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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 07:42 AM
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nytimes headline....G.O.P. Insurgents Win in Del. and N.Y.
The Tea Party movement scored another victory on Tuesday, helping to propel a dissident Republican, Christine O’Donnell, to an upset win over Representative Michael N. Castle in the race for the United States Senate nomination in Delaware.

Mr. Castle, a moderate who served two terms as governor and had been reliably winning elections for the last four decades, became the latest establishment Republican casualty. Republican leaders, who had actively opposed Ms. O’Donnell, said the outcome complicated the party’s chances of winning control of the Senate.

With all precincts reporting, Ms. O’Donnell won 53 percent of the vote to Mr. Castle’s 47 percent. The primary drew 57,000 voters, a small slice of the overall electorate.

Ms. O’Donnell, a former abstinence counselor who had failed in previous attempts to run for office in Delaware, won the endorsement of Sarah Palin, Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and other leaders of the party’s conservative wing.

“A lot of people said we can’t win the general election; yes we can!” Ms. O’Donnell said. “It will be hard work, but we can win if those same people who fought against me work just as hard for me.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/politics/15elect.html?_r=1&ref=global-home&pagewanted=print
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liberalpress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 07:49 AM
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1. Good for us
Looks Like the Democrats have retained that Senate seat. BTW Ms O'Donnell and her followers are against both sex and masturbation. Explains why they seem so angry all the time.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 07:49 AM
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2. and in other teaparty news.....
the moon is made of green cheese
the Polaroid one-step is just what your teen wants for Xmas
all new cars will have an upper-limit price of $5K
the ice caps are thicker than ever
Fox IS fair & balanced

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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 07:58 AM
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3. Great news for Dems.
Hopefully the general results will once more demonstrate what happens when splinter groups push agendas outside the mainstream.
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