Delaware Liberal

Comment Rescue & Copeland-a-go-go Part I

Here is my comment from DWA:

I’m getting the feeling that this is about Copeland running for congress in 2010. Not that the seat is Castle’s to pass along like the family silver – but that understanding between Castle and Copeland is the only thing that makes sense.

I’ve been puzzled by Copeland’s “take one for the team” run for Lt. Governor but it kind of makes sense if you think of it as an exit strategy for Castle.

Mike Castle obviously has lost more than a step and is looking retired even today, but he can’t very well leave this year the Democratic wave building. Neither can he simply concede the office to Beau Biden by not grooming a Republican replacement (and I mean someone not named Protack or O’Donnell).

So my guess is that they decided to use this election to establish Copeland as the heir apparent. Copeland simply has to keep his loss out of embarrassing territory.

The more I think about this the more it adds up. I’ve been doing some digging on Copeland and I’ve turned up some stuff that supports that notion that he is looking toward 2010. I don’t want to over sell it – but if siffing around the dag end of campaign finance reports is your thing, you will stay tuned for part II of this series.

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