Like most everyone in Delaware, I’ve always thought Mike Castle was a nice guy. He certainly exhibits a lot of patience in listening to voters, especially ones with a differing point of view. His toying with a write-in campaign is rather annoying. Get a load of this:
Rep. Mike Castle suggested a Washington watchdog group may have intentionally waited until he lost the GOP Senate primary before filing a campaign finance fraud complaint against his opponent, Christine O’Donnell.
Castle — who said Wednesday he has not ruled out a write-in campaign — called the timing of the complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington “suspect” and possibly designed to help the Democratic candidate, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons. Castle was seen as the probable winner in a general-election matchup against Coons, but O’Donnell had been considered a long shot.
Castle noted that CREW filed its complaint with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware and the Federal Election Commission days after the Senate primary and months after The News Journal reported in March that O’Donnell was using campaign funds for personal living expenses. Castle recalled that his campaign had often made the same allegations.
Castle notes that Melanie Sloan is originally from Delaware, so she could have known about O’Donnell earlier. CREW responded:
Sloan called the suggestion “ridiculous” and said CREW didn’t pay attention to O’Donnell until Castle lost because she wasn’t considered a serious candidate.
She said the group became aware of allegations regarding O’Donnell’s campaign spending when news outlets reported that voters had received Election Day robocalls supporting Castle that said O’Donnell had used campaign donations to pay for rent and personal expenses.
So Castle’s allegation is that CREW should have been reading the News Journal and have done something before? Why didn’t Mike Castle take this to CREW himself or actually talked to the U.S. Attorney? He’s mad that CREW didn’t do his work for him. That’s too damn bad, buddy.
Also, this story (look at picture on left side as well) does not give me warm feelings about him.