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Mike K| 9.14.10 @ 11:42PM

Seeing Karl Rove on Sean Hannity ticked me off so much, I just went to Christine's website and sent her $25.00. She is exactly what we need to send to Washington to represent the people's interest. GO CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!

Michael L. Hauschild| 9.15.10 @ 8:02AM

From this day forward every time Rove comes on I will switch channels, go to my desk and write a check to O'Donnell. It would be wise to realize that the "No RINO left behind" policy of the Republican establishment is over. Stop and think about it, by taking this position, Rove (and some of our so called pundits) are now aiding Obama's allies; any who continue to idolize the "Architect” will have to live in the house he built on the beltway sand.
The events leading to November are simply a call for clarity. Only one concept resonates, it is like a vein of gold, America wants its voice back. We want our leaders and pundits to help save the Republic, not hinder our progress through self agenda. Rove and Obama, Lowrey and Krauthammer at NRO, or Hiller and Tabin at AS, they are all the quintessential elites and it is amusing to witness their horrified bleating as the public rejects their self proclaimed piety and advice. These "powers that be" are on a downward death spiral as they refuse to abandon their agendas or their trappings of beltway influence while an awakened and aware voting public seriously dismantles the figureheads of the “power structure” in favor of fiscal responsibility. They are either out of “other people’s money” or “out of subscribers” while we are out of patience.

Booger| 9.15.10 @ 8:29AM

Well, this ought to make it easier for her to distance herself from Bush 43 if that's what she wants to do. I can't imagine what she'd have to do to get her "outsider" credentials more established.

ggoblue| 9.15.10 @ 9:29AM

'the architect' of how to bend over and take it...

and george bush sure did that

i sent 60 bucks to jim demints conservative site and earmarked it for odonnell....here is the link

https://senateconservatives.com/takeamericaback

Chris Pedersen| 9.15.10 @ 10:34AM

FANTASTIC!!!

Chris| 9.15.10 @ 10:40AM

Simply Put!!

SoCon| 9.15.10 @ 11:18AM

"The architect of how to bend over and take it."
Exactly.

Fox should fire Rove for his conflict of interest; he was working behind the Delaware political scene to cut off Tea Party support for O'Donnell while smearing her on Hannity's program.

He looked nasty and unprofessional. I will never watch the slug again.

Tim*| 9.15.10 @ 8:32AM

Time for The Tea Party Voters to hold The National Republican Senatorial Committee and The Delaware GOP Chairman's Feet To The Fire .
If The GOP Wants A War With The Tea Party , Let It Begin Here And Now .
Those Bastards need The Tea Party Votes a hell of a lot more than We Tea Party Rebels need The GOP .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .

We Remember In November .

Terri| 9.15.10 @ 8:59AM

C0unt me. The line in the sand has been drawn and the fight is on.

Chris Pedersen| 9.15.10 @ 10:37AM

ABSOLUTELY!!!

Garth47| 9.15.10 @ 11:01AM

Send NRSC a message! If you haven't already, start the process today to re-register as an Independent.

And don't send one damned dime to generic Republican appeals for money. Contribute only to the individual candidates of your choice, and vote as an Independent for the same.

The NRSC may be tone-deaf, but they can count. When the registration count falls off and the donations cease, they may finally wake up. And if not, they can join the sclerotic, ossified, narcissistic, self-congratulatory elitists of the Great American Left ... in the dust-bin of history!

Spence| 9.15.10 @ 11:09AM

I have always enjoyed Rove on Fox. But HE IS an establishment insider... and he doesn't get it. More and more people have had enough with the establishment (both parties). It's about philosophy. It's about anti-incumbency. This sentiment is manifested by the tea party, but I think it's really bigger than that. Most people have had enough with establishment insiders, and politics as usual, and voting party lines. We want fresh, new faces. Regular Americans who will actually and truly represent the people.

Sheila| 9.15.10 @ 11:32AM

I haven't watched t.v. news for almost a year; even Fox is too mainstream and Republican for me. However, when I read about the NRSC's predictable temper tantrum, I gleefully called Cornyn (God, I can't wait to go door to door for whoever his opponent may be as soon as possible!) and told him that as his constituent, whenever I got a mailing from him or the NRSC I would send another donation to another conservative - today's is Christine.

Karl Rove is a sneaky genius| 9.15.10 @ 12:18PM

Ol' Karl has pulled a fast one with his brilliant appearance on Hannity. He has, with that one appearance, made her day.

All of y'all sending money to her campaign because of Karl, would ya done it if Ol' nasty Karl had not said bad stuff about her? That's what I thought.

Good going Karl, ya sneaky son of a gun, keep it up.

Christine, you go girl!

SIRJASON| 9.15.10 @ 5:32PM

“It does conservatives little good to support candidates who, at the end of the day, while they may be conservative in their public statements, do not evince the characteristics of rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity and character the voters are looking for.”

“We were looking at eight to nine seats in the Senate. We’re now looking at seven to eight,” Rove said. “This is not a race we’re going to be able to win.”

Right Karl, Christine O’Donnell will be slaughtered and trounced by Coons just like she was ‘slaughtered and trounced’ by the GOP favorite RINO Mike Castle!

Karl Rove does NOT speak for the T.E.A. movement! He speaks for the corrupt GOP country club elite establishment that is the same as the corrupt Democrat progressive socialist wealthy elite establishment.

“We the People…” and the T.E.A. movements are sending ALL of these professional, political, parasites back to their home states for good and we will prevail without the stinking GOP elite money!

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/09.....z0zcC71kil

Patrick Dant| 9.15.10 @ 5:46PM

Yep, I just contributed $50 to her as well, and the same to Sharon Angle, just to stick it to the RNC elites. I will continue to fund the Republican outsiders until we replace the "elites" and RINOs. They don’t understand we need to stand for something not just their carriers.
Rove was wrong to publicly say what he did. I hope he publicly apologizes for it as well, or he will lose a lot of conservative friends in the USA.

tma| 9.17.10 @ 1:58PM

When the tea party started we stopped contributing to the RNC. We must have true conservatives to get us out of this mess.

Kyle| 9.14.10 @ 11:43PM

Can the NRSC at least give O'Donnell the amount of money it cost to send the lawyer over to hand kleenex to Murkowski for a few days, after the Miller win?

Bonnie_| 9.15.10 @ 10:12AM

Thread winnah! *does the wave*

Chris Pedersen| 9.15.10 @ 10:51AM

Speaking of Kleenex, lets not forget those of us with tears of Joy in our eyes as We The People continue reading the United States Constitution,the BILL OF RIGHTS and the Declaration Of Independence as the LAW OF THE LAND

VASweetTea| 9.14.10 @ 11:43PM

Suicidal? Absolutely! That's the term I've been using on my Facebook postings for the past hour!

CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 11:49PM

This seems to make it official:
a) An enormous, seismic shift is underway in American politics.
b) The Powers that Be don't like it--not one little bit.

Maybe the despised, poverty-stricken central Republican establishment will wither on the vine while fresh blood from outside supersede the floundering Steele & Co. to become the new GOP leadership.

Stranger things have happened.

Chris Pedersen| 9.15.10 @ 10:54AM

THERE YA GO!

somnolence| 9.14.10 @ 11:50PM

Karl Rove looked like a pompous ass tonight. O'Donnell will demolish Coons in a debate if it takes place. With plagiarist Joe Biden and thief Charlie Rangel, both Rove and Charles Krauthammer dare to cheapen these trump cards as inadequate lines of defense if they need to be used. Didn't Bill Clinton teach all of us about technicalities in speech forms and patterns. I stopped sending money to the NRC years ago.

salina| 9.15.10 @ 12:28AM

Have you seen Christine in action? Koons will be begging for as many debates as possible. Castle was a fool not to debate her. Nice try at a spin but Republicans chewing up a nominee will not HELP her in November. It might have helped her win the closed primary.

Remember she got 30,400 - 30,500 votes! a very very small base even for Delaware.

She going to used to hurt the imagine of the Tea Party as well because she is a true flake.

CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:31AM

I thought Castle was Mr. Consummate Politician? I thought he was Mr. Can't-be-Beat? I thought he was Mr. Ultimate Electable Guy?

Why would such a sharp, seasoned, and magnificent (as his supporters tell us) politician turn down a chance to shoot fish in a barrel, as you say?

Hmmmm... Maybe O'Donnell is better than you think?

mrssalina| 9.15.10 @ 12:38AM

No Castle was not the politician the establishment claimed he was. He tried old man who did very little until he was in deep trouble and then it was all negative and he never reached out to conservatives.
Conservatives voted for O'Donnell without evaluating her. And now that is going to blow up in our faces.

CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:45AM

Such optimism! Such determination!

Democrats have one thing all over Republicans: if someone is a stiff, a crook, or a creep, they close ranks and say, "...but that's OUR stiff/crook/creep!"

Squishy Republicans hold their heads and agree with Democrats: "You're so right. What a boob. How could we have done this?" And surrender.

The people have spoken. As the RINOs told us for decades, get onboard, or get out of the way.

L. B. Hughes| 9.15.10 @ 9:18AM

The alternative was to elect another Arlen Specter to the senate. What good does it do having a one vote majority in the senate if that one vote is Mike Castle? Better to remain in the minority.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:09AM

You all act like the Dem's have nominated Mother Theresa. If Coons is so electable how come Castle was going to beat him in a cake walk? There are no perfect people, we all have baggage. We don't need to elect perfect people, we need to elect hard line conservatives. You RINOS expected us conservatives to compromise our beliefs to help get your guy elected. Well, how about a little quid pro quo. It's time you saw the handwriting on the wall and did a little compromising yourself.

SoCon| 9.15.10 @ 11:21AM

Let's get to know the democrat candidate up close and personal; does anyone know this guy?

d| 9.15.10 @ 11:30AM

I saw hear thoughts on masturbation.

Classic

reality stranger than fiction

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 11:37AM

Liberals are perverts--get your mind out of the gutter, bottom-feeder.

Tim*| 9.15.10 @ 12:20PM

Oy Yeah Saliva !

Remember , Castle only got 27,021 votes an even smaller base ,even for Delaware .

Patrick Dant| 9.15.10 @ 5:50PM

YES, people are directly supporting the canidates and making groups like the NRSC seem small and unimportant, which is what they are when it comes to the mass of Anerican people.
That is the future of our political future. No more labor union type leadership in selecting our canidates.

NVA Patriot| 9.14.10 @ 11:50PM

Yes -

Just had the same exchange in a private e-mail to a notable conservative commentator and editor.

NRCS is making Darwin award winners look like Einstein.

ODonnell will become a powerhouse fund raiser now. All she has to do is call a press conference and ask bloggers and Tea Party organizer to show. Say nice things about the NRCS - really/shows class. And then tell Blloggers and organizers what's needed to win. Coons will be beaten. Conservatives will vote no problem and we will bring out 100% of the conservatives in DE. Independents who lean right - psyched to be center stage - on board. Dems mad at Obama and other Dems - check. Interesting - Dems who hate Kael Rove can now vote for O'Donnell.

If I were her - I would run an ad - for Coons - even Karl Rove hates ODonnell - vote Coons.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:13AM

Absolutely right. After Karl Roves ridiculous and unfortunate appearance on Hannity last night I went straight to Christine's Web Site and dontated $50. I was watching the counter and it looked like the counter on Home Shopping Network on the "hottest deal of the day", only in reverse. Everytime I refreshed my screen another 5 donors had popped in to give. The hell with the RNC, put your money on the conservative yourself. I've never done this before but this year I have donated to three out of state senate campaigns, all to candidates the tea party endorses. Make mine a Lipton.

Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 12:04AM

"Is the Republican Establishment suicidal?"

They've been treating it as a game of chicken for 5 years now. The establishment forces "moderates" into office, who then vote like Democrats. Conservatives are then dared to do something about it; the establishment thinks if they nominate RINO candidates that we won't have anywhere to go.

Clearly the establishment has decided to imitate European conservative parties by making the Republican Party a "light" version of the Democrats, just a hair to their right on the political spectrum. But the establishment is finding out that this is not Europe, and a large part of the Republican base doesn't want bipartisan, Democrat light candidates.

Rove was the architect who moved the party so far to the left. It's not surprising that he was the one who blew up. Lots of lots of big donors are realizing how mistaken Rove's approach was. They see how badly damaged the Republican Party has been by this.

Real American| 9.15.10 @ 12:10AM

Time to get a new GOP Establishment....one that's actually conservative.

It's RINO Season| 9.15.10 @ 12:49AM

You are right. I was disgusted to find out after W left office that Laura Bush was actually a democRAT. She's pro gay marriage and pro abortion. That's who spent 8 years lobbying W every night at the WH. That's the same way Maria Shriver turned the governator into a RINO. The people running the GOP since Bush Sr. have been ruling class RINOs and I'm sick of them all. This country is bankrupt. Financially and morally. We are under attack from all directions and it's time to stand up and take back control this November. If not, I fear we're headed for civil war again.

Chris| 9.15.10 @ 11:17AM

We'll Just See About That!

