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Christine O'Donnell Endorses...

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:43:21 CST

Christine O'Donnell is decidedly not a witch, and she's now definite on her horse in the GOP's 2012 race: The onetime US Senate hopeful is endorsing Mitt Romney because she trusts him "to do the right thing," she said in her announcement, adding that "America needs a president who is...

Christine O'Donnell Our First 'Fad Politician'

Matt Cantor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:59:05 CDT

Christine O’Donnell isn’t the first politician to make headlines through “cheap tricks and publicity stunts,” writes Meghan McCain in the Daily Beast . But she is the first “‘fad’ politician”—one “whose moment is fleeting but intense and memorable for all of the wrong reasons.” The Tea Party brought her to...

Palin Back In, O'Donnell Out at Iowa Tea Party Event

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:15:05 CDT

Christine O’Donnell may not be a witch, but she's got to be feeling like a yo-yo: After being invited, then uninvited , then re-invited to speak at an Iowa Tea Party event Saturday, the onetime Senate candidate is officially off the roster—and Sarah Palin is back on. Palin had put...

Palin's Iowa Appearance 'on Hold'

Kevin Spak — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:58:47 CDT

Sarah Palin’s scheduled appearance at a Tea Party rally in Iowa this Saturday—which many have speculated could launch her 2012 campaign —is “no longer confirmed,” a source close to Palin tells the Wall Street Journal , accusing the organizers at Tea Party of America of “continual lying.” The Journal originally...

No. of Fans at O'Donnell Book Signing: 5

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:52:05 CDT

This past week has not been a good one for Christine O’Donnell: First she had a rather disappointing showing at a Florida book signing, then she was dropped from a Tea Party rally. The book signing, held Wednesday in “staunchly Republican” Naples, came during a time when few tourists were...

O'Donnell: Piers Was Being 'Creepy'

Matt Cantor — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:25:05 CDT

Christine O’Donnell didn’t walk out of her interview with Piers Morgan because he asked about gay marriage, she said this morning on the Today show. Instead, “it was the very inappropriate, creepy line of questioning leading up to that,” she noted. “I wanted to stop that borderline sexual harassment that...

Christine O'Donnell Walks Out on Piers Morgan

Rob Quinn — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:15:00 CDT

Christine O'Donnell fled an interview on Piers Morgan Tonight after the host pressed her for her views on gay marriage. O'Donnell said she only wanted to talk about the policies outlined in her new book , Troublemaker , and Morgan responded that the book discusses sexual ethics. "I'm not being weird, you're...

Christine O'Donnell Addresses 'Witch' Ad

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:24:05 CDT

Nearly a year after she won a stunning primary victory in a US Senate race and drew nationwide attention for her controversial statements, Christine O'Donnell is back on the scene, by way of a new book. In Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again, O'Donnell chastises...

Christine O'Donnell's Next Gig: DWTS?

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:37:40 CST

Sarah Palin lobbied for fellow Mama Grizzly Christine O’Donnell to go on Dancing With the Stars last year, and now it looks like it just might happen. The former Tea Party candidate told her Facebook fans Monday that she was invited onto the reality show, the New York Daily News...