Anyway you look at it, O'Donnell is TOAST

[MrScorpio]

- A probable FEC investigation.

- The newsies smelling blood in the water.

- A history of crazy statements.

- Political support ONLY from the fringe.

- And lot's of Bill Maher and CSPAN footage.


If she's not covered with butter and jam by November, I'll be surprised.

[vi5]

1. Seriously, the Dems losing that seat....

....is about as crazy as Dems losing Ted Kennedy's seat in Mass.

Oh wait......


Just remember that's the last time we thought we had a slam dunk.

[MrScorpio]

3. I'm not interested in negative talk right now

It's shit like that that makes us our own worst enemies.

[still_one]

7. That is not negative talk, it is warning people do NOT take anything for granted

For one thing, the repuke who lost to her could run as an independent or maybe write-in

No one knows what that would do

Though the odds have improved considerably for the Democrat, nothing should be taken for granted

[MrScorpio]

11. Of course.

Delaware Dems need to get up off of their Duffs and send Coons to the Senate.

[still_one]

47. Yes /nt

[DainBramaged]

28. Yup, and A LOT of that lately

[davepc]

40. It's not negative talk to realize that you have to agressivly campaign, even against fringe loons.

Martha Coakley decided to laugh off her opponent and led to her losing.

Hubris and pride are not good traits in a political campaign.

Yes O'Donnel is a terrible candidate who has little chance of winning but can't just not run against her.

[Arkana]

49. Scott Brown didn't campaign like a total loon.

O'Donnell is.

[breadandwine]

53. The real danger is her teflon and charisma. Check her out in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDZE8lKrVys&feature=player_embedded


She's absolutely lovely and radiant and knows how to seduce the camera. And charges just bounce off her. I never saw such a good liar given what she has to work with. Man, she just never breaks a sweat.

I wouldn't underestimate her.

She's a dream come true for low-information voters. What Bill Maher said: Palin is nasty but she's nice. Very hard to get a piece of her because she's always confident and smiling.

[vi5]

46. Not negative, cautionary.....

Nothing should be taken for granted.

[MannyGoldstein]

23. Brown's not a lunatic.

I'm worried too, but I think this is less likely than what played out here in MA.

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. yep

[Arkana]

48. Martha Coakley was up by 30 points out of that primary.

I don't care what the political environment was--if she had CAMPAIGNED, she would have WON. Stop using the Massachusetts Senate race as a stalking horse. People paid attention--they know not to be dead fish no matter how certain your prospects look.

[lunatica]

2. She's worse than toast. She's burnt toast

[MrScorpio]

4. Bingo.

I'm hoping that the FEC investigation gets right off very, very soon.

[theothersnippywshrub]

17. That's going to take at least one year and probably two. But she needs to be hammered with

the allegations until she explains the campaign expenditures. She probably will just repay the money and apologize for the "mistake" if the allegations gain any traction.

[corkhead]

26. I think it is this piece of toast...

[Contrary1]

35. Or maybe this one?

[alterfurz]

56. and a rotten egg!

Moe: Give me a piece of burnt toast and a rotten egg.
Larry: Burnt toast and a rotten egg?!
Moe: Yeah! I got a tapeworm and that's good enough for 'im!

[AlinPA]

5. I have concern that the media will enthusiastically support her and sell her to the voters, but

I worry most about the Kochs dropping 20-50 Million into her campaign and buying it for her.

[MrScorpio]

6. If CNN is any clue, IF there's the appearance of a scandal...

I figure that a feeding frenzy is sure to come.

One that point about the Kochs, that shit is very problematic.

[jberryhill]

45. There aren't even a million people in Delaware, let alone voters

The Koch's would do better just to hand out Benjamins at the polls.

[The empressof all]

8. We need to hope she won't be so damaged she'll drop out

This is one time where keeping the powder dry to close to the end came may be a good thing.

[MrScorpio]

9. I'd LOVE to see her ass drop out

But I'm quite sure that she's too freaking obtuse, hypocritical and self-righteous to buy a damn clue.

[The empressof all]

14. I'm kinda thinking you're right

Her Ego is larger than Palins so she won't quit so easily and damn watching this freak show is too much fun. :rofl:

[gkhouston]

50. I wouldn't. Castle is a viable candidate. n/t

[HipChick]

10. Watch her get a pass..

the way Palin has..playing the victim and taking advantage of double standards of being a female candidate

[AlinPA]

12. The media will build her up as credible and make her the innocent victim. The media

will control her campaign.

[RagAss]

16. No...there's too much wacky footage out there on this nutbag !

[MrScorpio]

13. Let's not forget that Palin is a LOSER and a QUITTER

Like those passes ever did her any good.

[HipChick]

15. and she's still around...

kinda like Teflon..

[Curmudgeoness]

18. If she only had support from the fringe, how did she win this

primary? I have no doubt that she is toast, I figured if she won that was the best thing that could happen for the Dems. But I didn't see how she could win with all the Rep voters, and she did. The crazy statements were going on before the election, although this new one is a doozy. I hope you are right, but Delaware Dems had better not take this as a given.

