Christine O'Donnell will win Delaware senate seat and confound the 'experts'
By: Patrick Roberts | Published Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 11:10 PM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:49 PM
Christine O'Donnell is crazy like a fox after her win in the
Delaware Republican primary.
While the media and many in her own party are dismissing her, there is no question she has caught a wave that may be about to transform American politics.
A
New York Times poll out on Wednesday night shows 55 per cent of American,highest number ever, ready to dump their representative and seek a fresh start in Washington.
Those who believe O'Donnell has no chance in the November election need to get their heads on straight.
She is far less controversial than Sharon Angle in
Nevada, running against
Harry Reid a huge Democratic name, and Reid is only barely ahead there.
Likewise, Ron Paul's son Rand was also dismissed as a wack job after he won the Republican primary in Kentucky now he is skating home to victory.
There is no reason why
Christine O'Donnell cannot undergo a similar fate.
She is good looking, clearly talented, and she understands the wave that is out there much better than the high-paid fat cats in the Republican Party who keep nominating the same old white guys.
The definition of madness is when you do the same thing over and over and expect a different result.
By that definition the
GOP bigwigs are nuts.
They didn't come more old and white than their favored son Michael Castle in Delaware who got hammered by O'Donnell.
Yet it is Christine O'Donnell who is accused of being the person off the wall.
Does she have her faults? Sure, but so does every pol and she has shown she can take a punch and keep on coming.
All the way to the senate from Delaware in my opinion.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.USAinDublin | Sep 21, 2010, 08:38 AM EDT
Ah, come on now.....in ''irish'', being a witch means nothing more than you love the earth and all the flora and fauna......If the election comes on the winter solstice, she will win brooms down.......and I'll have a pint to that!
DennisQ | Sep 21, 2010, 03:23 AM EDT
O'Donnell's got just enough Italian blood in her to resemble the Madonna paintings of the the Italian Renaissance. She's canny enough to play up that resemblance, too. The outfit she's wearing in the photograph looks like something the Blessed Mother would wear - a sky blue shawl over a white blouse.
If you're selling chastity, you might as well look chaste! I compared the photograph with a Google image search for "Mother Mary" and voila! - several close resemblances, and one that's spot on.
Monsoonman | Sep 19, 2010, 12:02 PM EDT
Denise?
maloney | Sep 19, 2010, 08:52 AM EDT
Coons is a Marxist!! Duu. From your 1st paragraph sounds to me like you are jealous of her. Which is it, boxers or panties?
DennisQ | Sep 18, 2010, 11:08 PM EDT
O'Donnell's screechy voice is probably the reason she's still unmarried in her 40's. She sounds like she could be a first rate nag - maybe that's why she chose to become a "Christian activist." I'm not quite sure what that is, but it sounds like We need a whole lot more of Jesus and a lot less rock 'n roll.
Chris Coons seems like a straightforward working politician. Some of his decisions please some of the people, and others displease some of the people. But at the end of the day, this is a responsible guy with a real job. I don't know the same for Christine O'Donnell. She seems more a media creation than somebody like the rest of us. I don't believe she's going to connect with ordinary the way Coons will.
I don't ordinarily quote Karl Rove with approval, but he sees the same problems with Christine O'Donnell that I do. He didn't cite the screecy voice and the fact that she doesn't have a husband, but he did note that she had to be taken to court to pay off her college tuition. This was in the context of remarks in which Rove was sharply critical of Delaware Republicans for allowing this to happen.
maloney | Sep 18, 2010, 08:15 PM EDT
dennisQ...Her screechy voice -vs- his being MARXIST!! This is why knowbody takes left wing liberals serious. It's also why they are going to lose. Your pie in the sky lies aren't working anymore. Time to try something else that won't work either. Spending more in 2 years than the rest of the world in 10 does not create jobs. HELLO!!!! If you haven't noticed it's the dems. who want to extend the Bush tax cuts now. They are even calling them the obama middle class tax cuts. Imitation is the best form of flattery.
DennisQ | Sep 18, 2010, 06:21 PM EDT
With any luck at all, maloney, Republican candidates will listen to you and run on a pledge to lower taxes. They'll get trounced!
America is in the biggest jobs crisis this country ever faced, and all Republicans can think of is ways to exploit the situation. Of course, that's all Republicans ever do. Their motto is What's in it for me.
DennisQ | Sep 18, 2010, 06:16 PM EDT
Christine O'Donnell has a screechy voice and a checkered past. She's cancelling public appearances to give her public relations army time to formulate a response to all the dirt that's coming out.
O'Donnell's speech to the "Value Voters" shows she's committed to a narrow focus. Republican leaders have probably already written off the election. Of course they'll throw money at it; that's what they do. They're already planning a return to back room deals.
