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Castle will test waters with poll
The Politicio ^ | September 23, 2010 | David Catanese

Posted on 09/23/2010 5:34:37 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

Rep. Mike Castle is planning on polling a potential three-way Senate race to test his chances as a write-in candidate, a Delaware Republican tells POLITICO.

Castle, who lost his GOP primary by a 6-point margin to tea party upstart Christine O’Donnell nine days ago, opened the door to a potential write-in bid Wednesday evening when he told reporters off the House floor it was still a possibility he was considering.

The GOP source did not have specifics on when Castle’s team would conduct the poll, but viewed it as a practical step even if the nine-term congressman was unlikely to re-enter the race.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: delaware
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1 posted on 09/23/2010 5:34:40 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; Norman Bates; LdSentinal; ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93; ..

I think that this should be encouraged. I don’t think that Christine O’Donnell can win a two-candidate race, but she could easily win a three-candidate race.


2 posted on 09/23/2010 5:35:56 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama's more worried about Israelis building houses than he is about Islamists building atomic bombs)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Rush speculated today that if Castle ran, he might pull votes from the bearded Marxist.

And then, hello Senator O’Donnell! :)


3 posted on 09/23/2010 5:36:44 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Clintonfatigued

Rove, you magnificent b@st@rd.


4 posted on 09/23/2010 5:37:58 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Clintonfatigued

I guess Karl will approve of this


5 posted on 09/23/2010 5:38:04 PM PDT by italianquaker (obama all hat no cattle)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Rush Limbaugh stated today that the very best thing Castle could do for O’Donnell is to mount a write in campaign because he would split the liberal vote with the dem. For that reason I doubt he will do it, instead he will endorse and campaign for the dem. Castle’s only goal at this point is to see O’Donnell defeated.


6 posted on 09/23/2010 5:38:59 PM PDT by apillar
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To: exit82; DelaWhere; MarkLevinFan; Fishtalk; outofstyle; Clintonfatigued

Well, what a brave, sore loser. He’s going to conduct a poll.


7 posted on 09/23/2010 5:39:44 PM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat; BillyBoy

“Rush speculated today that if Castle ran, he might pull votes from the bearded Marxist.”

I think that Rush is right. Mike Castle will hurt Chris Coons, not Christine O’Donnell if he goes through with it.


8 posted on 09/23/2010 5:40:50 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama's more worried about Israelis building houses than he is about Islamists building atomic bombs)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Garbage, he’ll “test waters with poll”.

This was all brought about the night he lost, and he spent time on the phone with Obama and the dems.

Whether we win or lose, good riddance to trash.


9 posted on 09/23/2010 5:44:30 PM PDT by I still care (I believe in the universality of freedom -George Bush, asked if he regrets going to war.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Castle would take away from Coons. I say run!


10 posted on 09/23/2010 5:46:19 PM PDT by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: Clintonfatigued
This election cycle is separating out and spotlighting those whose goal is to accumulate and hold on to power from those who wish to honor their Constitutional duty to serve "the People" and the Republic.

Do the Crists, the Castles and the Murkowskis not recognize how arrogant, self-serving and power-hungry their actions reveal them to be?

11 posted on 09/23/2010 5:48:27 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: Clintonfatigued

I am hearing on the ground that Castle is dead serious and thinks he can win. Strategy is to run as an Independent but promise to caucus with the GOP - analogous to Lieberman.

NRSC will likely give Castle wink and a nod - they either get O’Donnell or Castle - not Coons.

OK with me.


12 posted on 09/23/2010 5:50:53 PM PDT by mwl8787
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To: Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Norman Bates; LdSentinal; ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93

Even if this could actually improve the GOP odds of winning in this particular instance, I do not think it is a good idea *ever* to encourage primary losers to run as write-ins. We hold primaries for a reason, and if RINOs start pulling Murkowskis every time they lose a primary we’ll end up with the RINOs holding us hostage (”vote for the RINO in the primary or he’ll run as a write-in and split the Republican vote”). We can’t lose the forest for the trees here.

And if conservatives are seen as supportive of Castle running to split the liberal vote, it will make liberals rally around Coons and Castle will end up taking more votes from O’Donnell than from Coons.


13 posted on 09/23/2010 5:53:31 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: mwl8787

Oh, the NRSC. There’s a group who have kept their heads hidden up their asses since they announced no funding for COD while she was trying to thank her supporters. They are children trying to get into politics.


14 posted on 09/23/2010 6:00:38 PM PDT by healy61
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To: Clintonfatigued

Is there some common denominator of national, fat-cat RINO backers that are offering funds to both Castle and that lady Senator from Alaska, whose name escapes me?


15 posted on 09/23/2010 6:03:50 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Clintonfatigued

>> Castle will test waters with poll

I wager Christine has a better chance of testing the waters than he.


16 posted on 09/23/2010 6:06:17 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Wuli

I think that they left their campaign treasuries unspent and see this as an opportunity to use them against underfunded opponents.


17 posted on 09/23/2010 6:08:03 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama's more worried about Israelis building houses than he is about Islamists building atomic bombs)
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To: mwl8787

“Strategy is to run as an Independent but promise to caucus with the GOP - analogous to Lieberman.

NRSC will likely give Castle wink and a nod - they either get O’Donnell or Castle - not Coons.

OK with me.”

OK with me too. This is great news. We’ll see if Castle trains his fire on Coons.


18 posted on 09/23/2010 6:09:01 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (Refudiate 0bama '12)
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To: Lou Budvis
We’ll see if Castle trains his fire on Coons.

LOL! Not a chance in hell.

19 posted on 09/23/2010 6:20:51 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Sore LoserRINO


20 posted on 09/23/2010 6:23:00 PM PDT by Siegfried X
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