Charles Krauthammer Slams Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint Over Delaware Endorsement

Charles Krauthammer: Palin And DeMint's O'Donnell Endorsements "Destructive" "Capricious" "Irresponsible"
Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer views the knee-jerk Endorsements of Tea Party Candidate Christine O’Donnell by Sarah Palin and S.C. Senator Jim DeMint “capricious” and “irresponsible.” The Palin Endorsement, I think, is disruptive and capricious, Krauthammer said Monday night on Fox News Special Report. Bill Buckley had a rule that he always supported the most conservative Candidate who was electable, otherwise the vote is simply...

Charles Krauthammer rips 'irresponsible' Palin
Leading conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer has rebuked former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) for making the “irresponsible” choice of endorsing Christine O’Donnell over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware GOP Senate primary. “The Palin Endorsement, I think, is disruptive and capricious,” Krauthammer said Monday night on Fox News’ “Special Report.” “Bill Buckley had a rule that he always supported the most...

Demint Speaks About Krauhammer's Disappointing Views On Christine O'Donnell
In case you haven’t read, Krauthammer called Sarah Palin’s and Jim DeMint’s Endorsement of O’Donnell irresponsible and capricious . His thinking is that O’Donnell cannot beat Coons in November, but Mike Castle can. Here is DeMint on the Great One’s radio show - ht/mb

Primaries: 'Tea party' candidate Christine O'Donnell wins Delaware GOP contest
The insurgent "Tea Party" movement vanquished the Republican Party establishment Tuesday as an underdog Candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware won a Primary that had become a national proxy war for the heart of the GOP. Conservative Activist Christine O'Donnell, a perennial Candidate with no experience in elective office, defeated longtime Rep. Michael N. Castle — a dramatic finale to a Primary season dominated by the Small-government movement's revolt against moderate elements of...

Christine O'Donnell Wins In Delaware, National GOP Vows Not To Support Her
News out of Delaware is that Palin/DeMint/Tea Party Express-backed Christine O’Donnell has defeated long-time congressman Mike Castle in the state’s GOP primary in what had to be the nastiest race in the nation to date. And that prompted the National Republican Senatorial Campaign to announce that they won’t be supporting O’Donnell’s campaign. I’ve largely refrained from commenting on the O’Donnell/Castle race, mostly because it seemed as though every...

GOP Internecine Warfare - Less Than It Seems?
Charles Krauthammer is upset with Sarah Palin for endorsing Tea Party Candidate Christine O’Donnell in Delaware’s Senate race: On Monday’s edition of Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Beir,” columnist Charles Krauthammer criticized former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) for endorsing Delaware Tea Party Candidate Christine O’Donnell over moderate Rep. Mike Castle. Here’s an excerpt: Krauthammer: The Palin Endorsement, I...

Krauthammer: Palin's and DeMint's endorsements of O'Donnell are destructive, capricious, irresponsible
Via the Right Scoop . There’s nothing here that you haven’t heard before, but since “true Conservatives” are in RINO-stomp mode towards Paul Mirengoff and John McCormack and Jim Geraghty and a bunch of other people who were Conservatives in good standing as of, say, four days ago, let’s make sure the stealth liberal known as Charles Krauthammer takes his licks too. The only part of CK’s monologue that I disagree with is the “capricious” part:...

Battle of the endorsements: Sarah Palin vs. Jim DeMint
Sarah Palin has seven endorsees running in Tuesdays primaries. Sen. Jim DeMint has backed winning Senate Primary Candidates in Florida, Kentucky, and Colorado. Both appear to be setting up power bases.

Let's Get Behind Chris Coons
….Wingnut Right-wing crazyChristine O’Donnell, fresh from Endorsements by Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint, whose most high-profile political position is her suggestion that the government should ban Masturbation . (UPDATE: a couple of readers object to this, pointing out that she has never explicitly said this. Okay; they have a point. So: she has spoken out against Masturbation and said “Abstinence is not enough”; she said that age-appropriate Sex Education...

