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Another possible U.S. Senate GOP pick-up in the Northeast. Say what?

Even though Democrats Barack Obama and Jack Markell easily won in Delaware last November, there still is a Republican to be reckoned with.

According to a poll released Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Castle has more support today than Attorney General Beau Biden, should the two run in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Beau’s father, Joe, just before he was sworn in as vice president.

The survey, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling, of 782 Delawareans found 44 percent support Castle while 36 percent favor the younger Biden. The poll found 20 percent undecided.

Beau Biden was elected in 2006 as attorney general and is serving in the Delaware National Guard in Iraq on a one-year deployment. He has not announced any run for another office.

Castle, now in his ninth term, said he’s not declaring any run for office — Senate or re-election — just yet.

Maybe Delaware is suffering from too much Biden? Or, just do not want a family Senate dynasty like the Dodds in Connecticut

This is obviously surprising news and should be a shocker to the Biden Delaware campaign cabal and the Vice President.

Yes, there is a REAL t-shirt. (Via Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review)

Flap wonders if Gabe Kaplan has a cut?

Maybe Senator Vitter is not as egregiously bad morally as the Democrat’s former Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards but this is the last straw.

Among Members of Congress, there’s a long-standing, proud tradition of the Airport Freakout. Add to the list of those who’ve indulged in meltdowns and temper tantrums while traveling one Sen. David Vitter, who on Thursday joined what we’ve dubbed the “Mile-Low Club” by going ballistic on an airline worker after missing a flight from Washington’s Dulles airport to New Orleans.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee should make it immediately clear to Vitter that he is done and recruit a candidate to replace him – before the national GOP loses another seat. God knows the Republican Party has enough vulnerable ones in the coming 2010 election.

Bye Bye

Flap won’t be too cynical. But, how in God’s name could anyone come back into the political arena from this?

But, apparently Edwards is going to try.

Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards took another tentative step into the public spotlight tonight, speaking at Brown University about extreme poverty around the world and urging Americans to get involved in what he called a “fundamental moral issue.”

Edwards, a two-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has struggled to get his message heard since a scandal about an affair he had with a former campaign staffer enveloped his personal life.

During 30 minutes of questions following tonight’s speech, just one person in the audience of nearly 600 came close to asking about the affair.

A student who said she organized for Edwards on campus and knocked on doors for him in New Hampshire asked whether politicians should be held to higher moral standards than the rest of the public.

The question sent murmurs through the crowd.

“I don’t think it’s for a candidate to decide what’s appropriate,” Edwards said. “It’s something for every American to decide for themselves.”

The Obama Administration and national Democrats in the Congress are wishing Edwards would just go away.

After all, look what they did to marginalize Howard Dean.

There is more about Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele being on thin ice. And, guess who is instigating the FLAP?

Katon Dawson, who came in second to Steele in January.

Republican insiders tell Political Wire that a no confidence vote on RNC Chairman Michael Steele is likely to be called after the NY-20 special election on March 31 — regardless of whether Republicans win the seat or not.

Katon Dawson, who came in second in the January RNC vote, is said to be quietly organizing a vote and is getting the support of several state party chairmen who want to dump Steele.

Flap agrees with Jim Geraghty over at National Review that Steele will NOT be replaced no matter what happens in the New York 20th Congressional race.

However, if the FBI investigation into his sister and his 2006 Senate campaign sprouts new legs, Steele could be forced to resign.

Probably much to the relief of the old guard on the RNC.

But, the next in line will NOT be Katon Dawson, despite his machinations.

Well, Damon you do NOT want to antagonize the Air Marshal when you are in the air. But, trust Flap, you will be able to use your cell phone soon in flight.

A cell phone revenue center – perhaps it is entitled to Obama Stimulus dollars?

Everything else is.

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