One Thing Is For Sure, The Non-Electable "Dog Catcher" just put Castle in the the political "Rino" cage, fleas and all. All the DOGS in the Re-pubic-an Establishment are scratching and knawing at the base of their tails as We The People are now in charge and will remain so in the direction of this Country by purging of the Rino's and Progressive Republicans

Patrick Dant| 9.15.10 @ 5:52PM

She was a great disappointment, but typical of the elite families in Washington D.C. We need a change big time. Have you noticed how many woman are winning in the elections that don't represent Laura's liberal views? Yea!!

Michael| 9.15.10 @ 12:11AM

I nor my wife will no longer send money to the NRSC but will now send it to the likes of O'Donnell in Delaware. My Tea Party group is only 200 strong but the next meeting I will bring this up to them and pass to other Tea Party groups in our area to send money directly to the Conservative candidate and not to the NRSC. The voters decide who represents us not the NRSC or DNC.

Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 12:15AM

That is a good idea. The NRSC funneled $3.5 million to a RINO in my state. The money would be better spent on conservative candidates.

Warren S| 9.15.10 @ 12:14AM

I think most agree - I posted on twitter "NRSC changes name to National RINO Suicide Party" It was RT's 50+ times in no time! then after Rove's bather it pickud up again. I think NRSC just lost lotsa dollars this year!

Intel| 9.15.10 @ 12:28AM

Why the hell should the NRSC waste valuable resources on someone 20 points down with brutal poll numbers in a deep blue state when there are important ELECTABLE candidates in FL, PA, CO, NV, IL to invest in?

Jocon307| 9.15.10 @ 1:13AM

"....ELECTABLE candidates in FL..."

You mean Christ? Because that was who the Party was supporting before he ran like a rat from his own sinking ship.

Do you mean Spector? Because that was who the party supported last time? Before he too ran like a rat to the party of Rats.

Do you mean Angle? Because that's who the party had their knickers in a twist over until O'Donnell gave them the mega-wedgie today.

INCUMBENT PROTECTION RACKET

That's what the party establishment has become and now is when it ends.

Chris| 9.15.10 @ 11:36AM

They are blind to the name Rubio, yet their zipper on the 'big tent' gets larger to keep We The People's screams of Constitutional Goverment out of their hearing range.

Rich fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:18AM

I'm sure glad you weren't part of the "greatest generation". We would all be speaking Japanese now (instead of Spanish). I'll tell you why, because with a little money and some backing from the Party, Christine could win easily. As it is, we Tea Partiers will make up the difference and she will still win and won't be beholden to the RNC or NRSC. We don't need your stinkin' money.

Intel| 9.15.10 @ 12:28AM

Why the hell should the NRSC waste valuable resources on someone 20 points down with brutal poll numbers in a deep blue state when there are important ELECTABLE candidates in FL, PA, CO, NV, IL to invest in?

HMCD| 9.15.10 @ 12:40AM

Maybe because in three weeks, the polls won't look like that, and their money won't be needed in the states listed.

Then again, the NRSC's record this year is such that some nominees may not want their support.

Kyle| 9.15.10 @ 12:57AM

You should cross out IL from your list, because Kirk is a younger version of Mike Castle. If they want to add more money to FL to keep their boy Crist at bay fine. If they want to take all the DE money and send it to NV to beat Reid, fine. I don't think Toomey is going to need too much dough as long as he maintains what lead he has.
Maybe they can give O'Donnell the amount of money that was spent on trips to strip clubs by the RNC boys.

Salina| 9.15.10 @ 12:32AM

I think that some people on this thread should try talking to some people who don't think just like them for a change. A lot of denial reality going on this evening.

CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:39AM

Some of us live in...oh, say, California--where we are bombarded by the ideas and ideology of "people who don't think like them." Have it shoved in our faces, you might say, constantly.

If we irritate you so much, why don't you go to some other blog--Powerline, say, or NRO, where they're all about pragmatism.

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 1:22AM

Or HuffPo.

louis| 9.15.10 @ 1:32AM

Salina you should go to huffington and read about Michelle's new "American Menu" or threads of how to join SEIU. Here we are witness to a tea party revolution of our political system starring- Angle,Miller,Rubio,O'Donnell(and I mean Christine NOT Nora!! Throw out the RINOS like Castle, Murkowski and Graham and in with the Palin Wing of the NEW REPUBLICAN/CONSTITUTIONAL PARTY.

Chris| 9.15.10 @ 11:43AM

HERE, HERE! Do You HEAR Us Now?!

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:21AM

Salina, you are so right. But, the denial is from the people who think things are as they always have been. We've had enough and there are enough of us to blow Obama and the Liberals and RINOS clean out of Washington. The ones in denial voted for Castle. They got a reality check.

HMCD| 9.15.10 @ 12:36AM

I have no emotion invested in this race, and understand both sides arguments, but here's a way of phrasing the question I cannot find the answer to - Would a Senator O'Donnell be a GOP version of a Feinstein or a Boxer?

The attacks on her so far seem juvenile and pointless, making her very much Palin-like, but what's really there?

Many of the other "new" or Tea-party candidates have plenty of history or records indicating their strengths and weaknesses - I just don't see much beyond the projections of the various commentators - both pro and con.

I could see the POTUS coming from a mile away, even with no history and plenty of projected hope and change, but I have no sense, good or bad, of what a Sen. O'Donnell would be.

"Not Sen. Coons" may be enough to win this year, but I hope she can add to that given Delaware's blueness.

Salina| 9.15.10 @ 12:40AM

O'Donnell is the Republican Maxine Waters.
And if she won because of a supermega wave she would do huge damage to the Tea Party image over the next 4 years and then be thrown out in a huge landslide in 2014.

Nick| 9.15.10 @ 1:06AM

You don't know what you're talking about, Salina.
You had never heard of Miss O'Donnell, until a couple of weeks ago.

Why do all you Castle cronies use the same word, "flake," to attack Miss O'Donnell?
Who writes your talking-points?

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 1:23AM

Either the DNC or the RNC. Screw them both.

Garry| 9.15.10 @ 1:43AM

Salina, last I checked......All Senators are up for re-election after a term of 6 (SIX) years. Yes, there are senatorial elections every 2 years, that's when 1/3rd of the senate is cleaned.

Jon| 9.15.10 @ 12:44PM

This Senate race is for a partial term of 4 years. Joe Biden won reelection to a 6-year term in 2008 while he was running for VP, so the seat is up for reelection for a regular 6-year term in 2014, not 2016.

CountryClassKook| 9.15.10 @ 12:38AM

Ah, yes. Lets do things the RINO way: give up in the blue states now. Intel, you and your ilk are an establishment, "Ruling Class" RINO. In better terms, you are a Progressive "Useful Idiot" and should be treated as such.

JohnD| 9.15.10 @ 12:46AM

Karl Rove is dead to me.

