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Christie Critiques: Tea Party a Net ‘Positive’ but Meant ‘Missed Opportunity’ in DE

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the Senate race in Delaware was “a missed opportunity” for his fellow Republicans to pick up the seat long held by Democrat Joe Biden.

Tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell won the GOP nomination in an upset over moderate Rep. Mike Castle. But she lost the general election Tuesday to Democrat Chris Coons.

Christie says he was proud to have endorsed Castle.

O’Donnell ran a nontraditional campaign that opened with a TV ad saying “I’m not a witch.” National Republicans had hoped the race would help them win the majority in the Senate.

Christie told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “I think Delaware was a missed opportunity to have a really good U.S. senator.”

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  • RamboTheDog
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:02pm

    You will not – or should not – ever, agree with a candiates positions in lockstep – I don’t agree with Gov. Christie on Mike Castle, but you have to give it to him for being true to his endorsement and not back tracking or waivering.

    This does little to dishearten my opinion that Gov. Christie is MORE of what this country needs in a politician.

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:13pm

      Uh yes you should agree with a candidate. Of course no two people are ever going to agree 100% of the time, but 30% or 50% are not good enough. These are supposed to be representatives there to voice the opinions of the people in the district they represent. Period.

      If you don‘t agree with a candidate on almost every issue then you’re simply a moron if you vote for them.

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  • Slayer
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:01pm

    There was no hope in Delaware. I disagree with Christie, Powerline and National Review. Castle COULD have stepped up to the plate and supported O’Donnell instead of being a sore loser. The NRSC COULD have thrown a ton of effort behind her. Castle was not going to win from what many sources say. And finally, O’Donnell on principle was FAR SUPERIOR to Castle who might vote with us once in a while. To not understand this is to not understand the TEA Party. We GOT RID of RINO Castle. Someone who votes with us SOMETIMES is WORTHLESS. They need to GO. It’s a slow death instead of a fast one. Powerline, Nat Review, Krauthammer, Rove and even Christie need to understand
    ABSOLUTELY:
    no compromise
    no retreat
    no surrender
    not now.
    not ever.

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:00pm

    I’m so tired of hearing this bull****. The republicans still don’t get it either. THE PEOPLE DON’T WANT MAJORITIES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MAJORITIES.

    We want candidates that represent our views. If they win great if they lose too bad. It does me no good to help elect a person that doesn’t represent my views. An ultra liberal RINO getting elected helps conservatives in absolutely no way. I could really not care less what letter is next to somebodies name. If they represent what I belive then they’re getting my vote, if they don’t then they can suck it.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 9:43pm

      Agree: No RINOs “Missed opportunity” My A$$ The GOP decided to help the Dems to have a victory. Christine O’Donnell made my day, the look on RINO Castle’s face at his concession speech (priceless)

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  • Endstatism
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:53am

    Christie is not a conservative in the sense of Reagan, Rubio, Goldwater or even in the vein of a Huckabee or a Romney. He may be a strong fiscal conservative, but Christie is a gun banner and still supports big intrusive government. No way would I vote for Christie as president.

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  • Dstarr55
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:53am

    Hind sight is 20/20 but what ifs can be anything you want them to be. What if Mike Castle won the primary – its easy to claim he would have beat Coons but there is not a shred of evidence to that effect. A liberal democrat running against a liberal republican in a blue state – you do the math.

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    • joiseycop
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:59am

      Then tell me why a very popular Biden,Jr didn’t run? He didn‘t run because even he didn’t have a chance of beating Castle.

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    • Dstarr55
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:27pm

      Joiseycop – is that not another what if. I think his decision has more to say about Biden’s son and how much of a political coward he is – you think you have a tough opponent so you don’t run! I am just saying conventional wisdom often proves itself to be unwise – to say Castle would have beat Coons leaves out factors such as the people in the state not having the tea party energy if a rino was running against a liberal – would people have stayed home because of that lack of enegry?

