NRSC Won't Back O'Donnell

Erick Erickson tweeted this.

NRSC saying it won't help O'Donnell. Good thing for O'Donnell given the NRSC track record.

Good. That gives Chris Coons a better chance to win. O'Donnell will have a harder time matching Coons for campaign money. The latest report shows Coons with $944,230 cash on-hand. O'Donnell only has $20,374 on-hand. O'Donnell is going to have a hard time buying television ads in the Delaware Valley market with her limited funds.

Part of the reason the NRSC is not backing O'Donnell is because the Republican Party of Delaware has filed a lawsuit against her. The lawsuit contends O'Donnell went outside the GOP to collect campaign contributions from the Tea Party Express.

The complaint alleges that the O'Donnell campaign is "knowingly accepting illegal campaign contributions from the Tea Party Express PAC." It cites two "alarming" instances:

-- O'Donnell has knowingly accepted excessive contributions from the Tea Party Express that were directly solicited on behalf of the O'Donnell campaign, according to the filing.

-- O'Donnell has accepted illegal excessive contributions from the Tea Party Express by engaging in a statewide coordinated communications effort in support of her campaign. This means, according to the complaint, that every advertisement that is being run by the Tea Party Express in support of Ms. O'Donnell is a violation of Federal law.