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People and Politics by Patrick Roberts

Christine O'Donnell is Democrats only hope in election to turn off enough GOP voters

Posted on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 09:48 PM

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The latest numbers from the Pennsylvania senate race show a curious comeback by Joe Sestak, the former no-hoper who has suddenly closed to within a few points of raging favorite, Republican Pat Toomey.

Insiders say it is partly due to the fact that ads and stories about Irish American Christine O'Donnell in next door Delaware spill over into Pennsylvania and are having an impact.

With a crazy lady next door, voters appear to be looking at the Republican slate in their own state and wondering if there are bats in the belfry there too.

The latest O'Donnell ad by Democrats plays the Twilight Zone tune and repeats her own claims that someone out there is cloning mice with human brains, as well as her comments about her spell as a witch.

Democrats only hope it seems to me is to "O'Donnellize" the race across the country and pin this particular Looney Tunes candidate to the lapel of every other Republican candidate running for office.

She is what the Tea Party has wrought, throwing away a certain Senate seat in Delaware in order to run a candidate not fit to elect as dog catcher.

There are some O'Donnell clones across the country. Sharon Angle in Nevada is also weird as is Rand Paul in Kentucky but it is O'Donnell that has caught the public moment.

She is the Democrats greatest weapon as the Sestak race shows.

In the final two weeks I would pound and ground her name across the airwaves at every opportunity if I were a Democrat strategist.

People clearly are wiling to vote for change but voting for candidates who believe in mouse/human cloning and I don't care when she said it, is bizarre indeed.

Democrats have tried and failed to personalize this campaign, first around president Bush then House Minority Leader John Boehner. Both those attempts failed.

But their real pin up girl is now ready to emerge.

Christine O'Donnell is the last best hope for Democrats in my opinion.

She is the best chance they have to put a losing Republican name and face on this election.

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IrishTierney | Oct 29, 2010, 01:02 PM EDT

When did it become the job of reporters to write editorials (bias opinion). That is exactly what Patrick Roberts does. Pat your not a reporter, your a voice for the Democratic party. Your a libtard-clown and a hack!!!

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cpflann | Oct 26, 2010, 10:06 AM EDT

Delaware Democrats should not get complaisant. Christine's voters are highly motivated. Castle lost the nomination by only 3,000 votes because he did not get his voters to the polls. The Democrats need a great get out the vote campaign to defeat O'Donnell and to help the lower end of the ticket. There is some evidence of this; I had 2 different canvassers knock on my door over the weekend.

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Monsoonman | Oct 25, 2010, 08:10 PM EDT

What the United States needs is to combine delaware, connecticut, rhode island and vermont into one state. they are far over represented for their size.

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GuinnessGrrl | Oct 25, 2010, 07:46 PM EDT

I don't think she's the Democrats only hope, but she has no chance of winning. FiveThirtyEight has Coons winning 57.3% to O'Donnell at 40%. Even Rasmussen, whose polls skew conservative, their latest telephone survey of Likely Voters in Delaware shows Coons earning 51% of the vote, while O’Donnell draws 40% support.

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maloney | Oct 25, 2010, 07:14 PM EDT

Roberts, bet you a fin Toomey wins. Along with Angle & Paul. Poor Crissy will have to sit this one out, but god bless her.

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SeamusRua | Oct 25, 2010, 02:20 PM EDT

JFlanagan is correct, send them all down the river. You may now return to screaming at each other.

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McNamara31 | Oct 25, 2010, 02:08 PM EDT

Vote Republican!!Take Our Country Back!!To The Dark Ages!!

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cpflann | Oct 25, 2010, 01:23 PM EDT

What Delaware needs is a Senator who can get things done for the state, not someone with no legislative experience who can't name 1 Senator on the other side with whom she can work.

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Searlit | Oct 25, 2010, 12:10 PM EDT

killowen: :)

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jflanagan | Oct 25, 2010, 12:05 PM EDT

What we really need is for all the incumbents to lose the election, even though that would never happen. Maybe then the politicians will pay more attention to the electorate and not the special interest groups that have bought BOTH parties and the mostly self centered greedy pols.

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TheOldPerfessor | Oct 25, 2010, 10:11 AM EDT

Interesting that those who call Patrick a liar do not inform us what the actual facts are. I'm waiting to be enlightened.

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Sybil Meindl | Oct 24, 2010, 10:45 PM EDT

Vote Republican and vote out the socialist democrats.

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1IrishMedic | Oct 24, 2010, 10:07 PM EDT

Whoever ye are Maoleitgh, you're a disgrace to the Irish, that's if you are Irish. Your name is a bit odd does it translate to "jerk republican". Seriously the O'Donnell lady is definitely daft, she knows nothing about the US Constutution or its content. Any respectable American with an ounce of common sense would put this woman in an insane asylum. Actually I think she's been paid a lot of money to "act out her role" as a "candidate. However if it makes Democrats think twice about who they should vote for, she can continue to be an idiot for the Republicans.

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cpflann | Oct 24, 2010, 09:37 PM EDT

I don't think any of the tea baggers on this blog have responded to any of the serious issues raised regarding O'Donnell. Screaming abuse at people who disagree with you is really childish.

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Maoleitigh | Oct 24, 2010, 09:24 PM EDT

When will you stop twisting facts and use your heads. Your liberal thoughts are totally without common sense or reality. Do you really believe all that BS?

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