Dems thrilled as tea party win stuns Delaware GOP

[Akoto]

Source: Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- The state Republican Party's fierce attacks on tea party-backed Christine O'Donnell offer Democrats plenty of ammunition in the U.S. Senate race after her shocking upset of a nine-term congressman and former Delaware governor.

Democrats watched for weeks as U.S. Rep. Mike Castle and O'Donnell pummeled each other in an ugly contest that didn't let up even in the final hours when her own party launched automated phone calls attacking her.

A woman who said she was Kristin Murray, O'Donnell's campaign manager in her 2008 unsuccessful Senate campaign, accused the candidate of "living on campaign donations - using them for rent and personal expenses, while leaving her workers unpaid and piling up thousands in debt." That followed earlier GOP claims that O'Donnell has lied about her education and has left a trail of unpaid bills that included tax liens and a default on her mortgage.

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"Even the Delaware Republican Party chairman has said O'Donnell is 'not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware,' and 'could not be elected dogcatcher,'" DSCC chairman Sen. Robert Menendez said in a statement.

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"... The GOP criticism and a huge Democratic advantage in state voter registration numbers make O'Donnell's prospects of defeating county executive Coons in November even more daunting."

Notably, the article discloses that the national Republican Party said - as the votes were being counted - that they would not come to O'Donnell's aid if she won. Too much financial and political baggage, even for them.

[doc03]

1. I think Democrats are underestimating the influence

the media pimping will have on the election in November. With the Sarah Palin's, Tea Party Express and Faux I think this is going a much harder battle than what people think.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

5. I agree .... they'll back anyone as a candidate as long as there is no "D" behind their name

This isn't about principals, only power. If they can't hold the power themselves, the next best thing is to back anyone NOT a Democrat. They'll let Palin, Faux and the others take the public route, but will certainly be funneling money and resources to them to keep this seat from a Democrat.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. This womens win is great news for us Dems...

She has a sketchy employment history who has dissembled about her education,(Four years ago, O'Donnell's campaign website identified her as a "graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University." In fact, O'Donnell officially earned her college degree from the Madison N.J., university just two weeks ago)
defaulted on her student loan and her mortgage, sued a former employer for mental anguish, railed against the evils of masturbation and questioned whether it would have been OK to lie to prevent Nazis from killing Jews during World War II.

"She is a con artist" Kristin Murray, a Republican who served two months as O'Donnell's campaign manager in 2008, called the candidate a "complete fraud." Murray said she quit working for O'Donnell in 2008 after discovering that she didn't have a college degree, had failed to make payments on her mortgage and was using the campaign debit card for personal expenses. "It just amounted to too much," Murray said. "The reason she's running is so she can pay her rent, pay her electricity bill. If it was popular to be really liberal now, maybe she'd do that."

http://mobile.politico.com/story.cfm?id=42209&cat=topnews

[Sinistrous]

3. ...and then there is the fable of the tortoise and the hare...

Cockiness is an essential ingredient in the recipe for defeat.

We must not fall asleep anywhere between now and the GE.

[and-justice-for-all]

4. "living on campaign donations..."

Sounds like a true puke.

[Maineman]

6. Projection on my part ?

For-profit corporations, big business, and big money have come very close to full ownership the federal government, including the Supreme Court. From my point of view, take back, or regain control of the government means throwing out the corporate owned politicians, most of whom are Republicans. If I were a Republican, I would probably be doing just what they are doing. Leaders of the so-called tea party are trying to channel their followers toward an anti-tax, anti-Obama, anti-Democrat orientation. Maybe lots of tea-partiers are angry about corporate control of our government. I am. Maybe their objective is to get control back to the people, away from corporations and the political establishment. About 99% of all Republican politicians are controlled by Boehner and McConnell, which is esentially the same as being controlled by corporations, big business, and big money. I say hurray for the tea parties, and let's talk reality and common sense with them.