dabbling in witchcraft, mice with human brains, christine o donnell says it and whether she likes it or not it goes viral. now in our number one story, ms. o donnell is trying to corral web traf welcome her own video intentionally. she has a new trailer style ad that talks abt an alabama sexual predator. it will make much more sense to you. chris coons polling in the race for the delaware seat. koons is up by 19%. 3% are voting for her anyway. new fox poll putting her behind by 16. fox asking delaware voters what if mike castle had been the republican candidate. he flips the mumberes. he would leave koons 50 to 33. so to cheer old karl up, here s
you ve seen the upsets in alaska, delaware, kentucky, nevada, i think the whole electorate has shifted to the right and agree with your premise, now you re going to see this hurricane that s hit the republican, i think it s headed right smack towards nancy pelosi and the democrats. paul: okay, if it s a difference this seat, delaware seat is the difference between only 49 republicans in the senate and 50 republicans or 51 in the senate where you have the ability to organize the senate, was it worth the trade? yeah, i think ultimately it was worth the trade. i agree with steve that the electorate looks like it s moving to the right, and the o donnell victory is more a reflection of the anger of the electorate than of christine o donnell. i d like to make a point about this, paul. john kerry e-mail that you got, i read some of the commentary on the primaries and some of the liberal pundits, new york times editorial page, they re happy, proves that the republican party is drifting ove
it s a tax. it s a tax. it s a tax. there s a big difference between fees and taxes. fees and taxes are one in the same. if it comes out of my pocket, it s a tax. now he says it isn t true. we didn t raise taxes. what? still doing the same thing, paying out more money. typical politician. definitely. it was another big night for the tea party. christine o donnell pulled off a stunning upset in the republican senate primary in delaware. but many republican party officials saw her primary opponent as their only hope for winning the delaware seat. can she prove them wrong in november? and christine o donnell, the winner of last night s republican party. thanks for joining us this morning. i appreciate it. christine is fine. thank you, jim, thank you, candy.
what you wish for? david corn writes for mother jones and steve karnake of salon.com. david first then steve. one of the oldest liberal misconceptions or self-delusions, if they run crazy against us we will beat them. i m not sure if it is a liberal delusion. it is a democratic establishment delusion. people are saying the delaware seat is a safe pickup for the democrats. they are celebrating. by all appearances that is probably the case. the early reporting is the republicans are not going to give money. you do have to be careful what you wish for. in kentucky rand paul who would have been put in this category not too long ago is leading despite his gaffes. up by seven. against the attorney general who is a statewide elected democrat. conway. jack conway. alaska joe miller is seen as far
to help us understand what this purging of party moderates means for the republican prospects in the senate this year and maybe the longer term consequences for the republican party, we re joined by two experts here. stu rothenberg, editor and publisher of the rothenberg political reporter, and don balz, national political reporter, and grand puma of the washington post political team over there. stu, let me start with you. you put it out first immediately. you moved virginia from lean democrat to lean republican. prospects for them to take over the senate today? significantlily worse today than yesterday. this delaware seat was part of the mathematical calculation, the republicans netting ten seats, withdraw one. it s still a long shot. it was always tougher, but this is much tougher now. what is this now? what are the last three or four seats now that suddenly have to get more tension from national republican ifs they truly want to continue to make the claim? it s certainly