…so who knows. I think there is a slight-to-significant chance that there will be a Conservative-Tea Party blow-out in November that marginalizing it in the culture will be impossible. In that case, O’Donnell will simply be part of the wave, and it means a tectonic realignment of conventional wisdom (think Scott Brown), and O’Donnell better get her butt in gear to prune the federal leviathan.

If, on the other hand, O’Donnell wins, and several other high-profile conservative grass-roots candidates lose (think Angle or Miller), then her victory will be seen not so much a victory for her, but a defeat of the Marxist whack-job she’s running against. Rasmussen has the race this morning at 52%-43% for the Marxist, so O’Donnell’s victory is very much within reach, and the more Delaware learns about this Marxist, the more they will be repelled by him. Remember, in Massachusetts, Coakley was up some 30% over Scott Brown a scant month before the election, and it wasn’t even close in the end.

In short, if she wins, as when every Conservative wins, the popular culture will trash her, marginalize her, smear her, belittle her and so on. Hopefully, though, there will be enough O’Donnell’s winning that night that it won’t matter.

I agree totally that if she wins the “mainstream” including some Republicans (think Rove) will continue their attacks and no one will ever say it was the conservative idea’s that won. And ultimately I think that is the great tragedy in these type races, it has become less about idea’s and more about who can make the opponent “unelectable”.

How blue is it, I mean we know it’s democrat, but is it leftist blue or pragmatic “country” blue like some area’s of the southern U.S.

Look directly north to New Jersey. Chris Christie is quite conservative on any number of issues and a Republican, and he won the governorship in a quite blue state.

Blue isn’t always blue, so much as purple – or rather blue-violet as many Republicans have won state offices before in New Jersey and Delaware (as Mike Castle attests).

So it’s evident that citizens of Delaware don’t have a problem voting for a Republican. It’s whether they are willing to vote for a considerably conservative Republican.

And as others have noted, Brown won after having been quite low in the polls – though he’s certainly purple in a blue state. And, no doubt, O’Donnell and any other conservative “Tea Party” candidate is going to get trashed in the media if they win in November.

I wonder if Dick Armey and Freedom Works – who put on the 9/12 Tea Party event in DC – will come out with major egg on his face in November for evidently going with the political game over principles. As far as I can tell, he’s still not backing O’Donnell because she’s not winnable. Huh?!

Frankly, screw political strategery. Principles all the way, even if it means assured failure.

Admittedly it’s inside polling, but if she is actually within 6 points five days out, is it actually possible that she can win? We’ve all noticed that “The One” and “The Dud” have spent a lot of time there and now he is actually running attack ad’s …. crazier things and all that….