O'Donnell, Coons face off in first debate before packed house

The Hill ^ | 9/16/10 | Shane D'Aprile

[Nachum]

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Just two days after her upset of Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in the state's Republican Senate primary, Tea Party-backed Christine O'Donnell shared a stage with New Castle County Executive Chris Coons (D) in their first meeting of the general election contest.

Thanks to the format of the yearly candidate forum sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Delaware, the stage was shared by eight candidates, but the main attraction was the impending battle between O'Donnell and Coons. The result was a standing-room-only crowd in a packed auditorium.

The forum was an early test for O'Donnell, who despite having run for federal office before has never endured anything close to the national media storm that has descended upon her since she defeated Castle on Tuesday.

[Nachum]

She's good. She's learning fast.

Hold on to your hats folks..

[fortheDeclaration]

She is honest and knows what she believes.

She will do very well in any debates.

[Lloyd227]

Did anyone here see it? How’d our young lady hold up?

[buschbaby]

Sounds like she did fine. Had she not, I’m sure there would be screaming headlines about her ‘crazy’ answers.

[unkus]

Did anyone here see it? How’d our young lady hold up?

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I’d loved to have seen that debate. She is open and honest. Rats need to hide their true selves. But, I’m preaching to the choir.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Coons said "This race is not about ideology, but about ideas," he said. "Not about a narrow social agenda, but about who is going to fight to get this country back on track."

Point one, ideology drives ideas
Point two, Coons offered a false choice.
Hope O'Donnell focuses in on these...

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

If there is one thing we DON'T need it's another Leftist Ivy League Lawyer .

GO CHRISTINE!

[A CA Guy]

I would think YouTube will have it soon. If so, someone should leave a link here.

[One Name]

May God give her strength and wisdom. Lord please use her as an instrument of Your will.

Confound our enemies, that Thy will be done.

[Army Air Corps]

“Not about a narrow social agenda, but about who is going to fight to get this country back on track.”

Uh, Coons, didn’t you get the memo? Obummer and Biden say that we are on the right track. Are you trying to say that Obummer and Co. do not have us on the right track? If so, then O’Donnell can help remedy that...

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Not about a narrow social agenda, but about who is going to fight to get this country back on track."

Through the same old Democrat "solutions": doubling down with more of the same that got us off track in the first place!

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

“Not about a narrow social agenda, but about who is going to fight to get this country back on track.”

He's obviously one of the blind "enlightened" who has his head so far up his butt that he can't recognize the nation has realized he is part of the problem.

[highlander_UW]

The article said Coons claimed to be independent of his party, but Sen. Reid views Coons as “his pet”. Someone has an inaccurate view of Coon's level of Independence.

[Libloather]

CRAP! That was FAST! C-Span best show it over the weekend.

[AmericaOne]

Amen

[Army Air Corps]

Not only that, he doesn’t even know the latest talking point BS from Obummer Central.

[mrsmith]

Looking forward to intelligent, clear-headed reports of how she did...

[The Cajun]

The article said Coons claimed to be independent of his party

If that's true, Coonsie is scared.

[Truthsearcher]

This is the only time I will shallowly comment on her appearance.

She’s a very attractive woman, I think she’s hotter than Sarah Palin.

That’s gotta be worth some votes, right?

[Pox]

This is not a surprise, since most dems who actually want to win in November will do whatever they can to distance themselves from O and our current disastrous mob of “leaders”.