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spanone

(135,778 posts)
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:38 PM Sep 2012

Christine O'Donnell considering political comeback...media reports this with straight face

Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell is apparently mulling a comeback, saying in an interview published Sunday that she is considering another run for Senate in 2014.

“I think I owe that to my supporters, to at least consider a run,” O’Donnell told the Delaware News Journal in an interview published Sunday. “People sacrificed. Not only came out of their comfort zone — sacrificed to work hard in order to win the primary. And I think that I owe it to them to give it every consideration.”

O'Donnell ran for Senate in 2010, and her candidacy that year became emblematic of the Tea Party's effect on the Republican Party. She beat out longtime Rep. Mike Castle, a centrist Republican who was considered a shoo-in for the general election, in the Republican primary due to the support of conservatives and influential figures like Sarah Palin.

O'Donnell struggled as a general election candidate, though, following revelations about her personal life — including a discrimination lawsuit against a former employer. Her admission about having "dabbled" in witchcraft also resulted in one of the most memorable political ads in recent memory.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/16/13897586-christine-odonnell-considering-political-comeback?lite

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Christine O'Donnell considering political comeback...media reports this with straight face (Original Post) spanone Sep 2012 OP
Oops!...she said "sacrificed" !!!! ;0) pkdu Sep 2012 #1
"People sacrificed" as in The Wicker Man aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #7
please....... oldhippydude Sep 2012 #2
You need to ask that? n/t LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #16
So she might comeback to another loss Progressive dog Sep 2012 #3
"Comeback"? I thought she lost? renie408 Sep 2012 #4
Yeah, that's my sentiment Lifelong Protester Sep 2012 #12
Yeah, she ain't a Has Been, woofless Sep 2012 #15
She needs money... a JOB...and she's cute enough that some old geezers cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #5
That was my first thought, as well. Frustratedlady Sep 2012 #10
She's a witch, goddamnit! Poll_Blind Sep 2012 #6
Out of campaign cash, I guess. elleng Sep 2012 #8
Why, is she afraid she might have to get a real job? Cleita Sep 2012 #9
You know what? Christine O'Donnell's got spunk. Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #11
Sorry, that name is taken by Katherine Harris TheCowsCameHome Sep 2012 #17
That be true, but Ed Asner's moxie trumps both of us Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #18
If she was a witch, would her campaign ideas float? FSogol Sep 2012 #13
Good. Hope she wins the primary. SDjack Sep 2012 #14

Progressive dog

(6,898 posts)
3. So she might comeback to another loss
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:50 PM
Sep 2012

I'm in NY and watch news on the city stations. The best ad of 2010 was her "I am not a witch" one. Most amusing candidacy that I know of. I hope she does comeback and lose again.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
12. Yeah, that's my sentiment
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:40 PM
Sep 2012

Don't you have to be a "Been" to be a "Has-been"? Don't you have to have made it to have a comeback???

cr8tvlde

(1,185 posts)
5. She needs money... a JOB...and she's cute enough that some old geezers
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:53 PM
Sep 2012

will donate some money for her to support herself. Heck, even Bill Maher tried to help out with a little cameo on his show...saw a clip.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
9. Why, is she afraid she might have to get a real job?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:56 PM
Sep 2012

The siren of that cash cow of being a candidate who never wins is calling to her again?

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