A lot has been written and discussed regarding Tea Party candidates primary victories in general and Christine O’Donnell in particular. But what really struck me was Charles Kruathammer’s bitter reaction to Delaware’s primary result:

A timeless rule of sober politics, and particularly timely now. This is no ordinary time. And this is no ordinary Democratic administration. It is highly ideological and ambitious. It is determined to use whatever historical window it is granted to change the country structurally, irreversibly. It may already have done so with Obamacare and it has equally lofty ambitions for energy, education, immigration, taxation, industrial policy, and the composition of the Supreme Court.

That’s what makes the 11th-hour endorsements of O’Donnell by Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) and Sarah Palin so reckless and irresponsible.

Of course Mike Castle is a liberal Republican. What do you expect from Delaware? A DeMint? Castle voted against Obamacare and the stimulus. Yes, he voted for cap-and-trade. That’s batting .667. You’d rather have a Democrat who bats .000 and who might give the Democrats the 50th vote to control the Senate?

Reckless and irresponsible? Supporting the most conservative Republican candidate is reckless and irresponsible?

The idea that conservative voters should support a Liberal Republican like Castle just because he didn’t vote for 2/3′s of the radical Obama agenda is weak. Obamacare and the Stimulus were going pass in the House of Rep’s with or without Republican support and Mike Castle knew it. He also knew he would be excoriated if he voted in favor of either bill and calculated he would have zero shot at getting elected to the Senate.

The elites, once more, are telling conservative voters “hey, support a Liberal Republican because he has a better shot at winning, just like McCain did in 2008.”

Thankfully, conservative voters in places such as Delaware are not buying what the elites are selling. They realize if a liberal Republican such as Mike Castle gets to the Senate, he is not going to represent their conservative views. They understand when the chips are down, and (heaven forbid) Obama gets the opportunity to nominate a third completely unqualified radical Liberal to the Supreme Court, there is no difference between a Liberal Republican such as Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins (both confirmed Sotomayor and Kagan) and a typical off the shelf Democrat.

Conservative voters understand, that even with (hopefully) 51 Republican votes in the Senate, and (hopefully) Republican control of the House, all we can do for the next two years is slow the advance of Obama’s radical agenda. It will take another election cycle (2012), larger Conservative Congressional majorities and a Conservative Republican in the White House to being the unwinding of Obama, Pelosi & Reid’s damaging, radical Liberal agenda

If all goes well, 2010 will be one positive step toward the larger goal of rolling back big government liberalism.