As for electability, I would rather true conservatives lose, leaving the Democrats to vote in Congress to destroy the country. Let Cap and Tax, Card check, and tax increases pass with Democrat fingerprints all over it, rather than electing "me too" RINOs to provide political cover.

I'll be watching to see if the establishment Republicans and the national party fall in line to support O'Donnell.

It's RINO Season| 9.15.10 @ 12:53AM

Rove doesn't get it.

Castle was FIRED tonight. The RINOs are dropping like flies. They are being fired by the people they stopped listening to long ago.

Rove can move to Davos and hobnob with the European ruling class for all I care. Either you're with us or against us. Tonight, Rove chose his side.

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 1:26AM

I've been pissed off at GWB and Rove for years because they were weak and wouldn't fight back against the lies of the left--so it didn't take much for me to cross Rove off completely.

They both were largely responsible for destroying the Republican party.

Screw you, Rove; you're dead to me, too.

Louis| 9.15.10 @ 1:40AM

Karl Rove just saw his future go up in smoke with his behavior tonight!! I agree with what Rush said today that the Republican party is soon to become the "third party" garnering 10 % of the vote in a 3 way race. The future is bright for a new party of conservatives who can win a 3 way a la Marco Rubio in Florida. Charlie Crist is Mike Castle with a tan .

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:04PM

Wow, Rush said that? I haven't listened to him for a couple of weeks. Well it makes sense when you look at Rove's attitude. And I always withheld agreeing with some conservatives that he's no good. But if he's any barometer of what we have here, Rush is probably right. As usual!

somnolence| 9.15.10 @ 12:52AM

To simplify the argument, just what the hell is Coons going to run on? The same old same old? The real moment of truth is coming ever closer for Delaware. In a debate O'Donnell would test Coon's ire, to see how frustrated he would become. That shouldn't be that difficult to achieve.

jokemachine| 9.15.10 @ 1:56AM

Coons won't run on his own ideas and record, guaranteed. He'll try to paint O'Donnell as a crazy right wing lunatic. The problem for the Democrats is that in this political environment I believe the much coveted Moderate/Independent voter will opt for the "crazy right winger" over the status quo no matter what the current polling data suggests.

Congrats to the Tea Party Activists. The louder people try to shout you down the more determined you get.

I don't know if O'Donnell is worthy of the massive support she is getting, but I'm willing to take a chance that she is and that's why I've donated to her campaign. I think we are seeing history being made and it is wonderful to be a part of it.

To those in the Republican Establishment: Please take a hint. We would rather have you as our ally than our enemy, but it is up to you to come back to us. The Tea Party is here and it's only going to get stronger.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:28AM

Damn, straight. The Republican Party can either come back home or it can die on the vine. If they think 2010 is a bloodbath, just wait until 2012. We will have shown our stuff by then and the Tea Party Presidential Candidate will pick up that 50th state that Reagan lost in '84. We don't need you, RINOS, and you better get used to it. You are on the endangered species list and will be extinct after 2012.

princeliberty| 9.15.10 @ 1:03AM

No you need conservatives with a solid background - not a flake who has never had a really job. Get a smart doctor, a successful businessman, a veteran etc.. a solid candidate who is a conservative.

CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 1:13AM

And what if one isn't available? You pick the best candidate. That WASN'T Castle, who sided with the Dems on almost every major vote.

Amazing double standard at work. Horrible character flaws in RINOs and Democrats: irrelevant ("so much to offer the country.") Minor past events for conservatives: DISQUALIFYING! If none are found, smear them with lies (and count on the GOP establishment to apologize for conservatives being awful perople).

Anyway, if O'Donnell is so bad, as you imply, why did the Delaware GOP run her against Biden in 2008? The same GOP that has been smearing her as a "flake who never had a really [sic] job."

Interesting, how things change, when the sacrificial lamb decides not to die for the Establishment.

Nick| 9.15.10 @ 1:37AM

There's that word again, "flake."

You Castle cronies need new writers! Oh...wait......you guys are OUT OF JOBS! Ha-ha!
Thank goodness.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:30AM

Bull hockie. You need someone with principal and common sense. How many "intelligent" people do we have in the Senate right now, with degrees out the wazoo, and look what they have done to us.

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 11:59AM

Aren't most or a lot of them "principled" lawyers?

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:00PM

Heh, give me that phonebook, I'll pick one!

notforsale| 9.15.10 @ 1:26AM

I just got on Karl's website and sent him a "Note". I thanked him for showing his true colors and explained to him that he and "the party" should CONSIDER listening to WE THE PEOPLE! If he and "the party" continue to basically call us stupid for not backing their "chosen ones" - the Republican party will become extinct. Both parties may be looking at a very strong THIRD party in the very near future. The CONSERVATIVE PARTY!

Blast him an email!

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 1:28AM

I think Rove's website is going to get lit up tonight.

princeliberty| 9.15.10 @ 1:28AM

No double standard here. Character always matters. But that's the problem support Christine sends the message that conservatives and the Tea Party buy into the character does matter line.
In 2008 nobody wanted the nod against Biden the race had been written off.

Conservatives should have recruited a serious candidate Christine will prove harmful to the national tea party movement.

CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 1:42AM

Ya know...I'm seeing talking points here, over and over and over again. So, let's de-bunk for all the trolls (not that they'll pay attention):

"Harmful to the tea party movement" (What isn't?)
"Flake" ("Smear Job" Castle is Mr. Stable)
"Never held a real job" (Says who)

Conservatives are always: stupid, unstable, flakes, untrustworthy, have an unspecified "questionable past," "harmful" to the GOP/conservative movement (and now the Tea Party).

None of it is true. And if, once in awhile, one of those smears has some basis in reality, no points for hitting the bullseye when you spew thousands of machine gun rounds downrange--eventually, one will find the mark by accident.

Same old stuff.

princeliberty| 9.15.10 @ 1:50AM

Yes those are often terms used in slander. However, character does matter. Christine has not held a real job for any length of time. Name on real job she ever held for any length? You can just say it is not true but in her case it is reality which makes the it the worse for the Tea Party movement because for once the media can hammer by telling the truth.
We have to police our own - character must matter to us even thou it means nothing to the establishment of both parties - we can't play by their rules if we are going to save this country.
We have to be better than them and we have to rewrite the rulebook to restore honor.

Nick| 9.15.10 @ 2:05AM

Yes, the stinking liberal Castle was a man of great character. I think not!

He's pro-abortion.
He likes higher taxes.
He repeatedly voted against Americans' right to keep and bear arms.
He WAS a serial violater of the Constitution.

Who in their right mind could vote for this clown?

Bydand76| 9.15.10 @ 7:27AM

Not to mention that he was willing to "compromise" with H. Reid.

