Politics: GOP snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
- On the basis of the polling…the Republicans went from being extremely likely to win the race to extremely likely to lose it.
- Political handicapper Nate Silver • Regarding the state of Delaware’s Senate race now that Christine O’Donnell is the GOP nominee. The tea party darling came from behind to defeat former governor and nine-term congressman Mike Castle, who would have been a gimme in November, in yesterday’s primary.source