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    • joiseycop
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:45pm

      Dstarr55 OK since we are not supposed to deal with what ifs, lets deal with the polls, the polls had Castle winning the seat…easily, O’Donnell after winning the primary was immediately – 17 points behind and fading. We were dealing with a very Liberal and very small state…not exactly a bastion for the Tea Party. I’m a member of the tea party in a very liberal state, with a very large population and I will tell you it would be nearly immpossible for a Tea Party Candidate to win here, it would be amazing if a RINO won here. That aside I have no problem running a tea party candidate against a Frank Lautenberg, however not if possible control of the Senate depended on it. This is not the state for it…not now, hopefully in 2012. All I’m saying is… it would have been a major plus if we took control of the Senate… we didn’t, and as much as I like O‘Donnell she didn’t stand a chance in Deleware… Castle did. He was a very popular Governor and Congressman down there…a RINO yes…but so popular and liked he would have won easily… Biden,Jr may be a coward in your eyes for not running… but he didn’t as stated… because even he knew Castle would have cleaned his clock in the general election. I am in no way a fan of Mike Castle believe me, I just think that in this election, in that very Liberal state, and with possible Republican Control of the Senate at stake…he would have been the better choice this time. We would have had to hold our noses on this one, but overall it potentially might have meant taking back the senate and it would be better than the stench of having Harry Reid in charge. I live by my principals too, and believe I would rather run the right candidate and lose than the wrong candidate and win, however in this case, and in that state the “what if” of maybe she could win was costly. She lost by 16 points…that’s a solid “shelacking”… This is strictly my opinion…you may disagree…but I wanted the Senate back as well as the House!!! and I agree with Chris Christie on this one.

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    • Dstarr55
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:08pm

      Joiseycop, Wow – some passion there. First polls are deceptive – there were polls that had Angle beating Reid by 5 points right before the election. Castle is also a name people recognize in Delaware so of course in the beginning, before the race is up and running, he would poll better than the more unknown Coons. But I’m not sure how well he would have fared once the race was running and people got to know both candidates. Again if a liberal is up against a liberal in a blue state who do you thing has a better chance to win – the RINO or the Democrat? I guess we can just agree to disagree.

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  • joiseycop
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:52am

    I think the first thing wanted should have been to take control of both the Senate & the House for the next 2 years…Mike Castle is a RINO for sure…but would that have been worse than the bearded marxist? OK maybe not :) but it helped keep the Dims in control of the Senate… I agree…no more Rino’s, but right now I will accept a RINO over a bearded marxist…any day if it gives us the Senate and the House…2012 is only 2 years away and there will a boat load of RINO’s to be dealt with…right now with this current administration…taking back the Senate AND the House should have been the priority. In a Liberal NE state Castle would have won, O‘Donnell didn’t have a chance weather Rove backed her or not. Everyone is in a snit over Scott Brown in MA, including me…but remember…it’s Massachusets…sometimes you have to be realistic. I come from the State of Chris Christie…he didn’t run as a Tea Party candidate…he ran as a fisical conservative…and won…and is producing…. Is he a bit of a RINO…yep… but after living under the liberal Jon Corzine’s regime in this BLUE state…he’s a blessing.

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  • TwoMinuteMan
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:48am

    Castle voted along Democratic lines a bit too much IMO. Electing a Rino is not a Republican win. The nation got exactly what Delaware had before. There was no posative change here.

    The issue of Castle is “fortunately” the only thing i disagree with Christy on.

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  • shane2813
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:43am

    Stupid is as stupid does. I think it goes back to that old saying. Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely. MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same. No RINO left standing!!!

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  • JamesYoungman
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:40am

    You can’t be mad just because Christi is being honest. At the end of the day we did lose Delaware because of O’Donnell. If Castle had been nominated true he would have been a RINO but he would have won. Coon’s would not have and we would have a RINO instead of a Marxist. It’s a tough choice, its not as easy as we would all like to make it out to be. The country is still not with all of us who recognize that the country is at a breaking point, especially the northeast. While we must act fast in restoring our country we must also pick candidates that are able to articulate these ideas and convince others of our ideas as constitutional conservatives. It is a balancing act and we have to admit that. I would have preferred O’Donnell over Castle, but Castle over Coons. If everyone wants to blast every potential republican presidential candidate because they are politicians and do not follow our hard line at this moment then we as a movement will fail. The left wants us to canabalize each other, lets work with other conservatives and convince them of our philosophy eventually the choices will become clear and as the people begin to side with us so will the rest of the republican party.

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    • TwoMinuteMan
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:55am

      The biggest “crime” here is the lack of RNC support for O’Donell. Once the primaries were over there should have been all hands on deck for O’Donnell whether they approved of her or not.

      This is why we have primaries. It is the only reason. The people clearly voted. The RNC should have respected that.

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    • neverending
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:57pm

      You are exactly right – fighting won’t get you winning. Still a huge fan of Chris Cristie. He has a backbone.