Pro Libertate!

princeliberty| 9.15.10 @ 9:15AM

Again, I have said Castle was worthless. But the time, money and effort spent getting Christine this primary win could have gotten us a number of other solid Tea Party nominated in other primaries like in New Hampshire. Candidates who would have won in November and aided the Republican.
Christine likely loses big Nov. and win or lose will do damage to the image of the Tea Party movement due to her lack of substance, credentials and character.

Nick| 9.15.10 @ 12:33PM

Princeliberty,

So, you would vote for the "worthless" and characterless Castle over someone with character, and a solid Christian conservative, like Miss O'Donnell?

I like how you use the qualifier "likely" loses in November. You are admitting she has a chance and was worth voting for.

It is not "vote for the best candidate who CAN win." It is "vote for the best candidate who SHOULD win."

Have you noticed that the liberal drive-by media types aren't too happy with Miss O'Donnell's win? They should be jumping for joy, if she doesn't have a chance, yet, they aren't. Why is that?

ds80| 9.15.10 @ 9:30AM

"Christine has not held a real job for any length of time."

princeliberty, please direct me to the section of the Constitution which states that requirement. Please tell me why a housewife cannot run for public office. Are you sexist? Or just elitist?

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 11:56AM

Heh, better ask Derek Peaberry brain that question.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:35AM

We are already better than them. How much better do we have to be than Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Charley Rangel, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, et al? Unfortunately, Jesus Christ isn't running and if he was you wouldn't vote for him either. Too radical, I suppose.

princeliberty| 9.15.10 @ 1:33AM

Why on Earth - poor all this money and effort behind Christine - when we had a great conservative in the New Hampshire race and the national Tea Party folks did nothing and why let Hoffman go down defeat without helping him?
Christine has already harmed the movement by diverting resources and attention from races were it could have truly done a lot of good.

Louis| 9.15.10 @ 1:50AM

The primary was not about Christine or the Tea Party for that matter. It was a referendum on Castle- the worst RINO in American history. Even if Christine loses to Coons it was a victory for conservatives to flush the phonies and democrat wannabes out of the republican party. Lindsay Graham - you're next!!

Yosemeti Sam| 9.15.10 @ 1:35AM

" ... What on earth was Rove thinking? He was bitter, angry, cutting, demeaning, mean-spirited…and those were the nice things he had to say about O'Donnell...."

Mr. Lord - he is starkly crassly unveiled!

The plot thickens for GOP - CONTROL!

WL| 9.15.10 @ 1:53AM

YS...You have NAILED IT.

I sat there with my jaw dropped listening to Rove...It was almost as if some inner DEMonCrat couldn't keep itself in check....

He definitely showed himself tonight....

For all of you fellow frustrated folks...if you are wondering just what poison keeps the Repubs from ever standing up to the dems....YOU JUST SAW IT.

THIS IS NOT about stopping Obama and the libs for them...

Its about wrestling the ring of power away for themselves.

Big Jim| 9.15.10 @ 1:53AM

Mr. Rove was a questionable character at best. His act on Hannity should put him out of any position of influence in the GOP. He turned my stomach. While the liberal press put him forward as a political genius, he was a brick in the pocket of Pres. Bush' administration. I stopped giving cash to the NRSC several years back and do not expect to ever give them anything again. I will give money to O'Donnell and the Senate candidate in my state, Pat Toomey, this election cycle. Good luck to real repubs., see you RINOS w/ the RATS, in Hell!

Alan| 9.15.10 @ 2:06AM

With president Obama at the helm, the Democrats will be a shrinking party.

The only real question is whether or not the Republican Party will truly represent the working class against Washington's tyranny.

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 2:11AM

Alan, as in Alan Brooks? Good God, man--have you finally come to your senses?

C. Smith| 9.15.10 @ 2:09AM

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The Honorable Senator Trent Lott
The Senate of the United States
Washington D.C. 20510

Date. Jan 1, 1999

Dear Sir,
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Matt X| 9.15.10 @ 2:32AM

Jeff Lord,

Hang tough. I'm disappointed that even Quinn here at American Spectator sneered at you as being as "activist" even though you are right about Castle and the Bush impeachment thing. But hey, Quinn even defended Dave Weigel. And he was relunctant to vocally support JD Hayworth against McCain despite having inside knowledge of both men. It's time for timid conservative pundits to go away. It wouldn't kill guys like Jim Gerahty over at NRO to act like they even care about advancing conservativism, or at least be honest about their vision of a McCainish-Castle Republican party.

SoCon| 9.15.10 @ 3:06AM

Ew, you're right; I remember that Dave Weigel dust up. Even RS McCain defended the fat little slug.

That was sickening.

Sheila| 9.15.10 @ 11:42AM

Matt X, if you're looking for genuinely conservative (as opposed to movement Republican) commentary, you're looking in all the wrong places. NRO, Am Spec, Weekly Standard, Townhall, etc. - all mainstream little c big R sites. Only the comments here have shown some true conservative grit of late.

Nolann Ryann| 9.15.10 @ 11:46AM

Hilyer had the temerity to defend Bob Riley's ridiculous attempted tax increase in AL right after his election. Thank goodness we got to vote on that lead balloon and shot it down faster than a biplane in a Red Flag exercise.

Matt X| 9.15.10 @ 2:34AM

It will be interesting to hear what Rush has to say about Rove tomorrow, since they appear to be friends. Somehow I doubt Rush is going to hold back on Rove though. Activist! :)

SoCon| 9.15.10 @ 3:11AM

Michelle Malkin said Fox should suspend or fire Rove for conflict of interest. I agree.

Sean looked like he was in shock when Rove went on his nasty rant about O'Donnell. I laughed.

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 11:53AM

I too am waiting with baited breath to hear what Rush is gonna say. I always held back judgement on Rove but now I really do not like him!

EuskalHerria| 9.15.10 @ 3:05AM

NRSC can give every dime it raises this cycle to O'Donnell and she still wouldn't crest 43-45% of the vote in the general election.

GO AWAY| 9.15.10 @ 3:07AM

How the hell do you know, troll?

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:41AM

You mean like she didn't crest 43-45% without their money in the primary? That's why we Tea Partiers are here, to make up for the idiocy of the SRNC. You RINOS will now be forced to show YOUR true colors. Do you want a Republican in the Senate or were you just looking for a Democrat with an R beside his name so you could stay in the party. You can play the game with us or you can take your ball and go home. We have another one.

50-50| 9.15.10 @ 4:04AM

Voting for O'Donnell does nothing to advance conservatism, since she's certain to lose. That's why the GOP won't be spending money on her. They have serious races to fund. If you people want to waste your money on O'Donnell got for it. I'm sure she needs rent money from somewhere.