[AlinPA]

22. I have the same question. A majorityof the republican primary voters picked her.

[MrScorpio]

29. Three words:

Closed Republican Primary.


Once she's in the deep water, she'll sink like a stone.

[Curmudgeoness]

36. But still...

that means that over 50% of the Republicans who voted (and are likely to vote again in the general election) had voted for her. That is really scary. It either means that the nut jobs are the majority of the people heading to the polls, or more of all the Republicans liked her.

I agree, this support (based on 50/50 Dem/Rep in Delaware) is only 25% of the likely voters and she is toast. But still. Over 50% of those voters stuns me.

[CatholicEdHead]

39. Do we have the numbers for what % of GOP registered voters voted in the primary?

If it was a small amount, then they were active in the primary but still a small total of overall GOP voters who may stay home on Nov 2.

[Curmudgeoness]

41. All I could find is that 57,500 votes were cast in the Rep race.

She won 53 to 47%. The last piece of the puzzle would be, how many "likely Rep voters" are there in Delaware, or even how many registered Rep voters? But 57,500 sounds low to me. Good point you made.

[davepc]

43. I think Kos broke it down pretty well, but I dont remeber the exact post.

[kentuck]

19. I see no way she survives this??

The Repubs are probably plotting at this very moment about what to do?

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. You know what would be really weird?

If both O'Donnell and Alvin Greene win.

[golddigger]

24. "There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.

It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is the area we call the...

Nightmare Zone!

Rod Serling

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. I'm starting to like and support O'Donnell

Too much negativity and she might drop out, leaving a hole for a "real" republican to step into. One that might have a chance for victory.

Go O'Donnell! You ROCK!!!

:hi:

[CanonRay]

25. It's all the liberal media's fault

Bwaaaaaaaaa :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Davis_X_Machina]

27. She's toast.

It's a small state. She's run twice before. Everyone in the state at this point knows of her, and has either met her, or has met someone who met her. You can buy media from now till Doomsday, but it won't move the needle one way or the other, if you're known, personally known, to enough voters. I've seen this happen in Maine, another small state. This is why Snowe, and to a lesser extent, Collins, are very, very hard to dislodge.

The state is basically a blue state. The woman won a Republican closed primary. 30,000 votes, total. Obama won 60-40 with a quarter of a million.

Coons by 15.

[Graybeard]

30. 2010: The year of tea and toast.

Has the Tea party peaked too soon?

Or is that Pekoed too soon?

[opihimoimoi]

31. Beyond toast......"Only ashes remain"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFZNEx4hKVE

[Canuckistanian]

33. That's a lot of baggage

And it's only a few days since her nomination.

I can't wait to hear what Bill Maher has in store for her.

[tblue37]

34. Sorry, it ain't over until it's over. The notion that this, that, or the

other obviously idiotic and insane Republican is "toast" has been proven wrong so often that I just cannot trust the American voters to do the right thing. Half of them voted for her in CT without knowing anything about her except that she wsn't the incumbent. (I have read articlws quoting voters who said precisely that!) A lot of idiots will vote for her just ebcause the Dems are currently in power and she is not a Dem, and they will be "Shocked, shocked, I tell you!" when they discover all the bizarre things sge believes.

American voters elected Ronald Reagan and let the vote get close enough for the 2000 and 2004 elections to be hacked for W. In Minnesota they elect and re-elect Michelle Bachmann, who is about as bizarre as O'Donnell and doesn't exactly hide her nuttiness. They will elect all sorts of bizarre people.

The only good thing about O'Donnell's clear nuttiness is that if the Dems use it, they can GOTV by scaring the bejeebus out of saner voters in CT. If she gets in--and she could--then the fact that she is so nutty makes it even worse than it otherwise would be to have a Repub in that seat.

[davepc]

42. DE, not CT

CT has their own whacky republican.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDSbfuoeA4Q

[LynneSin]

37. I wish I could assume that but I won't. Not until the election is done and she concedes

She won because Mike Castle became complacent and assumed people would vote for him.

In 2000, Tom Carper won because Bill Roth became complacent and assumed people would vote for him.

The sad message is this - Republicans have historically has had much more reliable voter turnout than democrats. If we can turn out the vote in November she can't win.

[IDemo]

38. O'Donnell.....covered in butter.........

I'll be back in a few minutes.:evilgrin:

[theothersnippywshrub]

44. Your palms will go blind. Or something like that. n/t

[Skittles]

51. NO, NO

man walks by his son's room and says, SON, IF YOU KEEP DOING THAT YOU'LL GO BLIND. Son replies, HEY DAD! I'M OVER HERE!!!

[Kablooie]

52. But she still may become a butter and jam covered Senator.

I don't put anything beyond the stupidity of the American people nowadays.

[saltpoint]

54. But what if back when she was dabbling in witchcraft

she like, you know, learned some spells to cast on people, and used them on this election to win?

- - -

Agree. She's got a steep inclince ahead and holes in her hikin' boots.

[Norrin Radd]

55. I'm looking forward to Whack-o-donnell's getting picked apart.

Or getting toasted as you say.