Delaware primary race matters to you! O'Donnell gains on Castle.

Things are getting mighty interesting in the race to fill Joe Biden's seat.  Conservative Christine O'Donnell is now capable of defeating Mike Castle in tomorrow' primary and according to PPP is actually in the lead!  This particular race has generated a lot of heated debate and arguments over the correct strategy going into November.

In a nutshell, here is the situation.  Mike Castle is as probably as liberal as it gets and has the votes plus the ratings to confirm this accusation (cap and trade, stimulus, pork).  He is so liberal that calling him a RINO would probably boost his image among rank-and-file Republicans.  Christine O'Donnell, despite being a raging social conservative is strutting her fiscal conservatism and has gotten the endorsements of Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin. Here is the rub, in the latest Rasmussen poll it would appear that Castle has a very formidable lead against the Democrat Coons while O'Donnel is significantly behind.  Presumably then, voting for O'Donnell in this primary is tantamount to "throwing away" the Delaware Senate seat in a state so blue that even Obama can do no wrong!

So, what to do, what to do?

First, there is never a time in American politics where winning is not important.  While Obama's administration and the liberal Congress poses a danger to us, it poses no more danger than any other collection of political goons in the past several decades.  Among those threatened by an ever growing central authority there is always an urgency and always a desire to stop the politicians from spending.   Therefore the argument that Castle is instrumental in slowing down the Senate majority is a generic argument used every single time.  Brown/Coakley is a perfect example, but last time it was ObamaCare and now it is the desperate lame-duck session liable to pass legislation for the sake of it.

Second, we should recognize that races, especially high profile Senate races are an opportunity to spread the message.  A significant drawback of not having Libertarians in Congress is the lack of message that gets out to Americans.   If we assume that each race is an opportunity for a political platform then should we not want the most financially conservative individual running in that race in hopes of illustrating the fallacy of liberal thought?  Exposing and illuminating the dangers of central spending, social engineering and other demonstrable failures committed by our government?  Ignorance is rife and any opportunity to reach out to the populace should be embraced.

Third, winning for the sake of winning is a mantra that only benefits the establishment.  While Dick Armey, Newt Gingrich and other political hacks can pat themselves on the back for seizing another seat in Congress the rest of the country loses.  This is not mere speculation or mental gymnastics, it is simple historical fact.  Over the past three decades we have seen power shift from Democrats to Republicans (Reagan) back to Democrats (Clinton) back to Republicans (Clinton) back to Republicans (Bush) and now back again.  In aggregate, our deficit is larger, our government is bigger, our taxes are biggest (in total), our liberties are impinged and our country is more vulnerable than ever.  So who really wins?  Not you or me.

To summarize.  Winning this seat is not any more important than winning any other seat and winning for the sake of winning accomplishes nothing.  Political races can be used as a means to spread the message, do we really want Mike Castle, one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress to be spreading that message?

Yes, it is possible that O'Donnell loses to Coons in November.  So what?  What exactly do 'we the people' lose?  For some establishment liberal jackass to possibly vote with the Republicans once in a while?  Hardly a loss, especially considering that we give up an opportunity to open some eyes, some ears and some minds that central planning is not working.  Central planning is indeed not working, we need to stop supporting politicians that believe to the contrary and that includes Mike Castle.



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