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Hot Questions: Is Christine O'Donnell Hurting the GOP in Pennsylvania?
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 25, 2010 11:15am |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | John Dickerson |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Monday, October 25, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Will Christine O'Donnell cost Republicans two Senate seats? Ever since she won Delaware's Republican nomination for senator in September, the conventional wisdom has been that Christine O'Donnell turned a sure win for Republicans (if Rep. Mike Castle were the nominee) into a sure win for Democrats. In this case, the conventional wisdom is not wrong. But now I've been hearing a pitch from several Democrats involved in the Pennsylvania and Delaware races that O'Donnell could affect the Senate race in Pennsylvania, too. She's so toxic, they say, and so visible in the Philadelphia media market, that she's convincing voters Republicans are too extreme. It's a contributing factor in the tightening that appears to be happening in both the Senate and gubernatorial races.
This theory has a lot of potential adherents. Democrats hope to sell it in order to keep pushing the "Republicans are extreme" message. Establishment Republicans irritated with O'Donnell--and Sarah Palin--want to argue that the reckless campaign might cost them more than simply the seat in Delaware. And TV producers and Web site editors like this theory because it is about Christine O'Donnell. Though she's 20 points behind in Delaware, and there are a dozen more interesting Senate races, she's good for ratings and readership. But this theory is also like those watches they sell on the street corner: shiny and thin. No one has any proof at all. |
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