A Republican Primary?

Chateau Country v. Sussex County. Country Club Republicans v. Land Developer Republicans. If there is to be primary in the Delaware Confederate Party, those are the dividing lines we would see. In the new teabagger world where rich old white people are being oppressed, we would also see the division of establishment vs. radical.

In Michele Rollins vs. Glenn Urquhart, we have all three. And apparently last night, in the “Newark Region” they had a debate among the contenders for the Confederate nomination for Delaware’s lone congressional seat. The “Newark Region” of what, I ask? The Newark Region of sore losers who want to return us to the 1850’s? I digress.

Apparently, the upstart Urquhart won quite handily, getting 63 votes to Rollins’ 40, Kevin Wade’s 39, and Rose Izzo’s 3. In percentages, that is 44 Urquhart; 28 percent for Rollins; 27 percent for Wade; and 1 percent for Izzo. Of course, in the comments at Delaware Politics we see the divisions of a real primary emerging, with accusations that Urquhart bused in his support from Sussex County, that he bought this straw poll like he did the Sussex County Council President. And given that Urquhart himself is the largest contributor to his own campaign, that charge is not without merit. Urquhart is trying to buy this primary and election, which is ironic since he is trying to be a populist.

In the end, it will be all for show. The radical elements of the Delaware Confederate Party, i.e. David Anderson and Christine O’Donnell, have never been able to show that they can defeat the establishment of his party. The “RINO” Mike Castle will still win. The heiress and Jamaica resident Michele Rollins will still win. And Anderson and his teabaggers will grumble and spit, and fall in line, like good Republicans.