Castle will not back O'Donnell

[jefferson_dem]

Castle will not back O'Donnell

By Shane D'Aprile - 09/14/10 11:24 PM ET

A Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) campaign source confirmed to The Hill late Tuesday that the longtime congressman will not be endorsing Christine O'Donnell.

The Tea Party-backed O'Donnell defeated Castle for Delaware's Republican Senate nomination.

After the stunning primary loss, Castle's campaign also said the longtime congressman is not interested in waging a write in bid this November.

In Alaska, Sen Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is contemplating an independent write in campaign after she lost to Tea Party backed Joe Miller in the August GOP primary.

As to whether the national party would back O'Donnell, a Castle campaign source said the campaign has no knowledge of their thinking but said "they should save their money."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/118847-castle-will-not-back-odonnell?page=2#comments

[AtomicKitten]

1. Rachel said last night that polling shows 44% of Castle's base will back the Democrat. nt

[Enthusiast]

2. I hope the poll is correct. nt

[TheBigotBasher]

3. It serves them right.

They opened up a whole can of crazy that they can not put back in the tin. Appealing to racism, bigotry and fear means you then have deal with racists and bigots. What on Earth did they expect?

[Patiod]

4. Castle is not a bad guy

He was one of the few true moderates left in the Republican party, and lots of people who otherwise voted straight-Dem ticket voted for him because they liked him as a person. Not a dig to LynnSin, but the largest block of votes in Delaware (up North) are all two degrees of separation of less away from each other, and those who don't actually know Castle personally all know someone who does.

It will be important for the DNC to get make sure there's a decent get out the vote effort to get Dems to the polls this Fall. Not just in Delaware, either.