Tea Party candidates nab early leads in Del., N.H.

[brooklynite]

Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON — Tea party-supported candidates in New Hampshire and Delaware seized early leads over establishment-backed rivals in Republican senatorial races Tuesday, the finale to a primary season marked by economic recession and political upheaval.

In New Hampshire, Ovide Lamontagne had 49 percent of the vote to 34 percent for former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, with ballots counted from 8 percent of the state's precincts.

Returns from 66 percent of Delaware precincts showed Christine O'Donnell with 55 percent of the vote. Rep. Mike Castle, a fixture in state politics for a generation, had 44 percent in a race that turned particularly negative in recent weeks after the Tea Party Express rode to O'Donnell's aid.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39170344/ns/politics-decision_2010/

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[KILL THE WISE ONE]

1. A.P. calls it for her now

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. Sweet!

Bring on the crazy. That should energize the base if nothing else.

[ixion]

3. The Silver Lining: Putting whack jobs at the helm

will hasten the collapse, which means the healing can begin.

[Tesha]

4. Ovide LaMontagne in NH may be Tea Party backed, but he *ISN'T* a Tea Partier.

He's your standard Religious Reich Republican,
and he isn't a newcomer to NH politics. He was
the Republican Gubernatorial candidate in 1996
when (IIRC) he lost to Democrat Jeanne Shaheen.

Mr. Tesha often brags that he helped nominate
Ovide in that year's Republican primary, knowing
full well that he'd be the easier candidate for
the Democrat to beat in the General Election.
And here's hoping its true this year as well,
although I'm not as sanguine about that now.

Tesha

[Tesha]

5. This morning, Ayotte, the machine candidate, is back in the lead.

The race is still close, though, and LaMontagne has
is calling for a recount. An unsettled result is very good
new for Paul Hodes and the Democrats!

Tesha