NPR was in Wilmington to cover the Delaware Senate race and did an interview with soon-to-be former Congressman Mike Castle. In the interview Castle talked about his loss and the reasons behind it.
Later, Castle said something likely to only solidify the view of those conservatives that he’s a RINO — he should’ve directly asked Democrats and independents to vote in the GOP primary.
Obviously we should’ve focused on it and spent more time educating people. We have a closed primary here. I have a lot of support from Democrats and independents. We probably should’ve encouraged people to switch their political registrations as well.
Exactly. This has been our biggest criticism of Mike Castle. He did nothing while the Republican Party turned into the Tea Party. Not only did he fail to attract moderates to the Republican party, he failed to persuade and educate the voters left in his party. Obviously, Castle should have been reading Delaware Liberal.
Castle does come across as a party man but he also comes close to “I did not leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left me.”
Castle also said he saw no place for fiscally conservative but generally moderate politicians like himself in the present-day Republican Party.
My belief is that you’re either a red-hot conservative, go by the Constitution, don’t spend anything, Republican which is, again, embodied in the Tea Party group if you will or you are a Democrat who’s generally portrayed as a big spender
I don’t know what’s going to happen in the upcoming GOP civil war (it’s coming) but I see the seeds of a 3rd party forming. What do you think? Will the moderates be welcomed back into the GOP pup tent or will they find themselves alone?