Rove is a smart man and O'Donnell is dead-end. You folks needed to hear the truth, even if it hurt. If supporting this crank is the sine qua non of conservatism, you are going to lose a lot of us.

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 11:25AM

Don't let the door hit 'ya where the good Lord split 'ya. Bye bye.

We're tired of RINO losers like you screwing up our party. Vote with the dummocrats--you belong with them.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 11:43AM

Miss you RINOS? Ha, ha. Good riddance and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. YOU no longer have enough influence to swing a race, so get over it. You are yesterday's news, good only for wrapping the garbage in.

Matt X| 9.15.10 @ 4:11AM

How was Castle going to win in DE without the conservative base? The base is not going to go stand in line to vote for a guy that supports about 95% of Obama's agenda. Castle could not even compete against a no-name lady with "baggage" in the primary, so I smirk when I still still Castle-bots asserting he could beat the Democrat. You can't win elections without a base, and Castle didn't have the conservative base. THis is politics 101. Now we have a candidate that can contrast herself on the issues with the Democrat in DE and make him own the Obama agenda. Most people are concerned about jobs and the economy and government run healthcare, not O'Donnel's "baggage". Bill Clinton sexually harrassed women, but you have Republicans go Church Lady on us with this O'Donnel lady over what appears to be trivial matters.

Matt X| 9.15.10 @ 4:13AM

Rove is mostly to blame for Obama winning in 2008. If Bush and Rove had not moved the party to the left with the spending and the amnesty, etc, I don't think Obama wins.

Matt X| 9.15.10 @ 4:15AM

How does voting for a liberal advance conservativism? According to this 50-50 idiot, a vote for Castle advances conservativism. What a smarmy tool.

Matt X| 9.15.10 @ 4:18AM

Why even bother having elections in DE, a conservative Republican can't win so just give it to a Democrat. Some guy that got smoked in the Republican primary was a lock to win the general? I think that's grabbing at straws.

gphx| 9.15.10 @ 5:09AM

On talk radio tonight a commentator was bashing O'Donnell for not having a job and falling behind on her mortgage. The tragic miscalculation Democrats and Republicans are making is that on a real basis unemployment is 20%, 30% are behind on their mortgages, and this only makes her one of 'us' instead of one of 'them'. They have no clue they're insulting their own constituency and things like this are the reason people are abandoning both parties. Those who said we should elect 'the most electable Conservative' were obviously tragically mistaken as to who that is. It sure as hell isn't a liberal or a RINO. Both Republicans and Democrats have been served notice repeatedly. Get with the program and support real Conservatives or we'll see you later. LEARN OR BURN.

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 11:49AM

Well said. This is proof that voting in the primaries is of utmost importance, and it is the only way our country class friends can win!

MrJoe2You| 9.15.10 @ 6:31AM

The NRSC as well as the RNC are idiots, they are too dumb to realize that they've just been handed their hats and shown the door.

Brian| 9.15.10 @ 6:32AM

O'Donnell the RINO slayer

Christian Welles| 9.15.10 @ 8:03AM

Castle is hardly a RINO, moderate to be sure, more liberal than I am, but he is a Republican that can win statewide in an overwhelmingly Democratic state. The irony of O'Donnell's win is that she delivered the senate to the people who despise her and the tea parties. Activists that demand ideological purity without the willingness (or ability) to reason will watch as the senate judiciary committee continues to vote out liberal judicial nominees rather than quietly bottle them up, as would have been the case if the Republicans chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. Say what you want about Castle, but he would have provided the most important vote: McConnell for Majority Leader. So as the tea party and others continue to seethe on the sidelines as liberal judges constantly vote against their interests maybe - just maybe - they'll wake up and show a little more savvy rather than just knee-jerk anger. Rallies only get you so far.

ECM| 9.15.10 @ 8:15AM

If Castle is not a RINO, the term has no meaning whatsoever. (See: his conduct on Iraq; his votes for embryonic stem cells; his ACU ratingl; his 'F' rating from the NRA; etc. etc.--you don't get much more RINO than someone like Castle, so please stop repeating this idiotic "Castle was a moderate" nonsense, when it is BS on its face.)

JP| 9.15.10 @ 8:47AM

Christian,
Save your talking points for someone else. Been there, done that. We had Dole as Senate Majority Leader; we had Trent Lott and Bill Frist. For 12 of 16 years the GOP ran the committees, shaped the legislative agenda, and steered trillions of dollars in both tax money and borrowed money to the public trough. Defecits, pay-offs, corruption and the concentration of power within the Beltway grew unabated. From the No Child Left Behind Act to the Bridge to Nowhere, to the Gang of 14 the GOP became just another power broker in an eliphantine bureaucracy. Rove et als obviously have a large investment in the status quo. He is a smart, gifted operator who probably has millions of dollars riding on his access to the Ruling Class. That is why he is so upset with the Delaware vote.

slammdunk| 9.15.10 @ 11:17AM

The so-called "tea party" is a decentralized, individualized revolutionary state-of-mind. Its object is Liberty and Justice for all. If you are sick and tired of politics as usual; if you have the intelligence and the moxie to get out and vote for someone who is just as sick of Big Labor Big Government as you are, then you are a tea-party.

The so-called "tea party" is an invisible wave of goodwill driven by ordinary people who are fed up-to-here with corrupt, greedy politicians, bureaucrats, and union bosses.

Down with Big Government! Down with interlocked unionzed bureaucracy!
Stop Big Government madness!

Spe.nce| 9.15.10 @ 11:00AM

You don't get it. Mr. Rove evidently doesn't get it. It is no longer about party. It's about philosophy. People are tired of career politicians that take the easy road - to keep their seat. The people have had enough. I'm guessing that Mr. Castle voted for the huge spending bills that were passed by the Republican-controlled congress under Bush. The tea-party movement is a fiscal-conservative movement that includes both parties and independents and it's going to continue to grow. I am a conservative first. I only vote Republican because they are typically more conservative. However, I will always vote for the most conservative candidate whether in a primary or general election. As a Hoosier, I can't wait to work to end Senator Lugar's career, and I will likely vote against him regardless. True conservatism is growing world-wide. The RINOs have to go... regardless!

joan| 9.15.10 @ 8:21AM

We have seen the enemy, and it is us. Time for the mask to come off. Rove has been unmasked. Long live the Tea Party!

farmgirl| 9.15.10 @ 8:45AM

CHRISTIAN WELLES--I'm one of McConnell's constituents and I don't trust him as far as I can throw him.

