The Tea Party is in revolt because the First State GOP is supporting former governor and incumbent Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) to take the seat previously held by VP Joe Biden. They should be in revolt. They deserve a better candidate than Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell. We reluctantly support Mike Castle because he is the best alternative in a race that has degenerated into something uncommon in Delaware politics – a sticky, stinking bog.
It is true that Castle’s record is too liberal for out tastes. However, Mike Castle would serve Delaware, and our nation, far better than New Castle County Executive Chris Coons (the presumptive Democrat nominee). It is also true that Castle’s record is not as bad as O’Donnell and her minions would have you believe. The Tea Party Express wants Delawareans to support O’Donnell, in part, because of Castle’s vote for TARP. Fair enough. We opposed it as well. Are these same groups arguing for the defeat of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) or Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) for the same reasons? NO!
O’Donnell and her backers want us to believe that she is a candidate in the same vein as Marco Rubio, Sharon Angle, or Joe Miller. O’Donnell is not. These candidates ran clear, issues based campaigns based on conservative ideas and a consistent philosophy. O’Donnell has decided that saying anything, no matter how untrue, is acceptable as long as she wins the nomination.
O’Donnell has proven herself unworthy to hold a seat in the US Senate. When her issues based campaign was unable to gain traction against the “establishment backed” Castle, O’Donnell and surrogates mounted a scurrilous campaign of rumor mongering which culminated in a former O’Donnell campaign aide claiming that Castle was carrying on a clandestine affair … with a man.
In the last couple of weeks Castle has gone negative, in a pretty vicious way. O’Donnell is whining that she is being “smeared by the GOP establishment”. She is. There is just one difference; the claims being put forward about O’Donnell are not only true – they are easily verifiable.
If she wins it will be the Tea Party handing over another seat to the Democrats.
ReplyDeleteI see things differently. It is my belief that Castle's move to the Senate job is little more than the extension of holding it for Biden's son another 4 years. I have no interest in supporting 2 generations of a family in the Senate.
ReplyDeleteCastle = left been there and done that
ReplyDeleteAl, I thought the Senate was 6 years. The main question is what does this have to do with MD.
ReplyDelete1:38-the Senate is a six-year term. However, we elect 1/3 of the Senate every two years. Beau Biden I THINK has decided not to run for the Senate at this time, which means that SOMEONE has to keep his seat warm. It just happens that this year, Joe's term was up and he was going to have to run again.
ReplyDeleteAs for what it has to do with Maryland, this blog covers DE and MD issues of local importance. If Castle is a RINO, and not being from DE I'm not sure what most of his stands are, then maybe it is time for a change, so that the interests of all the people on the Delmarva Peninsua can be represented in a way that reflects our way of life.
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ReplyDelete"what does this have to do with MD"
At the National level, Castle is one more liberal to influence the way of life in all states. At the DE State level, DE taxpayers have been paying to support the Castle and Biden families too many years already. Whether 4 years or 6 years, we have supported the Castle family since 1966 and Biden's since 1972.
It has nothing to do with MD. SbyNEWS is privileged to have readers in Delaware and a lot of other places.
ReplyDeleteI can not support Castle or any other RINO. Please support Christine O'Donnell in Delaware's Primary. Castle is a snake and a dirty politician!
ReplyDeleteWho is the "Editorial Board"? I would like to know who makes these recommendations.
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