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  • PhilipJames
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:38am

    I guess this tells us a lot about Christie and where he is at and then he praises Tea Party? another one of those late to the party people…. file this one away for 2012.
    - NO guarantee Castle would have won… all Republicans in Delaware went down, they all lost by the same percentage as Christine… so what the Republican Establishment is saying, including Christie, is that WITH Republican Establishment support, Castle could have, would have won. Well, that is a stunning indictment… that the reason Christine lost is because there was no support.
    - Lets be clear…. the Republican Establishment was very happy to have Christine as their candidate against Joe Biden in two elections… What’s that all about? They knew she could not win against Biden so they were happy to have her as the sacrificial lamb… but, when it looked like maybe there was an opportunity, they decided to destroy her and go with Castle. Rats… that’s what they are…. big stinking RATS.
    - Just one example of the back room boys culture… they would rather destroy one of their own rather than give up the power. There is no other answer than this. Castle did not endorse. NRSC abandoned her. There appear to be a lot of rats in that nest… i.e. weaken Miller in Alaska by allowing Murkowski to keep her seniority… seen the video on Huckabee last night where Federal employer on Military base told all his workers to vote for Murkowski because she brought home bacon being on Appropriations Committee? http://tinyurl.com/3a6dqvs
    - Well, there is going to be an accounting coming in 2012.

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  • trukmek
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:30am

    Anyone notice she run a clean campaign on issues, knew what she was talking about,
    and did not use real crappy tear down your opponent ads, and in debates she cleaned
    his clock. The lack of GOP support killed her and GOP support helped Coons.
    Hopefully, Delaware will live up to “The First State” by being th first to admit they
    were wrong about her and correct their mistake, at least the ones who made it.

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  • TRUTHLADY
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:29am

    Sometimes I wake up and wonder if I am still living in the USA, where TREASON is still a crime. I see people in our Government, in the media, in our schools, people everywhere who are admitted COMMUNISTS waking around as though its OK. I guess the age of reason has gone out the proverbial window. They are not even trying to hide their agendas anymore, it is out in the open for all to see. I hope that this NEW MAJORITY CONGRESS will start prosecuting these people, starting with the ones who have sworn to uphold the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

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  • JimmyT
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:25am

    Everyone forgets, because of his fiery speeches, Christie is an east coast “conservative”. He likes Castle because they think alike on many issues. He‘s right about O’Donnell. She wasn’t a good candidate because the establishment of the repub party failed her. As a relatively new politician, instead of crying cause she beat Castle, they should have been there advising her on how and what to do. She had a good grasp of the issues. She’s not stupid. Just naive. Even though Christie was happy to endorse Castle, he should have been just as happy to close ranks around the winner and help get her elected. Had Rove been a pragmatist as opposed to an egotist, his advice in Delaware may have just made the difference. As far as Christie being a RINO, I would have to disagree. He’s just not a conservative. We will have to keep the repub “tent” open to moderates; just not liberals like Castle, Grahmnesty and mcCAIN.

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  • CrackerSmurf
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:22am

    Rubio/West 2012! Allan West.

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  • dirtytricksjusttowin
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:22am

    As much as I admire Gov Christie, he is wrong on this matter. We need to rid GOP of the
    Rhinos who would vote in favor of Obama’s radical agenda when things get rough.

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  • AmericanDogMan
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:17am

    Please, please recognize how bad Christie is for the movement.

    He’s not a conservative and could not win nation wide. (period) He’s another John McCain.

    Christie is just smoke and mirrors we need Demint and Pence and maybe Rubio( Rubio still has much to prove) to lament the country.

    Democrats Republicans American men and women would vote for these Men of Character no matter Party.

    Just because they would want their children looking at them as the Leader of the free world. Christie is not a John Thune.

    In the words of Graham, Neuter Christie and the other Moderate/Liberal Republicans.

    We must for our life and liberty and the life of our children continue the conservative Ascendancy.

    Look at Gov. Manchin vs. Raese, Manchin looked like the man of character; Raese looked like a tanned boat driving business man.

    In God we Trust. I pray Coulter and the others who speak in the media for us would give light to real a Conservative Man/Woman of character to lead us, and keep us walking the line of constitutional conservatism

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    • NickDeringer
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:23am

      I would tend to agree. The Tea Party must be careful to choose its candidates carefully and not fall for a sweet talking politician. In all I think we did pretty good for a movement with no central governing group, but we need to be careful that the movement doesn’t get hijacked.

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    • NickDeringer
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:25am

      BTW: did I mention that Keith Olbermann got tossed off the air at MSNBC?

