Meghan McCain Slams Christine O'Donnell Seen as 'Nutjob'

Christine O'Donnell Seen as 'Nutjob': Meghan McCain »
By Michael McAuliff

The Tea Party movement may be bringing energy and voters to the
Republican Party, but in Delaware Senate candidate Christine
O'Donnell, it's also brought someone Republicans regard as a "nutjob,"
Meghan McCain declared today.

Speaking on ABC News' "This Week," the daughter of Arizona GOP Sen.
John McCain argued that the unrestrained anger and extremism of the
Tea Party has allowed unqualified, untested candidates like O'Donnell
to succeed.

"I just know, in my group of friends, it turns people off because
she's seen as a nutjob," McCain said of O'Donnell, whose best-known
remarks are probably a video clip of her admitting she dabbled in
witchcraft.

"I speak as a 26-year-old woman and my problem is that, no matter
what, Christine O'Donnell is making a mockery of running for public
office," McCain said. "She has no real history, no real success in any
kind of business."

"And what that sends to my generation is, one day, you can just wake
up and run for Senate, no matter how [much of a] lack of experience
you have," she said.

Republican consultant Matthew Dowd didn't exactly jump to O'Donnell's defense.

Republicans "can nominate anybody they want — they nominated somebody
that's not qualified, that's probably incompetent, that has said some
crazy stuff," Dowd said. "The great news is, the Delaware electorate
is probably going to send her packing.".

Earlier in a debate aired on the show with Delaware Democratic nominee
Chris Coons, O'Donnell made a plea for GOP help — that probably will
not be forthcoming.

"The state party isn't helping us. And we're asking the National
Republican senatorial to help us," she said. "We've got the Democratic
Senatorial Committee coming after me. We're hoping that the National
Republican Senatorial Committee will help us. But it's two-and-a-half
weeks left, and they're not."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/10/christine-odonnell-seen-as-nut.html#ixzz12fIt7FQj

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