http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...a-nut-job.html
Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, has condemned Christine O'Donnell, the Republican Senate candidate, as a 'nut job' who is making a 'mockery' of politics.
Miss McCain, a Republican who is making a name for herself as an outspoken pundit, said what many party colleagues have been afraid of uttering publicly.
She is moderate who supports gay marriage, has criticised her father's vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin and taken issue with the anti-tax Tea Party for its "innate racism".
Miss O'Donnell, 41, is a Tea Party darling.
She is trailing badly in the Delaware Senate race, is best known for having spoken out against masturbation and admitting she had "dabbled" in witchcraft.
Her first television campaign advertisement began with her saying: "I am not a witch."
"Well, I speak as a 26-year-old woman and my problem is that, no matter what, