Christine O’Donnell, Mike Castle, Tea Party, Delaware, Election 2010

From: http://abcnews.go.com

Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware appears well positioned to win next Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary and run a competitive campaign for the seat Vice President Joe Biden occupied for 36 years. 

He has millions of dollars in his campaign coffers, support from the Republican establishment and a tidal wave of national public opinion swinging in his favor. Recent statewide polls put him well ahead of his opponent, Christine O’Donnell.

But appearances can be deceiving, especially when the Tea Party Express throws its weight behind a primary challenger, as the case of felled Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski showed last month.

O’Donnell, a marketing consultant who ran unsuccessfully against Biden in 2008, is vowing to give Castle, a former governor and nine-term congressman, a run for his money, making the race the next big test for establishment Republicans who are trying to keep their jobs