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.

[Sir Napsalot]

>>>I think she’s hotter than Sarah Palin

What are you trying to do, start a catfight amongst friends?

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

I found the closing statements video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54rZuLAumw. Enjoy! (I did!) :-)

[unkus]

Thank you very much ConservativeStLouisGuy.

Tha lady won!

[unkus]

Thank you very much ConservativeStLouisGuy.

Tha lady won!

[buschbaby]

Thanks for the video. Did you see the speech today at the Values Voter Summit? It was outstanding! I sure like this young lady.

[Chaguito]

Very well done by O’Donnell. Thanks for the video.

[fortheDeclaration]

Thank you! I watched it and made a comment. Coons wants to sound so 'moderate' and 'reasonable' when he would vote for every Obama issue.

O'Donnell put it in the correct context, if you are happy with Washington, send Coons, if not, send her.

That is a simple choice the people will understand.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"I found the closing statements video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54rZuLAumw. Enjoy! (I did!) :-) "

Well one thing is clear, Coons is just another bald faced LIAR!

Even in Delaware Democrats are having to distance themselves from what their Party is doing and lie that they won't be part of the cabal as soon as the election is over.

At least when he had the beard he ADMITTED he's a Marxist.

(I'm glad he's not good looking to get the many votes of the really shallow and clueless;>)

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

I believe I saw snippets of the speeches (at the Summit) on Fox News Channel yesterday. Would have loved to have been there! :-)

[Hojczyk]

The author was on John Batchelor last night..and seemed quite impressed...the Hill??? Said she needs not to get exhausted doing all these interviews and make a mistake because she is just tired...she needs a mistake free campaign to keep the press of her..

[ebiskit]

Extensive highlights from the O’Donnell / Coons debate.

http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=849689776598

Christine comports herself quite well.

tD