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    • firstHat
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:17am

      Thank you! I’ve felt like a voice in the wilderness about this for months. Christie has some good points and I really believe his heart is in the right place. He is honorable. BUT he is absolutely WRONG most of the time.

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  • seemsew
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:11am

    Well, this should quiet down the Christie hysteria. No one is perfect, Mr. Christie included.
    O’Donnell may not have been perfect either, but she was the choice in the primary. If the snootie Republican Senatorial Committee had accepted that and supported her she may very well have won.
    Castle was a “lose” any way I look at it…a true RINO, and we don’t need more.

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  • mforce
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:09am

    NO MORE RINOS…period. Also no more trying to put wedges into WE THE PEOPLE. Take back what you said Christie and mean it. This wedge you just tried to insert will bounce right back to you, if it hasn’t already.

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  • SaintMichael
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:50am

    Christe is a RINO; its nice he understands fiscal policy, but it doesn’t change his core social beliefs. Heck, take a new england republican and put him anywhere in fly over country and they would be a conservative democrat. I chuckle at the folks who think he would make a good POTUS candidate.

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  • Jimt
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:48am

    Christine O’Donnell is a true constitutional conservative, one whose views on the proper size and scope of government comport well with Governor Palin’s. Mike Castle, on the other hand, was to the left of many Democrats. If Republicans can’t do better than a candidate who voted for cap and tax, among other things, they have no reason to exist.

    Delaware Republicans were given a choice in the primary, and they chose Christine O’Donnell over Mike Castle by a significant margin.

    Significantly, according to exit polls, Chris Coons would have beaten Mike Castle anyway.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:03am

      Wrong.

      Coons was a ballot filler who was expected to lose to Castle after Beau Biden chose not to run because he couldn‘t win and didn’t want to be embarassed by not winning his fathers old seat. then Palin came in and got the fruitcakes to nominate O’Donnell in a closed primary and the seat went to Coons right after that happened.

      O’Donnell is not a constitutionalist.

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  • DMD
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:40am

    I hear you Christie but Disagree.
    Castle is what’s wrong with the R party. Rhino’s need to be killed off.
    I will take a Marxist Lib for two years to get a Conservative any day of the week.
    Look what a Marxist lib in the whitehouse got us on 11/02/2010.
    Can I get an AMEN!!!!!

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:37am

    Bingo, Mr. Christie!

    O‘Donnell’s massive defeat in Delaware by a former “bearded marxist” was a message to the tea party to keep the fruitcakes on the fringe and not run them for office.

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    • USAMama
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:20pm

      She was thrown under the bus of the GOP. They are part of the machine too. Of course they have to throw their support around some tea party candidates to appease the tea party but they want to also be able to discredit them to some degree. See my comment above. Its all a puppet show and they are upset that some of the “puppets” are cutting the strings. They are being replaced by real boys and girls with minds of their own.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:27pm

      That is the truth .. the GOP establishment didn’t want TEA Party candidates and did what they could not to support them … WE MUST support them ourselves .. do not give to the GOP, RNC .. .give directly to CONSERVATIVE Candidates! And WE Must stand united against the attacks that come from the RINO establishment and the Dems .. we have to fight both flanks!

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    • drbage
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:41pm

      Governor Christie, I disagree with you on this. IF the GOP establishment and their talking heads had put their money and energy behind Ms ODonnell, she might have won or at least made it a close race. After all, many Republicans and Independents voted for her in the primary over Quasi-Democrat Castle who was, in part, funded by George Soros and company. She had to fight more against the established Republican elite than she did against her opponent. What galls me the most is that Mr. Castle, the champion of the elites, did not even have the common courtesy to congratulate her or support her. Alaska and Poor Loser Murtkowski are another fine example of Republican elitism that falls into the Democrat’s characterization of the electorate being angry. If Murtkowski should win and keep her committee seats and the Republican porkmeister Hensarling is given the conference chair over Michelle Bachmann, the Republican elite will show us convincingly that they like Obama did NOT get the message. 2012 is coming fast…….
      Has anyone noticed how much time the Lame Steam Media is giving Trent Lott and his opinions? It is almost as if the are choosing him to be the “anointed one” for 2012. With all his critiques of Tea Party candidates, one question for him: how much time/money did you spend working for the election of Ms ODonnell, Ms Angle, or Mr Miller? And Sen. McCain did you really think that a couple of appearances in the last week of the campaign for Ms Angle would get you a pass?
      Finally, does anyone else wonder/question/doubt how all the pollsters for the critical races could have been so wrong? Interesting that so many of them were in union heavy states….

