The war of words between the Delaware Republican establishment and the O’Donnell campaign continues. Tom Ross suggests that the PPP Poll will drive Castle voters to the polls:
“I don’t buy it, it’s a Democratic poll, but it’s all about turnout. There’s a large segment of the population that is familiar with her antics, that she’s kooky and they really don’t have to worry about it,” Ross said. “I think the good thing is that it might grab the casual voter laughing about her claims for the last two weeks. I walk into places and people start laughing, ‘Oh are you hiding in the bushes?'” he said, referencing O’Donnell’s claim to The Weekly Standard that party operatives were trailing her home at night.
Another Delaware-based party operative said internal polling showed Castle leading O’Donnell by 7 points, a margin that still is much closer than many ever expected.
“The PPP poll is actually helping us, scaring the heck out of New Castle County Republicans,” said the aide.
The Castle campaign has not released this internal poll and I wonder how old it is. Most of the action in the polls has occurred since the Palin endorsement on Thursday. The Delaware GOP team has been quite active today, actively pushing a story of O’Donnell’s lawsuit against the ISI (for $6.9M). No matter how this turns out tomorrow, the big loser is the Delaware Republican party.