Subject: CASTLE NOT RULING OUT A WRITE-IN BID
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Beau Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander Snyder-Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:19:21 -0400

CASTLE NOT RULING OUT A WRITE-IN BID: Delaware GOP Rep. Mike Castle told reporters Wednesday in the House Speaker's Gallery he's not ruling out a write-in Senate bid after losing last week's Senate primary to the tea party-backed Christine O'Donnell. Still, he said, such an effort remains unlikely.

"Let's put it this way--you sign up to be a write-in by Sept. 30," said Castle.

Asked directly if he was considering a bid, Castle said he's "given it some thought. I probably won't do it. I'm not exactly approaching this with bated breath."

"I don't want to necessarily interfere with Republican chances," said Castle, although he added, "I've had a lot of people approach me about it."

Castle spokeswoman Kate Dickens said the congressman has had some conversations about a write-in effort, but that he likely won’t pull the trigger. 

“We are getting a lot of mail and calls on it,” Dickens told POLITICO. But when pressed on how likely Castle was to pursue it, she replied, “under five percent.” 

Reached by phone, a Coons campaign spokesman said he could not comment on the development. --Alex Isenstadt and David Catanese

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