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    • uncleherbert
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:44pm

      the butcher has shown his colors, you do not fool anybody libber!

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:13pm

      These establishment Republicans are just too much! The Tea Party conservatives lead the GOP to it’s biggest mid-term victory in nearly THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY… and politicians like Christie, Trent Lott and Lindsey Gramnisty cry and moan about it.

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  • SLAPTHELEFT
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:35am

    There is no stopping Marxism in Delaware. I feel sad for those people.

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    • Grandpa
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:56pm

      The people get what they vote for. For Deleware, Christie was a big step in the right direction. Yes NO MORE RINOs. We must keep demonstrating that to the Republican party from the inside and the outside. If we compromise to win, then we lose. And it will be harder to replace a RINO than a liberal.

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  • SLAPTHELEFT
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:34am

    No more RINO’s. Period.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:25pm

      Exactly !

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:25pm

      We could have had a real conservative in the race in Connecticut if Peter Schiff would have been up against Dick Blumenthal instead of the WWE queen. The Republican establishment went out of their way to avoid any support for Peter’s primary race. I still don’t understand why FOX ignored him unless it was about Goldline.

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    • BocaBaby
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:11pm

      exactly! everyone, including Glenn (and myself,……oh and ann coulter) who thought christie was great…….not buying it anmore than the other rhinos making a bunch of noise about how ‘bad obama is’ trying to fool us……the deception is readily being exposed…..just watch…..at any moment they will either whip Jeb onto the stage, or the obviouse romney, or Christie…..and unfortunately some will fall for it…….how stupid are we to beleive Boehner is a good guy, when he is steadlly trying to kill Michelle Bachman…..the rhinos are just as much of a force as the left lenaing dems and behind them all is probably the same puppet master….

      WE MUST look at all of their words and actions….they would be just as much agains Huckabee, as Sarah, or O’Donnell, or Michell Bachman….because whoever they cannot control they will stry to stongarm and eleiminate…….

      Please people don’t beleive the lies…….Christie is one of them, and unfortunately I beleive Rubio can be baught also, Rove gave him a bunch of dinero for the elections….and he will stay under the ‘system’.

      I am so disgusted with these ‘fake’ good people……i much prefer the awful left to look at…at least i KNOW they can’t fool us….we already SEE who they are and what they are about….but it’s the wolves in sheeps clothing who are the most dangerous.

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  • SLAPTHELEFT
    Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:33am

    First of all and let me say this loud and clear, The establishment GOP does not and will never in the future tell WE THE PEOPLE who OUR candidates will be. WE THE PEOPLE would rather lose a race with a candidate of our choice who reflects OUR principles than reward the progressives in the GOP with majorities that undermine those principles. The Tea Partys shook the world on Nov. 2 and this is only the beginning. And we will not forget your words of scorn for WE THE PEOPLE Nov. 2 2012. Please, I beg you GOP establishment, please keep going on record insulting us. That way we have concrete evidence for the political ads to run against you. The Tea Party is here to stay and WE THE PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR YOU. We are the boss, you are the servants to the will of the people. Don’t you forget that.

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    • DMD
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:41am

      You have been Fonzed!!!
      That’s two thumbs up for everyone who has not seen Happy Days.

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    • Jimt
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:45am

      Does not surprise me either; Christie is not a conservative, I don’t know why people like him so much. He is good at bashing the public employee unions, but liberal on all other issues, including tax and cap.

       
    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:02am

      @Slaptheleft

      You have put it dead on for this matter.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/galley/grimm

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • deddog
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:03am

      Amen, brother. Tho’ I really hate to hear something like this coming from someone like Chris Christie. I don‘t think Castle would’ve been the better candidate just because he would have won. He was too much a part of the establishment in D.C. and, from what I understand, used to side with Democrats more often than Republicans. So what does that get us? O’donnell may have a chance to win if she had gotten the support of the RNSC and some financial backing as well. But that organization is filled with the types of entitlement minded Republicans that need to be removed from the system as well.

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    • travlman77
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:16am

      Amen!!

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:28am

      Dude! You are right on! Is that your water? can I carry that?

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    • mlbinseattle
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:33am

      Agreed. The progressive, establishment GOP is going to “keep it up” until they find themselves out in the cold with no real credibility or influence. They need to shut up and get with the program if they know what’s good for them.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:52am

      @The blazers something of interest…

      Thought I would pass this on, the J Laurance radio show last night had a caller that is a self declared socialist-progressive-libertarian (I know the gentleman) who claims that “Mr Obama has sold himself to the republican party over matters of oil industry, unemployment, higher taxes, immigration non reform (he called it catch and release)…“ and declared the President has ”prostituted” himself out to the republican right wing special interest groups and does exactly what the republicans do.

