We were told the day after the primary by Karl Rove that all was lost for Republicans in Delaware because the ultra-liberal Republican Mike Castle (52% life time rating by the American Conservative Union) had been defeated; from there it was down hill for Christine O'Donnell who received no support from the aparatchiks within the RNC.
With all of her neophyte missteps and all the negative publicity, all the derisive comments from pundits on our side, the lack of support from the RNC (both in money but more specifically from the expert help in running a campaign of that size), no endorsement from the primary opponent, Mike Castle, typical of a liberal whiney loser, just look at Melancon in Louisiana… O'Donnell the conservative candidate lost by only 16 points. Only 16, you say?
Delaware had a Republican moderate candidate in 2008 who was revered by the RNC and cherished by triangulators like Rove…….and he lost by 23 points in Delaware!!! 23 points! The moderate lost by 23!
Even if you assign the 7% difference between moderate maverick sellout John McCain's total and O'Donnell's total to Obama's fall from grace (which doesn't seem to have happened in Delaware by the way), you're still left wondering how much closer it could have been with the country club RNC's full support.
As for Karly Rove, What happened in California with his type of candidate and the full support of the RNC, no lack of personal funds to boot, and no smart a$$ pundit telling the media the day after the primary that they had selected the wrong candidates? A 9% loss with a Rovian Republican in the Senate race and a 13% loss in the governor's race.
Can we stop calling him "The Architect". How about "Mr. Negative" or "The Blowhard". Thanks, Karl.