Castle Up With Negative Ad On O'Donnell
As anticipated, Rep. Mike Castle (R) has gone on the air with a negative ad targeting primary opponent Christine O'Donnell in the Delaware Senate race.
The ad highlights several lines establishment Republicans have been attacking O'Donnell with, including that she has owed nearly $12K back taxes, that she was sued by Fairleigh Dickinson University for unpaid expenses and that she defaulted on a mortgage.
Hotline On Call reported last week that Castle was planning to go negative on O'Donnell. The plan was an effort to avoid another Tea Party Express surprise like Joe Miller's (R) unexpected victory over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in the AK SEN primary.
O'Donnell has struggled since she has become the focus on the political world. Most notably, she gave a brutal interview on WDEL.
The Castle ad is up on network and cable from the Salisbury, MD, media market, which covers the southern part of DE, according to a campaign source.