      This aired last night about 8pm phoenix time on KTAR radio.

      The caller failed to get that Obama works for the democrats and progressives to annhilate this great country. Go figure.

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    • USAMama
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:01pm

      You got it!! It is better to be sure what team your representative works for then to have a “progressive” who believes in being the wolf in sheeps clothing. They will say what they need to in order to get elected and then do the opposite. But then this is by design. They have us chasing our tails. As Carroll Quigley once wrote:

      “The Argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies is a foolish idea. Instead, the two parties should be almost identicle, so that the American people can throw the rescals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.”

      This is why the GOP got so upset about these “outsiders” coming in, they didn’t want us to actually have a choice. They want to “nudge” us in the “right” direction (by their own standards) by limiting our ability to make the “wrong” choice. They have been corrupting our ability to make real decisions for years in many aspects of our lives. This is no different then putting the french fries on the back of the menu. So in this way the Tea Party won, we may not have won the seat, but we won in the sense that we got another RINO out and the people were able to vote their true values. If they want a liberal marxist, then they got a liberal marxist, but at least they knew who they were voting for (hopefully). Its better then to vote for a constitutional conservative and get a liberal marxist. And when he screws them, as he ultimately will, they know the liberal marxist is to blame, not the “constitutional conservative”. Hopefully we will make extict the old addage “Politicians are all the same” by exposing their game and knocking out the players on both teams.

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    • Peters
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:06pm

      Christie represents an ideological messaging problem for the Tea Party as far as convincing him where his best interests lie, as in our interests. And as significant as DeMint’s praise and advocacy is, in terms of immediate political potential, the real power of the Tea Party is found in its capacity to act as a cultural catalyst that will produce a wide spread citizenry capable of reversing liberalism from the socio-political landscape over time. In turn, the Tea Party then, its ideology, holds unlimited long term political potential and should be mass communicated as such. But Christie doesn’t do that; that’s a concern.

      And if DeMint is speaking of this notion, he’s an intelligent forward thinking individual that will need great intestinal fortitude to withstand the pressures from the old guard of the GOP that would rather the Party merely gather the spoils of the Tea Party for the moment and ignore the synergy potential of it all to wither on the vine as if it were a poisoned political fruit, a passing fad.

      However, Christie shows signs that he understands that the old GOP thinkers and plotters hiding behind “bipartisan” corruptions needs to be identified isolated and removed. He knows that the Antiquated liberal induced GOPism running around with white flags of “compromise” is the root of corruption that is Washington; Christie knows that, and that it also explains quite clearly the motives of the antiquated GOP thinking that is confidently touting the improbabilities of the Tea Party to maneuver in Washington’s inner circles. This perhaps is the problem that Christie has as he is highly pragmatic, not yet convinced that the Tea Party can blossom.

      But to Jim DeMint, if you are to be considered an ardent ally of the Tea Party, plant your boots firmly on the ground sir as you are walking into a hushed but potentially career ending Sh-storm brewing behind closed doors and late into the nights. But in that, turn up the heat Sir, so that we can see what decadence boils to the top.

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    • KenInIL
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:08pm

      Agree! Christie and Castle are poor losers! The party is supposed to come together after primaries not go and sulk. CO would have had much better chance if the R party would not have sulked for a month and Castle would have endorsed her and campaigned for her. What a poor sport !!

      It would have been great if the Hilary supporters would have been so pissed at BHO stealing the nomination in Denver to all vote R or stay home – but they didn’t. That is how it supposed to work. Even Hillary somewhat endorsed BHO.

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    • MidAmerican
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:15pm

      AMEN! do I hear an AMEN?

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    • HKS
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:21pm

      slaptheleft

      You be right, Over the past 20 years I have been voting for the lesser of the evils. Can’t remember the last good candidate since Reagen. That doesn’t mean that I have to vote for the commie party, knowing what they are. I don’t think she was a bad candidate by any stretch. The best probably not, but the party shot themselves in my opinion and now wants a fall guy. They should have been pedal to the metal out of the gate,the people spoke and they didn’t listen, like someone else we know. They should have supported her from the left’s attacks, instead they just sit there. The liberal media attacks all comers and pays particular attention to those with little party support. That media was able to amplify that failure and cross it over to other candidates. Learn a lesson from this conservatives, stick together or die.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:48pm

      The east (and west) coast folks are going to have to come back to reality regarding the size of government. Gov. Christie will lose his steam after a while and then what. The tea party offers a permanent solution anchored in common sense to the overall problem.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:52pm

      Amen!!

