Mike Castle

$1 Billion That Nobody Wants

NPR | Robert Benincasa and David Kestenbaum | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: 112th Congress, Federal Reserve, American Debt, National Public Radio, George Washington, Mike Castle, Susan B Anthony Dollar, Ulysses S. Grant, Business News

Politicians in Washington hardly let a few minutes go by without mentioning how broke the government is. So, it's a little surprising that they've cre...

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Christine O'Donnell, Victorious Opponent Bury The Hatchet -- Literally

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine O'donnell Delaware Senate, Mike Castle, 2010 Elections, Tom Carper, Delaware Senate Race, Chris Coons, Delaware, Christine O'donnell, Delaware Senate 2010, 2010 Delaware Senate, Politics News

GEORGETOWN, Del. — After their bruising U.S. Senate battle, Democratic senator-elect Chris Coons and his defeated Republican opponent Christine ...

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Partisanship is Only One of the Problems

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, John McCain, Blanche Lincoln, Charlie Crist, President Obama, Mike Castle, Michael Bloomberg, Bipartisanship, Democratic Party, Partisanship, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

A workable centrism needs to develop from ordinary people, not political insiders. Unfortunately, most people who succeed, or even survive, in politics do so by becoming insiders.

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Stuart Rothenberg: Delaware Proves Sometimes A Win Isn't A Win

Roll Call | Stuart Rothenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop 2010 Elections, Stuart Rothenberg, Tea Party 2010 Elections, Stuart Rothenberg 2010 Elections, Mike Castle, 2010 Elections, Christine O'donnell, Elections 2010, Politics News

The pattern is a familiar one. Purist conservative challengers in GOP primaries start out as asterisks in early polls, but in the final week or two...

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September 14 Election Results: Tea Party Candidates Crush GOP Establishment

AP | NORMA LOVE and DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York, New Hampshire, Mike Castle, 2010 Elections, Rick Lazio, Christine O'donnell, General Election, Senate, Gop, Delaware, Tea Party, Ovide LaMontagne, Carl Paladino, Kelly Ayotte, Republicans, Elections 2010, Politics News

In the last turn of a tumultuous primary season, former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte narrowly won her state's Republican Senate primary...

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Amanda Terkel

Chris Christie Pans Christine O'Donnell As 'Missed Opportunity'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), one of the GOP's rising stars who is pointed to as a model for Republicans in the Northeast, sharply...

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Chris Christie Backs GOP Delaware Senate Candidate Mike Castle Over Tea Party Favorite Christine O'Donnell

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the G...

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Men Up, Grizzlies Down

Melanie Billings-Yun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Attacks, Mike Castle, 2010 Elections, Bullying, Roy Blunt, Jane Norton, Georgia Primary, Missouri Senate Race, Delaware Senate 2010, Christine O'donnell, Man Up, Karen Handel, Robin Carnahan, Sarah Palin, Ken Buck, Nathan Deal, Women and Politics, Mama Grizzly, Harry Reid, Nevada Senate 2010, Colorado Senate Race, Sharron Angle, Politics News
Melanie Billings-Yun

Of all the many lessons we can draw from this election, the one that looms out for me is that wanton attacks on another candidate's gender don't win v...

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Three Good Things for Progressives to Take From the Midterm Election Results

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

It's been easy for the Republicans to spend the last two years demonizing and obstructing the president. Well now the GOP has a share of the power, and they can no longer just sit back and throw rocks.

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Jason Linkins

Midterm Madness: The Year In Review (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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How have your would-be lawmakers responded to today's tough circumstances? With the most infantile, substance-free campaign in memory. 2010-11-02-insanitycopy.jpg

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Are You There Christine? Its Me (Not You), Michelle

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Schweiger Schecter

There once was a girl named Christine She babbled quite like a pre-teen

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In "Manly" Midterms, Vote Like a Girl

Barbara Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women and Politics, 2010 Midterm Elections, Gender Gap, Barbara Lee, Christine O'donnell, Gender Politics, Mike Castle, Politics News
Barbara Lee

I understand the frustrations of women voters, but there is simply too much at stake to sit these elections out. The message for progressive women is clear: Elections are tough. Get out there and vote like a girl.

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A Silenced Majority

Michael Bendetson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Arlen Specter, Rudy Giuliani, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Patty Murray, Mike Castle, Trey Grayson, Joe Miller, Ned Lamont, Nancy Pelosi, Al Franken, Bob Bennett, Dino Rossi, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics News
Michael Bendetson

As economists warn against the danger of a monopoly of industry in distorting and destroying an economy, our two party monopoly on government is causing similar effects on our political system.

