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THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - September 16, 2010
Tea Party Outsiders Defeat Moderate Republicans in Primaries
by: Mike Ludwig
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American voters watched closely on Tuesday as Republican
dissidents and Tea Party-backed candidates Christine
O'Donnell and Carl Paladino took victories in the last
major round of primary runoffs. O'Donnell's Senate
nomination in Delaware and Paladino's sweeping win of the
gubernatorial nomination in New York were not just seen as
startling upsets, but as litmus tests of anti-establishment
sentiment within the GOP and the Tea Party movement's
ability to motivate voters and oust moderates.
The anti-incumbent trend did not encourage liberals in
Massachusetts, however, where incumbent Democrat Rep.
Stephen Lynch of Boston defeated Mac D'Alessandro, a
former political director with the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU), according to The Associated
Press.
Lynch has some lost labor support and upset progressives
by voting against the Obama administration's health care
overhaul and supporting wars overseas.
The O'Donnell Insurgency
Tea Party favorite O'Donnell defeated the politically
sturdy Rep. Mike Castle for the Delaware GOP nomination
for the open Senate seat formerly held by Vice President
Joe Biden.
Castle is a former governor and party favorite, but
O'Donnell rode the anti-establishment wave to victory
after winning support from Sarah Palin and outspoken
conservative Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina).
Initial results showed that O'Donnell defeated Castle 54
to 46 percent. She will go on to face progressive Democrat
Chris Coons, a county executive.
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Exit polls indicated that a majority of Delaware voters are
not happy with O'Donnell, and some Republican votes could
be lost to Coons.
O'Donnell got a boost from out-of-state Tea Party activists
to defeat Castle despite the efforts of the broader
Republican Party to fend off the ultra-conservative. In a
televised speech to her supporters, O'Donnell called for
party unity during the rest of her campaign.
Coons quickly moved on O'Donnell's polarizing reputation.
"The results tonight make one thing perfectly clear - the
Republican party is purging itself of moderate voices and
embracing the radical," Coons told local media after the
polls closed. "I thank Mike Castle for his years of service
to the people of Delaware and ask that his supporters
embrace my campaign as a way to continue Delaware's
tradition of electing moderate, independent voices to the
United States Senate."
New York Republicans Are "Mad as Hell"
Paladino, a millionaire developer and scrappy political
newcomer, stirred up enough controversy and anti-government
rage in New York to win a landslide victory over former
Republican Congressman Rick Lazio for the GOP nomination
for governor.
Paladino surprised New Yorkers by winning with a whopping
67 percent of the vote, according to The Associated Press.
Paladino trailed behind Lazio in the polls for weeks prior
to the election, but on Monday he received a boost from a
poll by the Siena Research Institute showing the race was
too close to call.
His nomination and affiliation with the Tea Party is seen
as another testament to the growing anti-establishment
sentiment amongst grassroots Republicans. He will face off
against New York's Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
in the election.
Paladino promises to cut government offices, lower taxes
and fight insider politics attracted Republican voters
living in a state with some of the nation's highest
taxes and spending, according to his campaign web site.
Paladino's loudmouth "I'm mad as hell" campaign, based in
the struggling city of Buffalo, garnished considerable
media attention and caught the eyes of upstate New Yorkers
sick of being ignored by the power base in the New York
City area.
He did not escape controversy, however, and in April, The
Huffington Post obtained several racist and pornographic
emails Paladino sent to friends and co-workers, including
one doctored photo of Barack and Michelle Obama dressed
as a pimp and prostitute.
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