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    • firstHat
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:06pm

      I’ve been saying over and over again that you need to be careful of Christie. He talks a good game with the Unions AND I will say that as prosecutor he was even handed, but he IS A PROGRESSIVE. He has handed NJ to local cap and trade and back room dealed so it only looks like he brought the budget down. He didn’t. Worse than merely progressive, he is an unknowing progressive. He will help them destroy this country even while he really believes in the crap he’s dealing us. Please, cut the Christie for Pres stuff unless you really liked McCain

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    • Inmyopinion
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:26pm

      SLAPTHELEFT

      I agree with all you have said, with one exception. In my opinion, the “Tea Party” must be more resolute in vetting our candidates. Having our core values and principles is required and must be our priority. Had there been more time and proper vetting, I don‘t believe Christine O’Donnell would have been the Tea Party’s first choice. O’Donnell served one major purpose. She was a wake up call to the establishment, be it Republican or Democrat. Her win in the primary gave “We the People” the choice in a big way. I don’t look at it as a loss for the Tea Party at all. But we need to be more vigilant the next time in selecting the candidate who can win the desired congressional seat.

      As much as it pains me to say it, I think Carl Rove was right the night of the Delaware primary results. O’Donnell was a bit flaky and certainly did have a past history opponents could slash and shred. Please know I say this after making a monetary contribution and phone calls for the O’Donnell campaign.

      I love Chris Christie but I am disappointed in his proclamation of support for Mike Castle. Perhaps Christie knows Castle better than we do. But I will be watching Governor Christie a little more closely in the future.

      We have to 2 years to do our vetting and we must do a better job this next go around. The Tea Party is only going to be wiser and more proficient from lessons learned this election. We need to begin the process now.

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    • 1776
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:30pm

      Excellent and couldn’t agree more.

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    • Jamestown
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:38pm

      RIGHT ON SLAPTHELEFT…CHRISTIE CRITIQUES…DEMINT DEFENDS….SEE THROUGH CISTIES WORDS…HE VOTED IN FAVOR OF CAPNTAX…SEE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS…A PLANT…BY ENGINEERS TO HAVE TWO FACED POLITICIANS SURVIVE….that’s all

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    • Michael Schmidtman
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:49pm

      Couldn’t have said it better myself. I’m not sure Christie is establishment, but I am dismayed that he endorsed Castle. Sure, could have been another GOP senator, but along the lines of McCain, Graham, Snow, et al. That isn’t what we need,

      Governor Christie, take care not to offend the NEW conservative movement. There are a lot of people watching you. I’ve told many people that your “I won’t run for president because you have to want that job more than you want anything else, and I don’t” speach was almost reminiscent of George Washington. Don’t spoil it for me, sir. LISTEN to the people. The same forces driving the Tea Party drove your victory in the governor’s race.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:54pm

      ATTENTION – In case this was missed earlier, there is a good website to voice your opinion of the people in Congress. It is a grade system statewide and nationally for the persons representing your state. All comments will be available to representatives in any state but only those of your state will be public to others reading/writing on the site. One comment per day.
      http://www.gradegov.com
      I say we let them know just what we expect of them if they expect to stay in office.

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    • Daragon29
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:09pm

      @Snowleopard3200{Mix Art}
      I am confused as to how someone can be a Socialist-Progressive-Libertarian? Libertarians are more conservative then most Republicans and are total opposites to the Socialists and Progressives. If someone is calling themselves Socialist-Progressive-Libertarian then he/she is just an idiot and knows nothing.

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    • djaymadd
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:19pm

      Totally 100% agree. WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!

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    • FixGuitars
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:20pm

      Clap Clap clap!

