it s a signal to the independent voters. there are a number of independent voters in the state. republicans think that o donnell isn t qualified to be a senator. the fact that castle there wasn t a point to write in candidacy. the fact she s not going to endorse her is a real signal to the independent voters on what he thinks and that s a real problem for her. it s a new castle county executive. it s the accidental candidate here. he s not considered really a professional politician the way mike castle was. so i think in a way it works to his advantage this year. do you think it makes a difference for coons that they re endorsing him. i think it won t. i don t think it will hurt.
coons. who backed her and why? why did they put her in the position and not kalsle? the tea party movement stronlg in delaware and a lot of people who are anti-establishment really gave her the lift. not many people voted in the republican primary and delaware. mike castle worked on the burden of working too closely on the side, voting for cap and trade and t.a.r.p. voting for the obama initiatives that hurt him. the other thing going on now, is mike castle telling john king he s not endorsing he s not going to endorse her. that s not helpful. from republicans unite. it s not going out to her. it puts a heavy nail in her campaign. go ahead, respond to that.
castle in delaware, bob bennett, lisa murkowski and republican senator of alaska beat all by tea party forces who decided that their republicans weren t conservative enough. supported too much spending. there s an anger on the left. there s an anger on the right. there s a lot of frustration. yes, mike castle would have been the overwhelming favorite in november. but he lost the primary because he lost the faith of the tea party grassroots republicans. whatever it is. it s made for interesting stories and interesting reporting and interesting television. john king, we appreciate it. another political update next hour. get the latest political news at cnnpolitics.com and on twitter at political ticker. standing by, look at that live. happy moments and the continue to bring you happy moments. but listen, we want to tell you, you can t exhale yet because everyone is not out of the woods. they have a couple more men to go. we re keeping our fingers crossed that everything will work out.