Christine O’Donnell’s upset win in the Delaware Republican Senate Primary yesterday against nine-term establishment congressman, Mike Castle, was yet another stunning victory for the Tea Party Movement. As this amalgam (see WOW) of conservative Independents, Democrats and Republicans continues to gather momentum heading into the midterm elections in November, it is exciting to think of the ‘changes’ that will take place in Washington.
One could only wish that Karl Rove, a political analyst who we greatly respect, might have been a little more positive about O’Donnell’s easy victory. With the additional victory of Carl Paladino, another Tea Party backed candidate, in the New York Republican Primary for Governor yesterday, there is little question that this grass roots organization will be a force to recon with for the foreseeable future.