Pieces Of Advice

For Mike Castle:

Suck it up, put on the brave happy face, and endorse Christine O'Donnell. Yeah, she dragged you into the gutter and you didn't come back out. Yeah, in your shoes today she would be doing the same thing to you that you're doing to her - probably worse. No, she doesn't deserve it. But remember something, Mike: Your candidacy didn't have a purpose. You had no reason for running for Senate other than as a glorified gold watch for your near-half-century in Delaware politics. In this cycle, "just because" isn't good enough. You just assumed your nomination, and never saw the O'Donnell mugging coming. You should have been prepared; it might even have made you more responsive to the GOP voters who proved more persuadable than you ever imagined they'd be.

But the primary is over, and in her shoes, you'd be doing the same thing she's demanding. So endorse her. Prove that you really are better than you think she is.

If you are, that is.

For CO'D:

Be a gracious winner. Reach out to Castle supporters. Mend the bridges you've napalmed. Enough with the "Nyah, nyah, nyah, get over it, RINOs" taunting. Yeah, you've just spent the past few weeks flipping them off with both digital barrels. You won dirty. Now turn the page and show you know who the REAL enemy is, and that it isn't Mike Castle or the GOP establishment.

Because you need them, Chris. You need them BAD. You've so alienated Castle voters that sixty percent of them are leaning toward voting for Coons. You only have seven weeks to get them on your side. And even then it's probably not going to be enough.

So reach out. Beg. Apologize. Grovel. It's your only ghost of a chance.

If, of course, getting elected to the U.S. Senate was your goal all along.

For national Republicans:

Follow the example of NRSC honcho John Cornyn....:

Let there be no mistake: The National Republican Senatorial Committee – and I personally as the committee’s chairman – strongly stand by all of our Republican nominees, including Christine O’Donnell in Delaware.

I reached out to Christine this morning, and as I have conveyed to all of our nominees, I offered her my personal congratulations and let her know that she has our support. This support includes a check for $42,000 – the maximum allowable donation that we have provided to all of our nominees – which the NRSC will send to her campaign today.

We remain committed to holding Democrat nominee New Castle County Executive Chris Coons accountable this November, as we inform voters about his record of driving his county to the brink of bankruptcy and supporting his party’s reckless spending policies in Washington.

....and RNC Chair Michael "Rusted" Steele:

....even if they, and we, know that Karl The Great is still right about CO'D:

It's what's known in the politics business as a "losing hand".  The Tea Party Express dealt the GOP this losing hand, and now both sides have to live with it and make the best of it.  And the fun part is, both sides still need each other, ESPECIALLY in a state as "blue" as Delaware.

It's a shotgun marriage that will probably only last seven weeks, which may be six weeks and a handful of days more than either side can stomach, so stock up heavily on Drammamine, guys.  And if the November tsunami overtops even a towering mountain bastion like Delaware?  Odd Couple city, my friends.