LarryK| 9.15.10 @ 8:47AM

Throw ALL OF THE BUMS OUT!

albert constantine, jr.| 9.15.10 @ 8:53AM

As one of the 57,581 or so who actually cast a vote for O'Donnell in the primary yesterday, I understood all of the implications of my vote. I heard most of what the Party establishment had to say, and which Mr. Rove and others have since reiterated post decision. While they may be proven correct, it is nonetheless disappointing to hear, in that if Castle had been victorious, we would have been expected to get on the bus and help the Castle team to victory. The main reason that I would not support Castle in the primary is that I always correctly perceived that my support went one way (to Castle) and was not returned. The only advantage that adhered to me was that the "R" next to his name helped the GOP achieve a majority 1994-2006. Given the patterns of votes that he casts, this is no longer enough. If I have a choice to vote for someone who more closely mirrors my conservative stance on the issues, I'm taking it. That being said, having thus spoken and having been heard in the primary, it is now our obligation to help prove the naysayers wrong in the general. The choices to be made by those on the right who supported Castle include coming on board to help O'Donnell, retreating for some introspection, or joining the other side (so they can say "we told you so"). The latter choice, though, tends to affirm the label "in name only".

Timothy L. Pennell| 9.15.10 @ 8:57AM

They don't want TERM LIMITS? Irrelevant. They've got'em now. WE'RE IN CHARGE. We the People. We're sick and tired and we're not gonna take it anymore.
And we're just getting started.

Joe L.| 9.15.10 @ 9:11AM

Karl Rove showed himself for the jerk he is. He definitely is not a conservative , just another RINO with an agenda. To hell with the Republican Senate committee if they don't want to support Ms O'donnell , we the people will support her.

Tim| 9.15.10 @ 9:11AM

"And now, Carl Cameron of Fox News is reporting the National Republican Senatorial Committee will not be helping the official nominee of the Delaware Republican Party for the United States Senate in her Senate campaign."

Cheesewhiz! Mr. Lord do you think it would be hyperbole to call this a "scorched earth" policy from the GOP?

K. Doyle| 9.15.10 @ 9:23AM

Yes, the RNC establishment isn't so much suicidal as myopic. They can only see what immediately preserves or advances their own power.
Power for the sake of power; not to actually do something sensible with it.

Karl Rove presented George W. Bush as a Conservative. He lied to us.
Karl Rove gave us: Trent Lott, Arlen Specter, Lindsey Graham, Charlie Christ, Arnold Swarchenegger, etc.

Don't tread on me!

Marie| 9.15.10 @ 9:28AM

If Castle was such a great candidate then why couldn't he beat the unknown O'Donnell in the Primary? The NRSC had better not call me asking for a donation. I will give them an earfull.

megapotamus| 9.15.10 @ 9:30AM

Listening to Medved on Election Day he had a report of robo-calls starring a couple former paid aides to Odonnell each saying the same thing: she was insincere, an opportunist, fiscally retarded... etc. And that really gave me pause. Such a thing is the functional equivalent of resigning from the gunslingers' world since loyalty above all, right? So it constitutes as serious admission against interest. Now I wonder, what inducements could the DE Reps offer? These would be substantial. Odonell may be all the things her opponents have said but we KNOW that Castle was all those things we learned him to be. The important event here is the firm knee to the family jewels that The Genii have absorbed, much to their discomfort. Rove, or Piglet as I call him, is the bacon on the BLT!

Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 9.15.10 @ 10:01AM

Medved is nothing but a RINO interested ONLY in re-electing the same failed Republican reps. over & over again. He is a tool for The RINO-led GOP & is Salem Radio Network's version of the utterly irritating Michael Smerconish of The Infinity Network, SRN's competition. Ignore him for the sake of your own sanity megapotomus.

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 11:44AM

Medved a RINO? That's a new one to me. I know the Paleo's & anti-semites hate him for sure, but I've never seen him as a RINO.

Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 9.15.10 @ 12:00PM

Yes Margie, Medved is a RINO. I don't hate Medved Margie, but anyone who wants McCain to run for President again is not only a RINO, but also nuts. Take care & GOD bless!

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:15PM

God bless you too, Kenneth. Didn't mean you personally when I wrote that. It's just that I've listened to Medved a long time over the years. Perhaps he meant to vote for McCain in the final election, as I had to do. I didn't want him to become the nominee either, but once he did become it I voted for him, because I believe McCain/Palin would've been far better than Obama.

But anyhow, now that conservatives like O'Donnell are winning because people are waking up, this type of having to holdest thou nose will become, thankfully, obsolete!

Listening to el Rushbo and he's once again reflecting my thoughts, and the thoughts of the country class!

Dave| 9.15.10 @ 9:34AM

Well, after Rove's recent blast at O'Donnell -- I'm left wondering how long it will finally take Hannity to stop planting his lips on Senior Rove's expanding b-side week after week?

Give it a rest, Hannity. Your "we wanna be fair" routine is as stale and close to done as O'Reilly's bu-t kiss to Obama bits were.

The coffee is brewin', Bubba. Can you smell it? Probably not. At least until it's too late to grab some quick "Nielsons."

TruthSayer| 9.15.10 @ 9:48AM

Carl Rove is responsible for Obama's election and he has the gaul to lecture Sean Hannity and the Tea Party about O'Donnell's unelectability?

Rove is an opportunist and a fool. He couldn't hold back his true nature on national t.v. (he looked like Bilbo Baggins glearing at 'the ring' hanging from Frodo's neck) and his 'career' just took a huge hit.

Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 9.15.10 @ 9:49AM

I don't watch or listen to Sean Hannity anymore because I can't take his bootlicking of the same old same old who have destroyed the Republican Party (Gingrich, Rove, etc.). That being said I'm truly sorry I missed Mr. Rove showing the Fox News viewership what those running The GOP are REALLY about. That would be their power & influence trumping the views, concerns, & voices of Republican voters. Hopefully Republican voters will now wake up & realize NEITHER Party gives a damn about them & it's totally up to them to right the ship. Do not trust or fund the GOP & their worthless committees. Use your best judgement & support & vote for the candidates you believe will do the will of those who elect them & follow the U.S. Constitution. To Hell with power-hungry snakes like Karl Rove, The NRSC, the inside the Beltway punditry etc. who want nothing more from you than your cash & your vote for whoever they tell you to vote for. Put your country first & professional politicians in their place. We won't defeat the Party machines every time, but the American people surely cannot do a worse job of picking our reps. than the Parties have. Throw out the professional politicians & hold new reps. feet to the fire to prevent them from becoming complacent & power-hungry like the professional politicians did. And last of all NO MORE RINOs! RINO voters are slaves who willingly put the chains of modern liberalism on themselves in the name of "pragmatism" & "electability". Isn't that right Mr. Rove?

