Okay Christine O'Donnell, You Can Hate the Media

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  Last night on FOX News' "The Sean Hannity Show", Delaware's GOP Senate Candidate Christine O'Donnell renounced the national media saying "I'm not going to do any more national media because this is my focus: Delaware's my focus, and the local media's my focus..." Funny how she made this announcement on one of the largest national media outlets.
  Christine O'Donnell, as a public figure, is really starting to crack me up. First with those old PSA's on Sex-Ed and now with the allegations she practiced witch craft, I am really starting to get a kick out of her. Even though those events are pointless and add nothing to her role as a candidate, its just funny to see how more and more ridiculous these Tea-Party endorsed candidates get. I thought this hilarity would end after Palin, but Christine O'Donnell is sufficiently filling the void.

Video and Transcript from her appearance on the Heannity Show.

Well, Well, Well GOP

  Now I know I've been talking about the Mid-Term elections with quite some frequency lately. Every time I pop open my RSS reader, there is at least one or two articles pertaining to the Mid-Term election. Besides, what fun is a blog from a political junkie if he won't go over the looming elections.
  In any case, the Washington Post has reported today that the Republican Party is beginning the process of reining in fringe Tea Party members to avoid a massive fracture in the party's voter base come November. I've discussed the risk of a party fracture before, and really it almost comes as no surprise that mainstream Republicans are trying hard to bridge the gap that has formed.
  Is this too little too late? Possibly, but I am willing to bet that this outreach from mainstream Republicans is going to have some noticeable effect on how current Tea Party affiliates associate them selves in terms of political parties. But by the same token, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if this outreach effort fails. What will really interest me will be how and why the outreach succeeded or failed. Tea Party affiliates, for the most part, aren't dumb. Many of them will realize that this is just the GOP trying to collect their voter base to make gains in November. I seriously doubt the GOP has any interest outside of amassing voters, to seriously make the Tea Party movement a part of the party.

Washington Post report: WPost

Does Palin Spell Success? 'You Betcha!'

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  I called it last week, when I said that Palin and the Tea Party's endorsement of Christine O'Donnell would mark success for the Delaware GOP candidate. CNN now reports that Christine O'Donnell has indeed WON her Senate Primary against Republican incumbent Michael Castle. This is big news, not only for Mid-Term election, but for Palin and for the Tea Party movement. If this sort of endorsement record continues, and the Tea Party movement garners enough support behind these Republican candidates, then Democrats definitely face some very scary results in November. Now of course nothing is set in stone, and we could see something completely different come November, but this sort of thing is so much fun to watch and analyze that, regardless of the shift control, it almost never gets old.

Political junkies, start your engines!

Does Palin Have the Midas Touch?

  Given how Sarah Palin's endorsement of Joe Miller in the Alaskan GOP Senate Primary played out, is it a stretch to say the same will happen now in Delaware? As the LA Times is reporting, former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is endorsing Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell over incumbent Rep. Michael Castle. The anti-incumbent sentiment is running high, and it seems as though efforts on part of Sarah Palin and the Tea-Party Express is only going to amplify the anti-incumbent sentiment. But will Sarah Palin's formal endorsement really make a difference? Delaware is very different from Alaska, but given Sarah Palin's national status amongst Conservatives, it's not hard to see why her endorsement would be a game changing factor. But the story of the Alaskan Primary might have owed more to the Palin-Murkowski Feud than it did anti-incumbent sentiment.
  Family Politics aside, if Palin's endorsement in Delaware spells success for O'Donnell, will it cause a mad frenzy among Conservatives to vie for her support?
Disregarding the fact that Sarah Palin isn't even a candidate, this election season can be majorly successful for her if she continues a flawless endorsement streak.
Whatever the result in Delaware it is sure to be an exciting time leading up to November.