Heartache: Coons Campaign Concerned About Low Voter Turnout in Key Counties

Could it be true? Could Christine O'Donnell have a chance?

The Wall Street Journal reported:

In a noon email alert to supporters, Coons campaign manager Christy Gleason said close monitoring of voter turnout in the state’s 41 representative districts showed “lower turnout in New Castle and Kent counties than we’re comfortable with.”

To win, Mr. Coons will have to get heavy support from Democrats and independents in New Castle, the state’s most populous county. In the primary, Ms. O’Donnell drew heavy support from the state’s other two counties, Kent and Sussex, which skew more to the right.

Delaware Channel 28 Executive Producer Tim Qualls Sounded Like a Chris Coons Supporter in August

Christine O'Donnell tweeted about Delaware Channel 28 forgetting two times to air her 24 minute mega ad. She claimed she was told the station "forgot." Channel 28 executive producer Tim Qualls claims they didn't receive the tape in time to air the ad.

Tim Qualls, executive producer at Channel 28, said in an interview the ad did not air because O'Donnell's campaign did not bring a tape to the production studio by the agreed upon deadline. She reserved the time on Thursday, for $2,500, and agreed to bring a tape by Friday at 5 p.m., Qualls said.

Tim Qualls also said he was a Republican who planned to vote for O'Donnell until the ad controversy.

He said he is a Republican and had planned to vote for O'Donnell, but the tape situation changed his mind. "She's lost my vote," Qualls said.

Qualls does his own show on Channel 28 called 'The Tim Qualls Show.' On August 27, 2010, Qualls interviewed Chris Coons. Coons is currently Tim Qualls' County Executive. The video is posted on Channel 28's website. This is the most obsequious, fawning, softball interview ever. This interview would make Larry King blush. Some highlights of Qualls comments from the segment are:

Introducing the Coons interview
01:53 (six years) "When he came on and we met the family and fell in love with him..."
01:57 (speaking of Coons) "What a great man..."
04:23 (speaking of Coons) "My good friend..."
Interviewing Coons
Qualls lets Coons spend several minutes touting his accomplishments while he exclaims, "Holy cow!"
9:41 "You've done such a great job..."
9:48 "I don't feel bad now that you raised my taxes."
11:40 "Now I'm saying, wait a minute, I don't want to vote for you because I don't want you to leave..."
11:52 "It's important we get to Washington with that very same mindset that you are talking about..."
14:03 "I want to say what a fantastic job you did in County government and no matter where we can keep you in office, we need to keep you in office."

You decide if Tim Qualls sounds like a Christine O'Donnell voter.

Click on the image below to visit Channel 28's website and view the entire interview if you think these comments were taken out of context. Have your barf bag ready.


Click the 'Aug 27, 2010' Show link and watch the first 14:15 of the video.

After reportedly receiving over 200 emails and a lot of negative publicity, Channel 28 aired O'Donnell's ad today.

Obama Rushes to Delaware This Weekend to Shore up Harry Reid's Pet

President Obama's official schedule doesn't mention a trip to Delaware this weekend, but Christine O'Donnell is closing the polling gap. Fear of an O'Donnell victory is causing President Obama to make an unplanned campaign stop to shore up Coons Harry Reid's pet.

RUSH: Obama is back to Delaware tomorrow. There is a new poll. The Monmouth University poll. Christine O’Donnell is within ten points. Two weeks ago she was down 57-38. She is within ten points. Coons has backed out of the final two debates, and in the Monmouth University poll, Christine O’Donnell is winning independents 47 to 42. In Delaware, there are a lot of Democrats fed up with the direction of the country who are going to vote Republican or who aren’t going to vote.

MSM Cover Up: Demo Chris Coons has been sued 3 times for retaliating against county employees because of their political views

We all know Christine O'Donnell has a college boyfriend who practiced witchcraft. We also know she once had financial troubles. Did you know Chris Coons was sued three times in 2007 for retaliating against public employees because of their political views? I didn't think so...

American Glob reported:

The media is too busy hyperventilating about every word ever uttered by Delaware Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell to do any real investigative reporting on the Democrat candidate Chris Coons.

I decided to do a little digging myself. Luckily, I had the internet…

(August 2007) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP)- A third lawsuit alleges that New Castle County Executive Chris Coons retaliated against county employees because of their political views.

Chris Coons may have lost the beard, but Christine O'Donnell still nails him as a Marxist

In last nights Delaware Senatorial debate, Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons went after each other hard.

The NY Times reported:

A feisty, aggressive Ms. O’Donnell called Mr. Coons a Marxist whose beliefs came from a socialist professor and said he would “rubber stamp” the policies of the Democrats in Washington. Mr. Coons raised questions about whether Ms. O’Donnell’s faith would drive her positions on social issues like abortion, prayer and evolution.

