‘Riding a wave of conservative anger, Tea Party darling and Sarah Palin-backed Christine O’Donnell defeats Rep. Mike Castle in stunning victory in Delaware’s GOP Senate primary.’
Update: Both the left and the Republican establishment are deeply pissed off:
‘A conservative ‘Tea Party’ favorite knocked off the establishment choice in Delaware’s Republican Senate primary election last night, dealing a shock blow to the party’s chances to recapture the U.S. Senate in November.
Christine O’Donnell scored the biggest in a string of Tea Party upsets this year over nine-term Representative Michael Castle, a popular former governor and one of the last Republican moderates in Congress. (code for a long-time trougher who is a Republican in name only. kg)
…National and state Republicans had rushed in recent weeks to help Castle, worried that O’Donnell could not win the November race for the Democratic Senate seat long held by Vice President Joe Biden.
……Castle is the eighth Senate candidate supported by the national Republican campaign committee to lose a primary this year and the result was perhaps the biggest display yet of anti-Washington anger.
……’Delaware Republicans chose an ultra-right wing extremist who is out of step with Delaware values,’ said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, who leads the party’s campaign committee.’ Smell the fear–on both sides.
