We have it from several sources that New Castle County Executive Christopher Coons announced at a State of the Union watch party last night that he is indeed running for Senate against Castle.
Now, in order of preference, Coons is my third choice after Biden and Denn. But at least he is a credible Democrat who has held office rather than the also rans we have been running against Castle for the last 18 years. Indeed, in Coons Castle has his strongest opponent since his first race for Congress in 1992. For Coons to win, though, he needs to go after Castle and his horrid voting record with the same fire President Obama exhibited last night. Coons will lose if he is on the defensive about anything. He must not only be on offense about his own record as County Executive, but also about both President Obama’s record and Castle’s record in opposing Obama and supporting Bush for eight years.
To quote a progressive friend, to beat Castle, “we need to be ‘all in.’” This necessarily means that the Anonones and Nancy Willings of the world must get over themselves. You want to beat Castle? Well then you support Chris Coons, find another candidate equally credible or more so, or shut up.