National GOP Looks West: NRSC Washing Hands Of Delaware After Christine O'Donnell Win
The national Republicans who whispered for weeks that Christine O'Donnell was unelectable are done with Delaware. A National Republican Senatorial Committee source told TPM tonight that the Party will be sending money and support elsewhere since O'Donnell, not moderate Rep. Mike Castle (R), is the nominee. O'Donnell, a perennial Candidate who has never held political office, trails Democratic nominee Chris Coons. NRSC officials say that if O'Donnell proves she is viable as a Candidate in...

TRENDING: Tea Party Express, Palin also big winners in Delaware
From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express have endorsed a number of winning primary Candidates. (CNN) - Christine O'Donnell's upset win over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary is also another major Victory for the Tea Party Express and for Sarah Palin. "I also want to thank the Tea Party Express," said O'Donnell in her Victory Speech Tuesday night. The Tea Party Express, a leading Tea Party organization, endorsed...

Hours Before Polls Close, Gloves Come Off in Delaware
Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell, a perennial Candidate who has drawn big-name Endorsements from Sarah Palin and South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, is challenging Rep. Mike Castle for the GOP Senate nomination.  She was at one point considered a long shot, but her candidacy got renewed attention after conservative Joe Miller beat Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in their state's GOP Senate primary last month.  A lengthy list of Republican contenders have fallen to Tea Party-backed...

Christine O'Donnell Wins: Tea Party Revolt Topples The Delaware GOP
It's hard to try to put this one in perspective. There may never have been a losing primary Candidate more favored by his state and national Party than Mike Castle. The chairman of the state GOP, Tom Ross, worked as a virtual spokesman for the Castle campaign, leading the attack against Christine O'Donnell. The RNC was officially backing Castle, after the state Party requested its support. Castle has been a player in Delaware Republican politics since 1966. He is a giant. A titan, as one...

Christine O'Donnell for the win!
It's Tea time! Primary Day dawns with Christine O'Donnell front and center on Drudge : "In Tuesday's Delaware Primary, the Tea Party movement may inflict its most devastating wound yet to the Republican establishment 'I have no doubt it she by some miracle became the nominee she would lose the seat by unprecedented numbers,' Delaware republican Party chairman Tom Ross hyperventilated said." By Sissy Willis of sisu Christine O'Donnell for the win? ...

Christine O'Donnell scores Tea Party upset in Delaware
Backed by "Tea Party" movement Activists and Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell delivered another blow to the Republican establishment, winning the Party's Senate nomination in Delaware. O'Donnell's victory gives the GOP a nominee whom Delaware Republican Party Chairman Tom Ross has said can't win in November. In the primary, Ross backed Mike Castle , a Veteran congressman and former Delaware Governor who had won 12 statewide races in a row before O'Donnell broke his string on Tuesday....

Will tea party's latest victim be Delaware's Rep. Castle? (McClatchy Newspapers)
Washington — Tuesday, the last big Primary Election Day this year, could be the biggest test yet of Tea Party influence, as the Conservative grass-roots movement appears within striking distance of denying Veteran moderate U.S. Rep. Michael Castle the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Delaware . So far this year, Tea Party Activists have turned voter anger against Washington into a Purge of Republicans they regard as too cozy with Democrats and toppled GOP establishment Senate...

A Tea Party tornado approaching from Delaware?
Washingtonians may escape to Delaware's Rehoboth Beach (Photo: Scott Dunn, Flickr/Getty Images) The tiny state of Delaware, where Washingtonians escape to the beach and for a bit of tax-free shopping, is an unlikely place for a political revolution. Reliably Democratic, for more than three decades Delaware dutifully returned Joe Biden to the Senate. In the battle for Biden’s old seat, it seemed that the only twist might be that Republican former Governor and long-time congressman Mike...

