Michael Castle in The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism


On Gun Control: Unpopular among GOP because of support for gun control

[Christine O'Donnell's victory] was perhaps the most surprising of a number of Tea Party upsets in GOP primaries during 2010. Well-liked by many Delaware voters of all political persuasions, Mike Castle was a moderate conservative backed by state and national Republican Party leaders. Just weeks before the September primary, he had seemed a "sure thing" to win the GOP nomination and go on in November to win the Delaware Senate seat long held by Democrats. Fox's Sean Hannity tried to get Karl Rove to agree that O'Donnell's conservative victory over a RINO ("Republican In Name Only") was a good thing. Although Castle had toed the GOP line in opposing Obama's 2009 stimulus legislation and 2010 health reform, Hannity cited the things right-wing Republicans disliked: Castle supported abortion rights and gun control, he had voted for the bailout of Wall Street banks, and he was one of only a few GOP House members to vote in favor of cap and trade legislation during the 111th Congress.
Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p.163-164 Jan 2, 2012

The above quotations are from The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism,
by Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams.
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