What's Behind Rove's Anti-O'Donnell Comments?
Byron York asks some good questions on Twitter this morning. Why is the GOP elite still protesting the O'Donnell nomination win? Why not just pay her lip service, give her some cash, and let her quietly lose?
After all: party leaders - including Karl Rove - have made their peace with Sharron Angle in Nevada, who is at least as personally wacky as O'Donnell? They have joined to raise funds for Rand Paul, who though not personally wacky, upholds an extreme and sometimes ugly ideology.
Why strain at a gnat having swallowed these camels?
Here's the question to which I would like an answer: Did party leaders promise Mike Castle an easy ride to the Senate nomination if he would make the Senate run? Did O'Donnell's surprise win humiliate them by wrecking those promises? Do they worry that her success will render them less credible the next time they warn an outsider candidate not to run against a party favorite?
Just asking...