Palin And Rove Disagree In Delaware

Anytime I hear mention of the state of Delaware I am reminded of the movie Wayne's World when Mike Myers delivered a very unenthusiastic "imagine being magically whisked away to...Delaware...Hi, I'm in Delaware". Last week however, Delaware was the source of some interesting developments in the final Republican primaries heading into the midterm elections. One candidate was endorsed by Sarah Palin, the other by Karl Rove. The Rovian endorsement of Mike Castle was based on a calculation that he was more electable and had fewer negatives. From what I could gather from Palin's speech, her endorsement was based more on momma grizzlies and "the establishment". O’Donnell won the primary thanks in part to Palin's endorsement and afterwards Rove had some harsh words for the winner, upsetting a number of Republicans.

Can she win the Senate seat? Her Democrat opponent is to the left of Obama and it is entirely possible that she could win the blue state. But here we are only days after her nomination, and we are starting to learn more of her negatives. Some social conservatives might like her past crusade against the "sin" of masturbation, but they can't like her past admission to dabbling in witchcraft. “We went to a movie and then had a midnight picnic on a satanic altar.” But who hasn't dabbled in witchcraft at some point, right? As it turns out, she has been an "activist" for some time and has an archive of television footage making potentially controversial statements, many of which have yet to be re-discovered. This could just be the beginning. Her "negatives" are going to become a lightning rod for attacks on the entire Republican Party in November.

Sarah Palin may have just come in at the last minute and flipped that Senate seat from Republican to Democrat, or so says Charles Krauthammer. Karl Rove should have been more gracious after she won the primary, but that doesn't mean that his initial opinion was wrong. Mike Castle had already been fully vetted and had won several statewide elections. Does that make him part of the "establishment"? Perhaps. How is it that we've come to a place where having no experience is an asset? It is fair have gripes with the governing class, but a replacement without adequate qualifications is not necessarily going to do a better job.