I’m not rooting for Mike Castle to lose. I’m not rooting for him to win, either. But I’m definitely wary of some of these teabaggers actually joining the Senate next January. The common wisdom is that the Democrats will hold the seat in Delaware if Castle loses this primary. That’s probably true. But nothing is certain. Remember, all 100 senators are equally empowered to gum up the works with procedural delays, stupid time-wasting amendments, and grandstanding of all kinds. We’re already dealing with a new senator from Utah who will join the Coburn/DeMint obstruction-train. It’s looking like we might get another from Alaska. Rand Paul is still up in the polls in Kentucky and Harry Reid hasn’t put Sharron Angle away yet in Nevada. If Castle wins tonight, we still have chance to hold the seat. But if he wins tonight and goes on to win the election in the fall, at least we’ll have a Republican sitting on several committees who isn’t insane and doesn’t give a shit about Glenn Beck, Fox News, or Rush Limbaugh. It will grow a tiny moderate caucus by one, or by about twenty-five percent. So, I’m ambivalent. If he loses, I’ll just shake my head at more evidence of a spreading, menacing virus. I won’t call it a good thing, because it’s definitely not a good thing. On the other hand, the common wisdom is probably correct in this case. If Castle loses, we have a much better chance to hold the seat. And that’s a good thing.

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