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Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Last month I rashly wrote that since Obama was starting the month on an upswing, he had a good chance of posting largish gains in September. This didn't happen.

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GOP Moderates Spearheading a Third Party Option

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Third Party, Bill Maher, Independents, Mike Castle, Joe Miller, Sarah Palin, Independent Voters, Gop, Delaware, Chris Coons, Christine O'donnell, Alaska, Democrats, Tea Party, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Stomach-punched into depression by that bruising Republican primary for Delaware's open U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Mike Castle (R) chewed on an independen...

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Christine O'Palin's Great Disappearing Act

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Baggers, Gop, Tea Party, Rand Paul, Mike Castle, Republican Party, Joe Miller, Sarah Palin, Christine O'donnell, Sharron Angle, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Christine O'Donnell's main strategy? Hope voters are just plain stupid and will vote for her in an unprecedented knowledge vacuum.

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Mike Castle Decides Against Pursuing Write-In Senate Campaign

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

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DOVER, Del. — Longtime Republican congressman Mike Castle has ruled out a write-in campaign in the U.S. Senate race in Delaware. Castle is also...

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Ed Chen Attacks the Messenger

John Fialka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Christine O'donnell, Mike Castle, Climatewire, Natural Resources Defense Council, Green News
John Fialka

Republicans and the fossil fuel industry are doing their level best to give the phrase "cap and trade" politically toxic connotations. Ed Chen, of the Natural Resources Defense Council, attacked the messenger.

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Democrats Just Love Those Ticket Splittin' Republicans!

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Tea Party, Marco Rubio, Doug Hoffman, Mike Castle, Bill Owens, Tea Baggers, Chris Coons, Democrats, Christine O'donnell, Lisa Murkowski, Charlie Crist, NY 23rd District, Joe Miller, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Matt Doheny, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Democrats are enjoying sitting back with their popcorn buckets as they watch the GOP Civil War get nastier by the minute, making it even more likely that the left will have another two years at the controls.

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Polling Delaware?...the Missing Horse Race

David C. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Coons, Christine O'donnell, Polls, Mike Castle, Delaware, Politics, Pollster, Politics News
David C. Wilson

Coons' advantage among women is helpful if he faces O'Donnell, but not Castle. The absence of favorable support among women in the Castle-Coons' matchup may speak volumes about what Castle's next move could be.

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Lucia Graves

GOP Senators Rebuke Mike Castle Over Talk Of Write-In Bid For Delaware Senate Seat

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top GOP senators rebuked Delaware Congressman Mike Castle Thursday for considering a write-in campaign after his surprise loss to Christine O'Donnell ...

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Mike Castle Won't Rule Out Write-In Bid For Senate In Delaware

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) - Delaware Congressman Mike Castle says he's stunned by his Senate primary loss to Christine O'Donnell and isn't ruling out the possibility of a ...

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It's Their Party

Neil McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Mike Castle, 2010 Midterm Elections, Delaware, Gop, Christine O'donnell, New York State Assembly, Democrats, Tea Party, Governor, Carl Paladino, Financial Reform, Glass-Steagall, Hillarycare, New York News
Neil McCarthy

The country is in desperate need of moderate Republicans, nowhere more so than here in New York. The GOP has morphed into the Tea Party, an amalgam of the very angry and the apparently inept.

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Karl Rove and the Tea Party: What Really Happened

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Tea Party Movement, Karl Rove, Corporate Money, Mike Castle, Richard Nixon, Delaware Senate Race, Delaware, Christine O'donnell, Glenn Beck, Barack Obama, Politics News
Will Bunch

When Christine O'Donnell stunned the GOP establishment and upset Mike Castle last week, the first person she looked to was Russ Murphy of the Delaware 9-12 Patriots, not Karl Rove.

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Meet The Tea Party's Karl Rove

The Sacramento Bee / McClatchy | Dan Morain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Senate, Mike Castle, 2010 Elections, Delaware, Gop, Christine O'donnell, Sal Russo, Democrats, Tea Party Express, Tea Party, Republicans, Elections 2010, Politics News

Sal Russo, a consultant whose roots in Sacramento stretch back to Gov. Ronald Reagan's days, took a direct hand in O'Donnell's victory Tuesday. He is ...

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