Rush Limbaugh has whipped Karl Rove and the rest of the GOP
establishment's critics of Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine
O'Donnell back into line. But those who previously worked for her are
refusing to stand down.

Kristin Murray, who left her position in the state party to serve as
one of several campaign managers for O’Donnell during that race, said
warning bells went off in June 2008 when the two were discussing cell
phone plans.

"She told me that she thought Joe Biden tapped her phone line," she
said.

Alan Moore, who worked on press releases and policy statements for two
months during the 2008 bid and now helps run the conservative site
Townhall.com, said his conversations with the candidate led him to
believe "her priorities were completely out of whack."

Moore, who first decided to volunteer for O'Donnell after hearing
about her at a meeting of college Republicans, said that at one point,
O'Donnell talked to him about winning a lucrative television contract
with CNN or Fox News Channel.

"I informed her that most media organizations prohibit their employees
from running for office. She didn't seem to understand and was more
interested in getting a contract," he recalled. "She was more
concerned about getting a TV deal than winning office."

As the campaign entered the summer season, staff was instructed to
compile a 10-page document examining how the distribution of tens of
thousands of two-ounce suntan lotion packets could shake up the race,
according to several members of O'Donnell's 2008 team.

O'Donnell's idea: To affix a clever slogan to packets that read:
"Don't Get Burned By Higher Taxes. Vote Christine O'Donnell 2008" and
distribute them at local parades [...]

"It was an irresponsible idea," said David Keegan, who served as
O'Donnell's financial officer. “And half the people in the street
thought she was throwing condoms out of the truck.”

The suntan lotion strategy wasn’t the only thing that captured
O’Donnell’s attention that summer. Several former aides said that as
the Republican National Convention approached, O'Donnell became
convinced she could land the coveted role as keynote speaker — the
speech was ultimately delivered by former New York City mayor and
presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani — and booked an expensive trip to
St. Paul on that premise.


She's doing the Democrats a great favor. I think she may be a Dem
operative parading as a lunatic Christian who abhors masturbation.

Just loony enough to attract other member of the American Taliban.