Monsoonman | Sep 18, 2010, 12:18 PM EDT
Dennis, you are getting tangled in your own confused logic web that you have spun on these boards and it is understandable. To be true to your cause you must embrace Ms. O'Donnels( & rosies too) right for her/his/? sexual preferences, whatever they may be, they are OK.
maloney | Sep 18, 2010, 11:18 AM EDT
O'Donnell's opponent Coon voted to increase taxes every time a vote came up. He voted to increase spending & brought bills to the floor to increase spending minself. He admits to being a MARXIST & is proud of it. Fitting in perfectly with the obama agenda. Now do O'Donnell's petty past problems seem so important?
DennisQ | Sep 17, 2010, 10:52 PM EDT
The cavalry rides to the rescue! Just when it looked like the Democrats were going to define Christine O'Donnell before she had a chance to define herself to Delaware voters, Republican operatives are arriving in Wilmington, suitcases bulging with cash and election flyers.
O'Donnell is already writing off the youthful indiscretions of her past, notably her comments about the "lustfulness" of masturbation. That was 15 years ago, says Christine. I'm way older than that now, and I pledge to respect the Constitution.
It may be a case of too little, too late. Is O'Donnell now going to position herself as older and more settled? That's hard to square with her natural exuberance which doesn't always connect well with voters who are looking for somebody, well, more conservative. And there's that marriage issue again. Is she going to claim that she is "called" to the single life? I don't think it's going to work for her. Her squeaky clean-ness reads to me as, well, squeaky . . . in the sense of being an annoying gadfly full of advice for other people to follow.
maloney | Sep 17, 2010, 01:45 PM EDT
Dennis...SEXIST!! Shame on you, you old 9/11 truther.
DennisQ | Sep 17, 2010, 12:42 PM EDT
There's no delicate way to ask questions about the sex life of an anti-sex crusader, Monsoonman. O'Donnell's professional career seems to be built around a code of behavior that not many of can emulate, even if we thought it was the right thing to do.
She certainly has the choice to live the way she does - that's not the point. She's way out of the mainstream, even for a Republican.
Monsoonman | Sep 17, 2010, 12:20 PM EDT
You ever wonder why liberals, never care about their own ilks sexual proclivities, their right to "choice", their right to marry the same sex, their right to disrespect all religions, (except islam)...But if a conservative woman chooses not to marry it is cause for great alarm to them...LOL!!!! So transparent and illogical. Oh yes building 7 had charges set so it would fall down exactly 7 hrs. after it started on fire....LOL!!!!!!Brendin you need to come to the rescue, lol, lol, lol!!!!!!!
DennisQ | Sep 17, 2010, 02:33 AM EDT
Because this election has national significance - control of the Senate is potentially at stake - both parties are going to put some serious effort into winning. Christine O'Donnell will face a scrutiny that she's never experienced. She wasn't expected to win the Republican primary, and when polls broke in her favor, it was too late for Mike Castle to do anything about it.
How come she's not married? She's supposed to be this great Christian woman who's committed to Christian teachings on sexuality. At 41 years old, is she still waiting for the right man to come along?
For an advocate of personal responsibility, Christine O'Donnell is pretty casual about paying debts. She settled her college tuition only after the University took her to court. She fell behind on her mortgage payments while she was running for office, and eventually sold the property to her campaign manager. And the IRS got after her for her taxes.
O'Donnell is not exactly working her way up the ladder in politics. Because she's never held office, her first elected office will be as a Senator. And she's never held really responsible positions either, except as a spokesperson for various out-of-the-mainstream causes. O'Donnell isn't giving the voters a lot to go on. Even the people who like her are taking a chance.
O'Donnell's opponent Chris Coons is a believable, down-to-earth family guy with lots of influential local friends. Unlike Mike Castle, who was blindsided by the late arrival of out-of-state money, Coons is prepared for battle with the Republican fringe elements that make up the Tea Party.
Delaware voters will recognize Christine O'Donnell as extreme, unseasoned and too personally undisciplined to be their senator. Chris Coons is a nice guy who has paid his dues. He has an attractive family and proven record. He should win easily.
Monsoonman | Sep 16, 2010, 08:53 PM EDT
I think when the voters of Delaware realize she is just a regular American who has had to struggle with edicts put upon her by the Washington elite they will vote for her. When the voters realize the democrat candidate is just another harvard lawyer, who also happens to be an avowed marxist...yes i think she has a good chance to become the republican senator from delaware.
maloney | Sep 16, 2010, 09:57 AM EDT
Patrick... spot on. Great article.
DennisQ | Sep 16, 2010, 03:02 AM EDT
You're right that she has a shot, but she'll have to convince Delaware voters she has the gravitas to be a senator. It will probably be more important what O'Donnell says for herself now than what she's said in the past.
Republicans are probably looking how to avoid situations like the gubernatorial race in Colorado that saw the unelectable Dan Maes win the primary. Mainstream Republicans may throw their support behind third party candidate Tom Tancredo, who's running on an anti-immigration platform.
How is Christine O'Donnell going to handle questions about positions she has taken in the past? The press will surely ask her about her support for teaching creationism in schools. Will she tell them she thinks evolution is just a theory? And when the ask about abortion, will she say she opposes it even in cases of rape and incest?