Coons on Hardball.

September 15th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under
By Delaware Dem

A stellar performance by Chris Coons.

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  1. Comment by phil on 15 September 2010 at 9:15 pm:

    “Chirs Coons” LOL

  2. Comment by Unstable Isotope on 15 September 2010 at 9:19 pm:

    I’m glad Coons is finally getting attention.

  3. Comment by jason330 on 15 September 2010 at 9:30 pm:

    Awesome introduction to Coons. The opening clip of O’Donnell saying that any mention of her background amounts to an attack is hilarious.

  4. Comment by Dominique on 15 September 2010 at 9:42 pm:

    Excellent appearance. You can tell that he and his advisors learned a lesson from the DE GOP and Castle’s (mis)behavior during the primary.

    I would have liked to see Chris ask a follow-up question about which Obama policies he disagrees with. He would definitely have asked a GOP candidate that.

  5. Comment by Mongo on 15 September 2010 at 9:45 pm:

    Great job Chris.

  6. Comment by Bandit on 15 September 2010 at 10:02 pm:

    Nice! So she can make outlandish claims along with her nutty brethren, but she is off limits? I feel good about her self destructing on her own….

  7. Comment by delacrat on 15 September 2010 at 10:10 pm:

    “Is she qualified?”

    This is why I don’t watch Hardball.

  8. Comment by anon on 15 September 2010 at 10:15 pm:

    How long before the national press figures out where she actually lives?

  9. Comment by jason330 on 15 September 2010 at 10:17 pm:

    Turns out you only have to “inhabit” the state at the time of the election. So if hell freezes over, she can take office legally.

  10. Comment by anon on 15 September 2010 at 10:24 pm:

    I know, but it would still be news.

  11. Comment by Matt on 15 September 2010 at 10:40 pm:

    He should go on a channel that has more than 20 viewers…

  12. Comment by Bill Humphrey on 16 September 2010 at 12:43 am:

    Wow, he’s really come a long way on his media skills since I interviewed him in May. This is good work.

    (Also he’s improved some of his policy positions since then, but that’s a different story.)

  13. Comment by phil on 16 September 2010 at 7:47 am:

    So, I’m really the only one who saw that his name was misspelled?

  14. Comment by Jason330 on 16 September 2010 at 7:59 am:

    Coons does a great job here and it previews the knd of judo he is going to have to pull off during this campaign. The O’Donnell camp is like so sicfi monster that lives off the energy people throw at it. Instead of rhetorical bombs and bullets, Coon needs to slowly and patiently starve the beast.

  15. Comment by Bob on 16 September 2010 at 9:02 am:

    I like the direct answers didn’t dodge one question

  16. Comment by Bob on 16 September 2010 at 9:02 am:

    I like the direct answers didn’t dodge one question

  17. Comment by Miscreant on 16 September 2010 at 9:09 am:

    Hope someone asks him about this…

    “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,…”

  18. Comment by Jason330 on 16 September 2010 at 9:32 am:

    The interesting thing about O’Donnells position that ANY question about her background is an attack is that she might pull it off in this media environment. Does anyone know who the questioners will be tonight.

  19. Comment by pandora on 16 September 2010 at 9:37 am:

    I don’t know, Jason. I’m hoping to attend. Does anyone know if she’s even going to show up?

  20. Comment by A. Price on 16 September 2010 at 9:46 am:

    miscreant, what are you talking about?

  21. Pingback by 2010 US Senate Race - Talk Delaware Online on 16 September 2010 at 9:46 am:

    [...] Just watched it. Coons couldn't have been better. Of course, MSNBC isn't the place to get his message out to anyone but left-leaners, but still. Well done. For someone not particularly telegenic, he comes off really well on TV, if that makes any sense. I guess I'm saying he knows how to play and speak to the camera. Here's a good clip. It's from delawareliberal.com, because that's what came up when I googled it Coons on Hardball. : Delaware Liberal [...]

  22. Comment by heragain on 16 September 2010 at 10:08 am:

    A Price, Miscreant is quoting from Chris Coons essay “The Making of a Bearded Marxist”.

    You didn’t know?

