I love Christine O’Donnell. She’s a gift that just keeps on giving. She didn’t present her response to the separation of church as state as a nuanced legal argument; she seemed genuinely shocked it’s guaranteed by the constitution. A pretty huge gaffe from someone positioning herself as a strict constitutionalist. It’s also a classic rookie mistake; Former Senator Rick Santorum was probably MORE of a religious nut than she is, but he was savvy enough to primarily talk about his personal faith and beleifs.
Why doesn’t Alvin Greene get the same heat? Aside from the whole open primary question, the Democrats just never had a shot in South Carolina. O’Donnell beat a popular, moderate, intelligent experienced Rep in the primary. Alvin Greene beat a field of mostly nobodies. Castle was supposed to WIN Delaware. Alvin Greene’s primary win didn’t potentially shift the balance of the Senate like O’Donnell did. She moved a likely Republican pick-up to a Democrat lock.
As for Eugene’s comments about how few Republicans believe in man-made global warming, I’m actually more saddened by those in complete denial there even *IS* global warming, perhaps by natural causes. I’ve read some very rational arguments that human contribution to the global warmiing we’ve seen is a drop in the bucket compared to larger global effects beyond our control. But at least those arguments admit the earth has gotten warmer in the past five decades! We can debate policy, but it saddens me that somehow scientific fact is politically up for debate.
