DE Senate--Castle rips out of state operations & takes swipe at Palin

[WI_DEM]

WILMINGTON, Del. — Rep. Mike Castle is blaming the influence of outsiders for the closer-than-expected GOP Senate primary he's locked in against tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell.

Castle, who last faced a primary election challenger in 1992, said the six-figure sums pumped into the state by the Tea Party Express, and the recent endorsements of O'Donnell by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, prove that his opposition is being powered by out-of-state forces.

This has been a complete out-of-state operation, a political action committee from California, a couple people from Washington, D.C., and that's it. It's not been a local campaign. It's not had local donations," Castle told reporters in downtown Wilmington before campaigning along a bustling Market Street during the Monday lunch hour.

"It's clear they have spent several hundred thousand dollars to not only take me out but to take anybody who dares to vote with the other party at any time out," he said.

"I was thinking about Sarah Palin and wondering if she's ever been in Delaware. I don't know if she has or not, or even been through Delaware, for all that matters," he said, noting he's never met Palin

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[NewJeffCT]

1. aww, does he want any cheese with his whine?

I hope O'Donnell wins, so we have a chance in this race.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

2. This is great. The table is being set for a civil war within the Republican Party.

The fissures can only widen. If the Tea Party nutbags cause the GOP to lose races otherwise in the bag, the blame game will spiral out of control. The GOP establishment will not be able to put the Tea Party genie back in the bottle.

[Historic NY]

Hey Mike thank Dick Armey & the Kochs.....your buddies.

[Historic NY]

3. Hey Mike thank Dick Armey & the Kochs.....your buddies.