Liz says…
Coryan just announced it on cspan this morning…and yes he said, “we have republican in the house who is going to run for the Senate, that is Mike Castle of Delaware”. Now you tell me where you get your stamp it, book it, file it?
Here is how the wishful thinking went down:
Delaware’s Senate seat could be in play in 2010, at least if the Senate Republicans’ leading recruiter has his way.
In an interview for C-SPAN “Newsmakers,” National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn said he had been chatting with Delaware congressman Michael Castle, and that he is “considering” running for the Senate.
“What I think is interesting is the opportunities President Obama and Vice President Biden have given us,” Cornyn said. “We’ve got Joe Biden’s seat in Delaware where a guy like Mike Castle, a very successful two-term GOP governor, a very popular individual, is considering the race.”
Castle, a leading Republican moderate, has comfortably won re-election since first winning the House seat in 1992. He served as the state’s governor from 1984-1992.
Outside of Castle, Republicans don’t have much of a bench in the state.
That last part is the understatement of the century. The rest of it is pure gibberish and posturing.
Castle has not run a real race in 20 years. He will be 99 years old for that election and, time and again, he has knuckled under to the right wing of his party
He would be demolished trying for a Seate seat and he knows it. His career is built on being given elections, and the Dems are not going to just give away a Senate seat.
Unless Tom Carper cranks his mafia Don powers to 11, some perennial loser punching bag like Mike Protack or Charlie Copeland will be the GOP challenger for that seat.
Take it to the bank.
Endorse it.
Cash it.
And buy yourself something nice.