  23. Comment by Geezer on 16 September 2010 at 10:26 am:

    An essay written for a college he actually attended and got a degree from. Not that that matters or anything…

  24. Comment by anon on 16 September 2010 at 10:39 am:

    As opposed to Christine’s essay,   “      “

  25. Comment by heragain on 16 September 2010 at 10:44 am:

    And he’s talking about a transformative experience in the Peace Corps, for which I have the highest respect.

    Sorry, Geezer, if I seemed short on qualifiers, so early in the coffee acquisition process. :D

  26. Comment by Delaware Dem on 16 September 2010 at 10:47 am:

    If Chris is attacked for an essay he wrote in college, which is part of his personal background, then that opens the door for us to unload the volumes of material we have on Christine.

    This is a two way street, if Chris is going to be attacked on his personal background, we will destroy her with hers.

  27. Comment by Unstable Isotope on 16 September 2010 at 10:50 am:

    Oh noez! Not another Kenyan, anti-colonial!

  28. Comment by anon on 16 September 2010 at 10:50 am:

    In college,Coons was treveling abroad and writing thoughtful essays about his experience.

    In Christine’s college experience, she was experimenting with casual sex, skipping her final required courses, and running away from dunning notices.

    Bring it on, bitches.

  29. Comment by heragain on 16 September 2010 at 10:52 am:

    No we won’t, Del Dem.

    We won’t because if girls are mean to girls, they’re mean girls, and if boys are mean to girls, they’re bullies. And neither thing will get Chris elected.

    People like to hear about THEMSELVES, as long as it’s positive. So the campaign MUST center on “Why this sweetheart of a man will help your amazing and remarkable family have a better life”.

    That’s the message.

  30. Comment by anon on 16 September 2010 at 10:55 am:

    Thanks a lot, Harry F-ng Reid.

  31. Comment by Unstable Isotope on 16 September 2010 at 10:56 am:

    Uh…Harry Reid

    But Reid said Coons would have won even if Rep. Mike Castle (R) had prevailed over O’Donnell.

    “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.”

  32. Comment by anon on 16 September 2010 at 10:56 am:

    LOL. I wonder if Reid would have referred to Chris as his “pet” if he was 18 inches taller.

    I can’t wait to hear what he calls Matt Denn.

  33. Comment by heragain on 16 September 2010 at 10:58 am:

    LOL. I wonder if Reid would have referred to Chris as his “pet” if he was 18 inches taller.

    It’s a harsh world. :D

  34. Comment by anon on 16 September 2010 at 11:05 am:

    Who’s taller, Coons or Denn?

  35. Comment by Geezer on 16 September 2010 at 11:08 am:

    Heragain is exactly right. Have the attacks worked against Sharron Angle? Did they work for Castle? The way to go negative is to emphasize the America these folks want: No solution to the health care problem, cutting taxes as a solution to both a moribund economy and an enormous deficit. Their “solutions” sound like the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

  36. Comment by MJ on 16 September 2010 at 11:10 am:

    Curly on WGOP had a field day with the “pet” line, but he took it too far:”I guess if he’s his pet, they just feed him a few times a day and then he goes and drops a load in the litter box.”

    Curly is a mediocre talk show host and a pig.

  37. Comment by anon on 16 September 2010 at 11:12 am:

    As if Harry Reid hasn’t already insulted Democrats enough.

  38. Comment by Unstable Isotope on 16 September 2010 at 11:20 am:

    I think the line I would have like to hear Coons say when Matthews asked if she’s qualified is “it’s up to the voters to decide if she’s qualified to serve Delaware in the Senate,” then list his own qualifications.

    Yes, I thought the pet line was demeaning but Harry Reid does have a bit of a tin ear on these things.

  39. Comment by Miscreant on 16 September 2010 at 12:24 pm:

    ” 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.

    Interesting background:

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

    “In the article, Coons, then 21 years old and about to graduate from Amherst College, chronicled his transformation from a sheltered, conservative-minded college student who had worked for former GOP Delaware Sen. William Roth and had campaigned for Ronald Reagan in 1980 into a cynical young adult who was distrustful of American power and willing to question the American notion of free enterprise.”

  40. Comment by A. Price on 16 September 2010 at 12:36 pm:

    ah. Thanks miscreant.
    no, heragain i did not know. First information gap of my life.

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