Meh. The fact the mainstream media destroyed Christine O'Donnell in 2010 didn't change the fact that Castle was an uber-RINO scumbag and needed to be taken out. O'Donnell had been the GOP nominee 2 years earlier in 2008, and nobody claimed she was a fringe candidate or a kook back then. The media just created that narrative out of thin air in 2010 to prevent an actual conservative from winning in Delaware due to it being an open seat. O'Donnell's a sweetheart I feel sorry for what happened to her.
The only election that comes to mind where I would have backed the "RINO establishment" candidate over the conservative challenger in hindsight (knowing what I know now), is Chris Cannon vs. that creep Jason Chaffetz. I believe replacing Cannon with Chaffetz actually turned out to be a downgrade -- the district went from a 96% lifetime conservative record to a 92% lifetime conservative record, or something like that. Chaffetz turned out to be just as bad as on amnesty as Cannon, the only difference is Cannon was at least honest that he was pro-illegal whereas Chaffetz lied about being a "principled" no-compromise-on-illegals candidate to get a cushy political career in Washington.
I agree with you on Palin though. She's been dead to me ever since she backed that faux "Independent" candidate for Alaska Governor that the RATs were openly supporting. Until she apologizes for that and makes amends, I have zero interest in supporting her in the future.
Coons needed to be taken out, he makes Carper look like the reasonable one in the state. As with Kirk I’ll take half a Republican any day of the week over a Leninist.
Biden was not at risk so O’Donnell was not scrutinized when she ran against him.
When the media goes after a candidate they need to be able to shake it off, like Trump.
I do feel bad for her though, I wonder what she’s up to. Never married.