Mike Castle is Losing His Base
The DelawareforObama list is not a bunch of liberal bomb throwers. For the most part they are Democratic ticket splitters who really liked Obama’s calls to rise above partisanship for the sake of the country.
Many of them are shaken to see Mike Castle pick the stale factionalism offered by the GOP over the opportunity to turn the page and get past the strident partisan bickering of the past 8 years.
This email from someone on the list is telling:
Ok, I may get bashed for this and I so apologize if any of her staff or friends or big supporters are on this list, but I am guilty of voting for Mike, partially because he has supported progressive causes near and dear to me, Arts support, Gun Control, Arts, Stem Cell, education, Arts, and even Choice. And I voted partially because I know someone on his staff who is a very decent human being, but also in part because we haven’t put up anyone really good. Probably because the party doesn’t want to sacrifice talent in a race against a relatively popular incumbent.
But this year, I really wanted to vote for someone else, but the week before the election after trying to reconcile myself to a candidate with so little experience, I got a mailer from the Dem candidate’s team filled with typos….a mailer for a US Congress seat…filled with grammatical and spelling errors?!?! Given his relatively moderate stance on some issues of importance to me, I just couldn’t vote for her based on what I saw in that mailer and the website. I almost never vote Rep, but I just felt I didn’t have a choice.
If Castle doesn’t run again, which is likely, fine, but if he does, his lockstep support of this gang of terrorists and objectionists will mean it’s finally time for us to risk some real party talent in that race….Carney anyone?
And again, so sorry if I offended any of her supporters…I’m sure she is lovely person, but I just didn’t see anything in her communications or public info. that inspired me. And yes, despite that, I am regretting my choice this week.
I hope Castle likes the radical winguts that he has allied himself with because as far as “moderate” Democrats are concerned – Castle is done.
Jason330, I think the wingnuts view Castle’s vote as a victory – – – they must know something about Delaware that we don’t. 😉
“Many of them are shaken to see Mike Castle pick the stale factionalism offered by the GOP over the opportunity to turn the page and get past the strident partisan bickering of the past 8 years.”
Pure fiction. Pure fiction and no credibility at all.
An email list respondent? No name or attribution? Now, you guys are the wingnuts.
Mike Protack is accusing someone else of making shit up? That’s rich.
In this case, I am a member of the list and received the same email. I can attest that they are livid.
You can believe it or not, but you should think twice of calling Jason a liar when a sentence cannot escape your mouth without an untruth contained therein.
Democrat moderates vote based on the proof reading of flyers? How can that person complain?
I don’t believe that person is a “moderate at all”.
“his lockstep support of this gang of terrorists and objectionists will mean it’s finally time for us to risk some real party talent in that race….Carney anyone?” I don’t know what gang of terrorists. The only people making it easier for terrorists are the gang in the Whitehouse that drops charges and doesn’t want to bother them with tough questions. That is hardly moderate language.
Here is what RNC Chairman Michael Steele said about his party:
“You have absolutely no reason, none, to trust our word or our actions at this point.”
I am not making this up. Something to remember when Protack or any other repub says anything.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/13/steele-no-reason-trust/
I’ll back up DD. I’m on the same mailing list, and this is what they’re saying. Just the other day, most weren’t even certain if Castle voted against the stimulus package. I don’t think they wanted to face the reality of having just another rightwing Republican as their representative.
It appears that Ditto Head Mike P is more of sheep that Mike C
I find it interesting that someone would vote on a mailer that did not exist- “a mailer from the Dem candidate’s team filled with typos….a mailer for a US Congress seat…filled with grammatical and spelling errors?!?!”
To correct the record – the Hartley-Nagle campaign did not put out or send any mailers.
To correct the record – the Hartley-Nagle campaign did not put out or send any mailers.
And wouldn’t you consider that a problem? Why didn’t KHN put out/send out mailers? IMO, if what you wrote is true, your attempt to set the record straight only succeeds in demonstrating a weakness.
Alas, KHN Volunteer appears to be correct. A cursory glance at the campaign finance report for the final days of the campaign shows disbursements to Tom Gordon (office space?), for t-shirts and for a camera. No ads, flyers, cards, signs.