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 11:41AM

Here ya go:

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideC.....ode=ABEA-1

Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 9.15.10 @ 11:56AM

Thank you Margie. And to think I trusted people like this at one time. No more. Take care Margie & GOD bless!

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:20PM

Likewise indeed on both counts.

Richard_Iowa| 9.15.10 @ 10:02AM

Well now. In honor of Karl Rove and his trashing of O'Donnell I will double my contribution to her. This "privileged" class mentality of the so-called Republican elite will not continue. The arrogance of individuals is something to behold.

bill| 9.15.10 @ 10:29AM

CHRISTIANITY IS AN INFERIOR RELIGION. JESUS WAS THE SON OF THE DEVIL.

cheeflo| 9.15.10 @ 11:11AM

Where did that come from? Just out poking hornet nests for fun? You should go back on your meds.

Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 9.15.10 @ 11:39AM

Bill, not only is your post ridiculous & childish, what purpose does it serve on this thread other than to provoke people to anger. If you believe what you've posted here I pray to GOD for your soul. If this was meant to entice me to behave irrationally on behalf of Christianity & my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ you've picked the wrong battle. Jesus Christ has already defeated death & Satan. He doesn't need me to fly off the handle to defend His name. Have a nice day & get to know GOD & Jesus Christ before it is too late. Without Jesus Christ you're nothing more than a dead man walking, separated from the grace of GOD the Creator of us all. It's never too late to open your eyes & turn back to GOD. I know from experience.

Rich Fisher| 9.15.10 @ 12:02PM

Nice touch, Ken, too many times we Christians seem to think we need to defend Christ or God. Nope, they can do nicely without us. Our job is to get the Gospel out and let people make up their own minds. Revelation 20 tells us all we need to know about those who attack Christ/God. Good job.

Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 11:31AM

Yes, we all know how inferior Christianity is; how many planeloads of innocent people have Christians crashed into massive buildings lately?

Just askin'.

DRed| 9.15.10 @ 11:56AM

It's pretty enjoyable to watch Karl reap what he's sown.

Good Mojo| 9.15.10 @ 12:14PM

QUICK! ...

What do the NRSC and the NAACP have in common?...
...A STAGGERING LOSS OF RELEVANCY!...

Get it?? (geez, I crack myself up...)

Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:18PM

LOL.

JASmius| 9.15.10 @ 12:52PM

Take a handful of tranquilizers and calm down, Jeff.

First, the Architect is a big picture strategist. Regaining majority control of the Senate in November had actually entered the realm of possibility, if not likelihood. Delaware was a guaranteed piece of that puzzle. Last night, an unelectable, ditzy yahoo far more at war with the GOP than the Democrats that are choking the life out of the country kicked that leg out from under that possibility.

Rove had just witnessed what amounts to, wittingly or unwittingly, an act of sabotage, and he reacted viscerally. It was stupid, because all it accomplished was to diminish himself and play into the the O'Donnellites' dopey "the GOP is the Evil Empire" narrative - of which your post is an outstanding example. But like Holly McLane at the end of "Diehard" when she punched out the reporter who stuck the mic in her face after his reporting had almost gotten her killed, in that moment he just didn't care.

And besides, he was right.

Second, the NRSC announced this morning that it is supporting O'Donnell, including the maximum possible donation to her general election campaign. Especially after the Charlie Crist debacle, John Cornyn could hardly do otherwise, if the damage done in Delaware is to be contained.

Third, if you think that the indiscrete grumblings of a pundit who is no longer involved in the running of the Republican Party is going to propel Christine O'Donnell to some sort of Rocky-esque November triumph, I'm very sorry, but you're delusional.

However, I'll continue to watch the polls. Maybe the 31% of Delawaries who consider CO'D to be qualified for the office she seeks can convince the other 69% who don't of the error of their ways in only forty-eight days. Maybe her candidacy can lower the oceans, blue-en the skies, and heal the planet. Maybe Chris Coons will turn out to be Mike Castle's gay "misteress".

It's not COMPLETELY impossible.

Oldefarte| 9.15.10 @ 12:54PM

You've got to remember that Rove is a Republican political operative, and has been/is paid by the good-ol-boys in the party to use his knowledge to gin up money/votes for THE ESTABLISHMENT. I have no doubts that they'll recant/reconsider and provide financing to O'Donnell, etc, as reality dictates that the only alternative is Obama and his band of radical-extremist Democrats. What choice do they have??????

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 9.15.10 @ 1:00PM

What cracks me up is, two weeks ago the consensus was that the GOP was only going to pick up a "few" seats in the Senate. Now this morning, because of O'Donnell's (stunning) victory last night, they're saying she's going to stop the GOP from taking the majority in the Senate (because she's unelectable they say). Really? So what you're saying is, that last week everybody was talking about the GOP taking the majority in the Senate? Hmmm, really, I don't remember that? I seem to remember them saying that we were "only" going to take the majority in the House, and "maybe" pick up three or four seats in the Senate. Did I miss something here? I'm very busy, so maybe I missed the shocking GOP surge before yesterday's victory by O'Donnell (followed by defeat, because of it). Damn, I guess we lost our recent surge because of her!! Oh well, I guess we're just not going to pick up the majority in the Senate anymore, DAMN!! But just in case there's still a slim chance, I think I'm going to go send Christine O'Donnell another $100 today. Who knows, maybe we can bring the GOP pickup in the Senate back up to four or five seats again? It's a real shame that we're not going to get the majority there after all, if only, if only!!

HULAgate| 9.15.10 @ 1:12PM

Hopefully episode this is just a Rope-A-Dope of the DNC media dregs, and not a dire warning by Rove that Tea Party vetting is much less than desired.

Joanne| 9.15.10 @ 7:24PM

I just donated some money to Christine!! Woot!! I also emailed Karl Rove and told him that he and the RNC showed their true colors for blind bats like me yesterday:
1) I will NEVER send another dime to the RNC, only Tea Party Candidates.
2) I will turn off FOX news if his slimy face comes on
3) Christine has more character, ethics, morals then ANY other politician out there. So what if she wasn't puppy bred into their clique and eliteness.

The RNC can have Rove... they are perfect for each other.

JewishOdysseus| 9.15.10 @ 8:30PM

"Hi, Karl, this is your new partner: Trent Lott."

VERY disappointing. But to be honest, if he was always such a bloomin genius, how the hell did an overbearing elitist stiff like John F'ing Kerry get 48% of the vote in 2004?

Jake| 9.16.10 @ 3:18PM

The polls show that the independents support O'Donnell. It is a shame she can't get the support of the establishment leadership of the repblican party. Why should we support their moderate republicans who got us into this mess in the first place with their out of control spending? Karl Rove is out of touch with working americans. Where is that big tent?

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