"Christine O'Donnell, whose candidacy was supported Tea Party activists and backed by Sarah Palin, stunned Republicans Tuesday night..."
"...by beating a Party-backed Candidate, Representative Michael N. Castle, in the Senate primary in Delaware." I don't know that much about O'Donnell, but I was dismayed by efforts to portray her as unstable because she went to court after she was subjected to what she thought was sex Discrimination. And I don't know much about Castle, but why was a 70-year-old man running for a First Term in the Senate? That struck me as self-centered vanity at odds with the interests of his Party —...

NRA, DeMint nods cited for Delaware's O'Donnell
DOVER, Del. – Christine O'Donnell has picked up key Endorsements from the National Rifle Association and conservative Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina in Delaware's Republican U.S. Senate primary. The NRA said Friday that it can depend on O'Donnell to defend the right to Bear Arms. The group is asking Delaware Gun owners to vote for O'Donnell in Tuesday's primary. O'Donnell is challenging longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Castle, who has received a grade of "F" from the NRA...

NRA, DeMint nods cited for Delaware's O'Donnell
DOVER, Del. — Christine O'Donnell has picked up key Endorsements from the National Rifle Association and conservative Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina in Delaware's Republican U.S. Senate primary. The NRA said Friday that it can depend on O'Donnell to defend the right to Bear Arms. The group is asking Delaware Gun owners to vote for O'Donnell in Tuesday's primary. O'Donnell is challenging longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Castle, who has received a grade of "F" from the NRA...

Krauthammer Slams Palin & DeMint for Supporting O'Donnell Over RINO Castle Who Voted to Impeach Bush
This was disappointing… Charles Krauthammer slammed Sarah Palin and Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) tonight saying that it was capricious, destructive and irresponsible for them to endorse Christine O’Donnell. Via The Right Scoop : Conservative Christine ODonnell leads RINO Mike Castle 47-44 in the Delaware Senate race. ** For the record… RINO Mike Castle voted to impeach George W. Bush for “ high crimes and Misdemeanors ” in 2008. Hat Tip newrouter ...

Report: National Republican Senatorial Committee Won't Fund Christine O'Donnell (Updated)
Earlier tonight Christine O’Donnell was declared the winner of the Republican Senate primary in Delaware over heavy favorite Mike Castle . Since O’Donnell was viewed as the Tea Party Candidate endorsed by Sarah Palin , with little chance of winning in the General Election in November, this race had shaped up as a the GOP establishment versus the Tea Party Republicans. In fact, just last night Charles Krauthammer called a vote for O’Donnell as irresponsible . Well...

Queen of the Castle
Well, well, well, if Tea is not your cup of Tea, perhaps we can scrounge up a few crumpets for you on Election Day. This November, we have a wide variety of Teas from such exotic locales as Alaska, Nevada, Delaware and even New Hampshire. (There is even a rumor that Herb London and Al Regnery will partner up to market something called Herbal Tea.) Any movement whose influence is being felt in all of the aforementioned states is not about to be blown away by the sneers and sniggers the Democrats...

The Downsides of a Crazy GOP.
By now, most of you probably know of Tea Party Candidate Chris tine O'Donnell 's surprising win over longtime Congressman Mike Castle for the GOP Senate nomination in Delaware. Unsurprisingly, Democrats are ecstatic about the result; Mike Castle is one of the most popular politicians in Delaware and would have easily carried the General Election had he won the primary. Now, with O'Donnell on the ballet -- and the NRSC withdrawing from the race -- Democratic nominee Chris Coons has an...

Delaware and the Future of the GOP
I was on the radio yesterday chatting about my piece on the Tea Party movement in the current issue of the magazine, and although I don't think I said anything very interesting, I was at least proud of myself for successfully remembering the names of Mike Castle and Christine O'Donnell, the Republican Candidates currently duking it out for a Senate nomination in Delaware. (On the other hand, I un successfully remembered the name of the Koch brothers' father, so you can't win 'em all. It's...