaking control of the Senate in November. But a major primary upset at the hands of a tea party insurgent on Tuesday may have put the Senate GOP's dreams of a majority at serious risk. In the biggest electoral surprise of the night, conservative activist Christine O'Donnell defeated longtime GOP Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's Republican Senate primary. Castle, a moderate who once served as the state's governor, had been so favored to win in November that his decision to run had reportedly influenced Democrat Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, to abandon plans to seek his father's old seat. But with O'Donnell's come-from-nowhere win Tuesday night, top Republicans in Washington now see virtually no chance the GOP will be able to pick up the Delaware seat this fall. As a result, they admit their already slim chance of winning back Republican control of the Senate is likely dead. "It's hard to see a path for us," one senior Republican official, who declined to be named while discussing party strategy, told The Upshot. "Never say never, but it has become much harder for us after tonight." According to Public Policy Polling, just 31 percent of Delaware voters believe O'Donnell is "fit" to hold office. She trails Democrat opponent Chris Coons by 16 points, according to the latest PPP survey. On Tuesday night, the National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a tepid statement of congratulations to O'Donnell, but a GOP official told Fox News the party has no plans of putting money into the race. Still, O'Donnell's surprise victory was significant win for the Tea Party Express, which spent $250,000 at the last minute to boost O'Donnell's campaign. Since the first primaries in early spring, she's the eighth tea party-endorsed candidate to defeat an establishment-backed GOP contender in an election cycle that has been dominated by voters choosing change over experience. Two weeks ago, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski lost her primary race to Joe Miller, who was backed by Palin and the Tea Party. Other surprise tea party wins among Senate candidates this year include Sharron Angle in Nevada and Rand Paul in Kentucky. In Florida, Marco Rubio was also endorsed by tea party activists, although he's tried to move toward the middle since winning the primary last month. The difference between O'Donnell and other tea party-backed Senate candidates is she's running in a state that traditionally elects moderates. O'Donnell, a perennial candidate who once argued against masturbation on a MTV special, is not likely to move toward the middle, as Rubio has, and she doesn't look to benefit from the same anti-incumbent wave that's driven Angle's poll numbers against Harry Reid in Nevada. That's the key reason why national Republicans are so loathe to embrace O'Donnell's candidacy. Not that she cares. "They have a losing track record," O'Donnell told CNN Tuesday night. "If they're too lazy to put in the effort that we need to win, then so be it."
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#1. To: Brian S, go65, war, my dog skip intro, Fred Mertz, lucysmom, mininggold (#0)
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I've said all along that the "tea party" was a bigger threat to the GOP establishment - and they were more opposed - than the demwits. The events of last night prove it. Now like the proverbial monkeys in a cage, the demwits (along with substantial help from the GOP dinosaurs) are going to throw all kinds of shit at the likes of O'Donnell, Angle, the guy up in Alaska, and Palladino here in NY. They'll throw all they have, and they'll see what sticks. And you LF statists here (and elsewhere) will be right along beside them, throwing your shit too. You know what? Here's a newsflash - NOBODY IS PERFECT - GIVEN UNLIMITED TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCES, ANY CANDIDATE CAN BE MADE TO LOOK BAD! And we know that the professional bullshit artists (a.k.a. statists) HAVE unlimited time, money and resources. I hope and pray we're at a point where ideas (not personalities) matter. Unlike times past where we've had Democrat and Democrat Lite, we may actually have a choice in some races this year. Win or lose, THAT is an accomplishment in and of itself. Scream all you want about "freedom" and "choice", real freedom and choice scares the hell out of today's liberals and statists. This year, we will have a choice. And that simple fact is driving you statists up the wall
______________________________________________________________________________ Sorry, no one ever thought taking the Senate was a realistic goal. Are you now saying the GOP won't take back the House?
Clinton and Cuomo are the true bandits who lit the fuse to this economic crisis we're now in. All in the name of getting more minorities in houses: http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=12554
So, does that mean you're cheering for the anti-masterbation candidate?
Don't worry, she's not going to start a door to door confiscation of dildos. That's just her personal opinion, not proposed legislation.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. In any case it is reasonable to assume she would bring the same thought process and judgment to legislation that she applies to forming personal opinion.
Don't worry, she's not going to start a door to door confiscation of dildos. That's just her personal opinion, not proposed legislation. I'm with hondo68 on this one. And you know what? I don't care. It's come down to this: I would vote for a clown against a statist. I would vote for a loon against a statist. I would vote for a moonbat against a statist. I will even vote for a crook against a statist. So go ahead and continue to throw your crap. I ain't buyin' it anymore. Hopefully a majority of disgusted voters ain't buyin' it, either.
______________________________________________________________________________ Nice spin, but it isn't flying with those that are actually casting these votes. I never thought I would see the citizens wake the hell up, and attempt to take back control from the party establishment types among both the GOP and the Democrats. I'm glad I am witnessing it this year. No matter what happens. That said...the tidal wave is about to crash ashore, and sweep out to sea the idiots in BOTH PARTIES.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
GOP’s Goal Of Retaking The Senate
"We've got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of Illinois"
--Barack H. Obama, August 2006
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: Ignore Amos (#1)
#4. To: lucysmom (#3)
you're cheering for the anti-masterbation candidate?
#5. To: hondo68 (#4)
That's just her personal opinion, not proposed legislation.
#6. To: hondo68, lucysmom (#4)
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So, does that mean you're cheering for the anti-masterbation candidate?
"We've got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of Illinois"
--Barack H. Obama, August 2006
#7. To: Brian S (#0)
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