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    • ccrabill
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:34pm

      You nailed it. I ran for Delegate in the 99th District of Virginia last year against a very popular, democrat posing as a conservative. He has never been defeated, no matter how much money was thrown into a race against him. I ran without asking the Republican Party’s permission. I ran for the Republican nomination UNOPPOSED, but the Republican Party made me go through the convention voting process because they would rather have had NO one run against a democrat than me when I refused to take their advice to “say what people want to hear and then when you get elected you can do whatever you want.” (I beat Nobody by 86%…)
      I ran believing that if you ran as an unapologetic conservative promoting the restoration of the Constitution and the 10th Amendment that you wouldn’t need a fortune because We the People still remember the language of liberty. The Republican Party of Virginia all came out against me and tried to destroy my campiagn by having the Candidates for Governor (McDonnell), Lt Gov. (Bolling) and Attorney General (Kuccinelli) denounce me after the Democrats doctored a video of my reading from Patrick Henry. They tried to make it look like I was calling for armed insurrection against the government! Congressman Rob Wittman lied to people saying he wouldn’t support me because “I sent him a bunch of nasty emails.“ I had never even met the man much less have any reason to send him ”nasty emails”. But this is the machine. This is what they do to any “interloper” who dares to exercise their right as an American to run for office.
      When it was over, I lost by 1,031 votes having spent between $15 – $18,000 to my opponent’s $125,000. The Republicans helped a democrat they could control win rather than have a Constitution loving, 10th Amendment asserting, conservative stand in the House of Delegates who refused to be controled by anyone or anything except my Sacred Oath of Office.
      The Republican Party has got to be taken back from the Progressives and those who betray their Sacred Oath of Office to uphold and defend the Constitution need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:38pm

      If you lose, that means you’re not WE THE PEOPLE, because the people who voted against your stupid candidate are people too.

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    • CM Sackett
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:02pm

      …and the ‘Tea Party’ did NOT ‘cost’ the Republicans ANYTHING, governor.

      We, The PEOPLE, voted to end the rape and wholesale dismantling of our Republic, and its Constitution… and we damn-sure got that first job done.

      We didn‘t ’cost’ Repubs ANYTHING (the party, and its gutless ‘professional’ ‘politics’ are the sole culprits there) ~ WE made the first stand in the Restoration of this grand Republic… and we did it as CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS, not ‘party’ members.

      In short: Dear “Republican Party”, get back to the Constitutional Foundation of the government’s scope, power and reasons for existing, as laid out by We, The PEOPLE (those, governor Christie, are our ‘core values’)… or the party’s OVER.

      I’m CM Sackett, and I approved this message (and the one by ‘SlapTheLeft’).

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    • TRUTHSEEKINGAL
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:34pm

      I never deluded myself into believing Christie was a constitutional conservative.

      My progressive meter? Are they lawyers? Yep as simple as that. The entire (almost) dem. party is made up of them, IMO if they start out as Attorneys ,they mingle too much “Rule of Law” with Law making. Also many feel they are above and exempt from the garbage they legislate and shove down the american peoples throats. The horrors of HCR that we are yet to experience the worst of.excluded blatantly the most important issue of reform, Torte & Medical malpractice abuse. I don’t believe we will ever be able to repeal, reverse or reform while the Trial lawyer assoc. is the largest,most maligned special interest group in our beloved country.

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    • rdk
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:39pm

      The people should decide in the primaries who their candidate will be. What is obvious in Delaware is that the state Republican Party is weak. Two marginal candidates evolved. In the end, both were losers.

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    • ozz
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:12pm

      @slaptheleft You are dead on. Take back the republican party. Better to have a minority of real conservatives than allow the progressives to vote progressive in our name. Let the evil party take the blame for their own actions. NEVER VOTE RHINO!

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    • TAXLORDCOMETH
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:43pm

      We have to be careful not to be hijacked by Democrats as in NV. They got Sharon Angle into the race by crossing over to vote for her. There were two other great candidates there that could’ve beaten Reid.

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    • SamAdams25
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:01pm

      The best the GOP was expected to do in the Senate was +8. There was never any realistic expectation of winning the majority in this cycle. A Castle win would not have been much better than Coons. IMO, it was worth it to send the “NO MORE RINOs” message loud and clear. We can complete the Senate take-over from the Dems in 2012, and continue the purge the “progressives” (socialists).

      “The government that can give you everything you need is powerful enough to take everything you have.” – Thomas Jefferson

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    • WORKS FROM HOME
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:10pm

      IT will take time for the TEA party to take over the GOP as the progressives have, but we will bring America back to the right path.

      We need to watch our reps every move and make sure everyone knows what they are doing. Blog about it and get paid. http://whamhost.info/

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    • realindependent
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 3:40pm

      please Ms. O’donnell has run for the senate 3 times and lost. and she lost again. people in Delaware know who she is. she is a perrenial candidate. and she ran from reporters as well did Sharon Angle and all Sister Sarah does is facebook interviews. Dont worry Ms. O’donnell will be on fox news soon enough. the woman on fox and friends better watch her back.

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