Pressed by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, Ms. O’Donnell refused to say whether she believed evolution was a myth, saying that “what I believe is irrelevant.”

As she did throughout the first half of the debate, Ms. O’Donnell quickly tried to return the focus to Mr. Coons, saying, “I would argue there are more people who support my Catholic faith than his Marxist belief.”

Chris Coons: "The Taxman"

Christine O’Donnell, Delaware Senate Candidate (R), is attacking her left-wing opponent, Chris Coons, for being a tax hiker in a recession. O’Donnell's best hope in this race is to make it about the issues and not her. This video ad is a good start.

Chris Coons the Taxman

Delaware Demo Chris Coons Proposed Taxing Citizens for Making an Emergency 911 Call

It appears Delaware Democratic Senatorial nominee Chris Coons never met a tax he didn't like. Coons once proposed taxing cell phone users for calling 911. No wonder he is Harry Reid's pet.

The Washington Examiner reported:

Coons inherited a surplus. Celebrating victory on election night in 2004, he said his “top priority would be to continue balancing the budget without increasing property taxes,” according to an account in the local News Journal. Yet in 2006, he pushed through a 5 percent increase in property taxes. In 2007, he raised property taxes 17.5 percent. In 2009, he raised them another 25 percent.

Coons wanted to raise other taxes, too. He proposed a hotel tax, a tax on paramedic services, even a tax on people who call 911 from cell phones.

Who is Chris Coons?

The Delaware Senate race has stirred national interest. The mainstream media has often attacked covered Christine O'Donnell. Of course, O'Donnell's coverage has been almost entirely negative. Very little other than campaign sound bites have been reported about her opponent. Just who is Cris Coons? Chris Coons comes from a privileged background and has a law degree from Yale Law School and a Master's in Ethics from Yale Divinity School. Coons studied in Kenya as a student, and after returning, wrote a paper claiming he was a "bearded Marxist." It is unclear if Coons is till a Marxist, but he is clearly to the political left of even President Obama. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called Chris Coons "my pet." He currently is the County Executive of New Castle County in Delaware. On the surface, he seems like a pleasant man, but one local liberal has accused him of "evil" behavior and selective enforcement of laws for political purposes. Coons website claims he successfully guided New Castle County through the current economic downturn. However, many claim he has nearly bankrupted the County. He increased spending by 10% and hiked property taxes three times; one was a whopping 25% increase. Chris Coons personal finances are a little murky. In the past, he has been accused by some of violating campaign finance reporting law. According to the deed to his house, he bought a two story Colonial on a half acre for $10.It is unlikely Coons actually bought the house at that price, but it is unclear why he would hide the real selling price. Perhaps he was trying to avoid some of those 'sky high' property tax hikes he passed.

Video: Final Comments from first Christine O'Donnell (R) and Chris Coons (D) debate

Here are the closing comments from the first debate where Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons go head-to-head on the same stage. Coons tries to avoid the Harry Reid's pet label by portraying himself as a local businessman and leader. Christine O'Donnell handles herself well and portrays herself as a Washington outsider and ordinary Delawarean.

Delaware Democrat Chris Coons once described himself as a "bearded Marxist."

The choice to voters in Delaware is very clear this November. They can choose Conservative Christine O'Donnell or a man so progressive he once described himself as a "bearded Marxist" in a college paper.

The Politico reported:

An article Democrat Chris Coons wrote for his college newspaper may not go over so well in corporation-friendly Delaware, where he already faces an uphill battle for Vice President Joe Biden’s old Senate seat.

The title? “Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist.”...

“My friends now joke that something about Kenya, maybe the strange diet, or the tropical sun, changed my personality; Africa to them seems a catalytic converter that takes in clean-shaven, clear-thinking Americans and sends back bearded Marxists,” Coons wrote...

Meet Harry Reid's Pet...Chris Coons

Chris Coons bills himself as a strong liberal progressive. Harry Reid is certainly enamored with him. Reid called him "my pet" twice. If Nancy Pelosi can have lapdogs, it is only fair Harry Reid have a pet.

The Hill reported:

"I'm going to be very honest with you -- Chris Coons, everybody knows him in the Democratic caucus. He's my pet. He's my favorite candidate," Reid said.

"Let me tell you about him: A graduate of Yale Divinity School. Yale Law School. A two-time national debate champion. He represents two-thirds of the state now, in an elected capacity. I don't know if you've ever seen him or heard him speak, but he is a dynamic speaker. I don't mean loud or long; he's a communicator. So that's how I feel about Delaware. I've always thought Chris Coons is going to win. I told him that and I tried to get him to run. I'm glad he's running. I just think the world of him. He's my pet."