Check this shit from the WSJ’s Neil King out:
So has conservative kingmaker Sarah Palin endorsed tea-party favorite Christine O’Donnell in her quest to knock off Rep. Mike Castle in next Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary in Delaware?
It would be huge if she has, but the O’Donnell campaign, dumbfounded, isn’t sure what has happened.
Early this morning, Palin passed along a Twitter note from a conservative talk show host that was complimentary of O’Donnell: “@ChristineOD is great, her election must [be] a major focus for us all.”
But is retweeting someone else’s endorsement an endorsement?
O’Donnell’s campaign isn’t convinced. “We would be honored and humbled by Sarah Palin’s endorsement,” said O’Donnell spokesman Matt Moran, putting a heavy emphasis on the “would be.” He went on to say that Palin “of all people knows the politics of personal destruction, when the establishment is threatened and uses slander and lies to protect” an incumbent.
Meanwhile, other wingnuts have jumped on it, trying to make the real endorsement a fait au complis.