Christine O’Donnell has inspired songs of joy in the hearts of “true conservatives” tonight by winning Delaware’s Republican Senate primary. O’Donnell defeated moderate Republican Congressman Mike Castle by a count of 53 percent to 47 percent.

Conservative activists hate Castle, with some good reasons, particularly his support of Cap and Trade legislation. And despite the fact that polls show Castle could have easily defeated Democrat Chris Coon – and O’Donnell will have a very difficult time winning – they went all out for O’Donnell. The leading celebrities in the conservative movement, including Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and Sen. Jim DeMint, came out for O’Donnell.

All this, of course, in spite of the fact that O’Donnell shows every indication of being a train wreck of a candidate. She has a history of financial problems. She has come off extremely badly in interviews. She has a very spotty employment history. She has given answers of questionable accuracy about her education record.

And I don’t know about you, but something doesn’t seem quite right to me about a person with such an unimpressive personal history who has nonetheless run for the United States Senate not once, not twice but three times.

But that’s neither here nor there. Christine O’Donnell is now the Republican nominee for Delaware’s open U.S. Senate seat. If Castle had been the nominee, all indications are that he would have won the seat easily. With O’Donnell, the GOP faces very long odds.

Now, two questions:

1. The GOP needs to pick up 10 seats to gain control of the Senate. That’s a very tall order, but polls show it’s possible this year. Extremely difficult, but possible. If the gain is nine, because O’Donnell loses in Delaware, and as a result Charles Schumer is the new Senate Majority Leader, just how proud of themselves will conservative activists be for having supported O’Donnell in the primary?

2. What makes anyone so sure that O’Donnell is a “true conservative”? Because she says so? What has she ever done to prove it? She’s never served in public office before. She’s never crafted legislation. She’s never shepherded legislation through to passage. She has no public record whatsoever.

The people so determined to get behind O’Donnell are taking her totally at her word. She’s never done a single thing to prove she is worthy of their trust, but they’ve made up their minds that she is the real deal, and they believe in her so much that they’re willing to hand this seat to the Democrats just to prove a point.

I hope they’re proud of themselves in November.

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