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What A Difference A Month Makes For Castle
By CQ-Roll Call Staff | September 13, 2010 2:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In early August, CQ Politics traveled to Delaware to report on the race for Vice President Joseph Biden's old Senate seat. At the time, Republican Rep. Mike Castle was comfortably ahead of his primary opponent, Christine O'Donnell.

As you can see in this video interview, Castle was unconcerned about the impact of the tea party on tiny, moderate Delaware, and was looking ahead to the general election against Democrat Chris Coons. It just goes to show you what a difference a month makes in politics.

Everything changed in late August when tea party favorite Joe Miller stunned the political world by upsetting longtime Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Senate primary. Miller benefited from endorsements from Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, as well as an infusion of cash from tea party activists. And now, many of the factors that propelled Miller to victory have lined up behind O'Donnell. Polls show the race is a dead heat.


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On Sep 13, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Hunter Biden wrote:

what i find amazing:

"In an August PPP poll, 60 percent of Republicans viewed Castle favorably and 25 percent viewed him unfavorably. But in the new poll, Castle's favorability plummeted to 43 percent, while 47 percent viewed him unfavorably."

if thats true he is screwed- whats the latest gossip?


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