So PPP’s poll does not synch up with Castle’s internal poll. Well, we all know that in the end there is only one poll that matters and that is being held tomorrow. But what will Republicans really be voting on?
I agree with the political observers who think that this is a vote to see if the Republicans want to continue to be a real political party. It is a referendum on whether they want someone who embodies their anger or someone who can go to Washington and transact business with normal adults. It isn’t so much a “conservative v. moderate” vote (all Republicans are conservative nowadays). It is an “angry v. less angry” vote. And while the less angry people appear to be on the outs, that might be a function of the fact that angry people are louder.
They are loud and incoherent. 11% of PPP’ Delaware Republicans poll respondents, for example, replied that Christine O’Donnell “is too liberal.” Just let that sink in. Angry incoherence is practically regarded as a virtue among O’Donnell supporters. Al Mascitti had an O’Donnell supporter on today who struggled to explain his anger under the lightest cross examination. All he knew, at long last, was that the government is bad. Government programs are bad.
But do a majority of Delaware Republicans agree that government is inherently bad? Are a majority of Delaware Republicans really willing to overlook the facts of Christine O’Donnell’s deeply flawed candidacy and vote for her because she is passionate?
By this time tomorrow we will know.