UPDATE: Rick Jensen interviewed conservative pollster Scott Rasmussen who thinks the teabagger deus ex machina of the Palin endorsement can easily put O’Donnell over the top in the primary. Warning: Rick Jensen blathers 90% of the time during the interview, but allows Rasmussen to get a word in edgewise every now and then.
Politico’s David Catanese gives the thirsty O’Whackjob campaign a sip of media water with this post about how O’Donnell has pinned her hopes on two big endorsements: Jim DeMint, and celebrity con artist, Sarah Palin.
O’Donnell, a marketing consultant challenging Castle from the right, told POLITICO she’s been courting support from both DeMint and Palin, in the hope of adding some energy to what has so far been an obscure primary fight. “I strongly believe that if we do get these endorsements, that will help bring to light what is at stake in this election,” she explained
O’Donnell is hoping for the same kind of teabagger deus ex machina that helped Scott Brown, but Cantanese does not fail to mention why those big fish are probably not going to bite on O’Donnell’s worm
O’Donnell also brings notable liabilities to the race: though she’s stressing her fiscal conservative credentials, she amassed thousands of dollars in campaign debt during a 2008 bid against then-Sen. Joe Biden. She sold her home in order to settle a mortgage claim and has been accused of owing $11,000 in federal taxes. O’Donnell has also failed to file personal financial disclosure reports in a timely fashion.
I’d put the chances of DeMint endorsing O’Donnell at zero. Palin is a wild card though. Who knows, in Palin’s grifter mind, being accused of owing $11,000 in federal taxes might be a virtue?