With only seven weeks until the midterm elections, the Republican Party is now widely believed to have a very good shot at taking control of the House of Representatives, and at least the possibility of wresting power away from the Democrats in the Senate. Nate Silver gives them a 25 percent chance of winning the upper chamber, while Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics says the Senate is “on the bubble.” But success in flipping Delaware’s Democratically controlled (and formerly Joe Biden–occupied) seat would be essential to winning a majority in the Senate, and it’s looking increasingly likely that instead of nominating longtime moderate congressman Mike Castle tomorrow — who leads Democratic nominee Chris Coons, according to polls — Republican voters may pick tea-party insurgent Christine O’Donnell, who is trailing Coons, perhaps because she is kind of nuts, and lies all the time. Read More
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Christine O’Donnell
Christine O’Donnell
With only seven weeks until the midterm elections, the Republican Party is now widely believed to have a very good shot at taking control of the House of Representatives, and at least the possibility of wresting power away from the Democrats in the Senate. Nate Silver gives them a 25 percent chance of winning the upper chamber, while Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics says the Senate is “on the bubble.” But success in flipping Delaware’s Democratically controlled (and formerly Joe Biden–occupied) seat would be essential to winning a majority in the Senate, and it’s looking increasingly likely that instead of nominating longtime moderate congressman Mike Castle tomorrow — who leads Democratic nominee Chris Coons, according to polls — Republican voters may pick tea-party insurgent Christine O’Donnell, who is trailing Coons, perhaps because she is kind of nuts, and lies all the time. Read More
With only seven weeks until the midterm elections, the Republican Party is now widely believed to have a very good shot at taking control of the House of Representatives, and at least the possibility of wresting power away from the Democrats in the Senate. Nate Silver gives them a 25 percent chance of winning the upper chamber, while Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics says the Senate is “on the bubble.” But success in flipping Delaware’s Democratically controlled (and formerly Joe Biden–occupied) seat would be essential to winning a majority in the Senate, and it’s looking increasingly likely that instead of nominating longtime moderate congressman Mike Castle tomorrow — who leads Democratic nominee Chris Coons, according to polls — Republican voters may pick tea-party insurgent Christine O’Donnell, who is trailing Coons, perhaps because she is kind of nuts, and lies all the time. Read More
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