"THE OTHER RACE IN DELAWARE"

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"There's been considerable interest in Delaware's Republican Senate primary this week, and with good reason -- it's not often a key Republican pick-up opportunity becomes a Democratic opportunity overnight.

But reader R.S. emails a good question:

I am out here , so I don't know much about Delaware, but I do know Castle was their member of the House of Representatives.

All the focus has been on the Senate race. Who is running to replace Castle in the House? Democratic pickup in the offing?

It's an interesting story, actually. In the open U.S. House race, with Mike Castle (R) giving up his seat for an unsuccessful Senate race, the Republican Party rallied behind a candidate named Michelle Rollins, a wealthy attorney named to the NRCC's "Young Guns" program and the beneficiary of campaign checks from every member of the House Republican leadership. Democrats, meanwhile, rallied to former Lt. Gov. John Carney (D), setting up a competitive contest.

But the same GOP primary voters who nominated Christine O'Donnell for the U.S. Senate weren't impressed with the establishment's choice for the House, and they nominated real estate developer and Tea Party favorite Glen Urquhart.

There aren't many "red" House seats Dems hope to flip this year, but this is clearly one of them. A survey this week from Public Policy Polling showed Carney leading Urquhart by double digits, 48% to 37%

Soon after the NRCC announced its list of 47 races in which it plans to air television ads -- and Urquhart's didn't make the list.

And just to get a sense of what kind of congressional candidate Glen Urquhart is, note that he believes the notion of separation of church and state was crafted, not by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, but by Adolf Hitler. He recently told voters, " next time your liberal friends talk about the separation of church and state, ask them why they're Nazis."

Seriously. He actually said that.

PPP's Dean Debnam noted this week, "Delaware has really worked out well for Democrats."

—Steve Benen 2:15 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (8)
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1. "ask them why they're Nazis."?

And this is a serious Republican candidate?

If these people get control the country is royally screwed.

I refuse to call these people "Tea Party" anymore. They are Republicans running as Republicans and if they are elected they will serve with an (R) behind their name.

Time for the Republicans to own their evil spawn.

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2. Yeah, the teabaggers have now taken over the

republicon party. The republiconbags if you will. Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, and Lincoln would be rightfully disgusted..rove is to the left of them. They're insane with power...no dirty lie is too stupid bc they know they have a captive audience with the imbeciles that limpbaugh/fauxsn00ze have carefully nutured with years of brainwashing.

How surreal to live in country like that when growing up you could depend on the media to inform us ..not sucker us for their slimeass agenda.

Oh, and rove had to backdown and own christine o'donnell on faux the other night..while it was satisfying to hear about rove backtracking and cowering to the teabag overtake..it's serious that faux is brainwashing these sponge types with so much hate..the extremists go out and kill or threaten to kill "liberals" and if they're not that hyped up.. they just spew hate and bigotry everywhere they go.

Hopefully there's enough rational people in our country to keep these extremists out of power..I know we have no help from the professional leftists. hamsher wanted to march with 'em for idiot's sake.:silly:

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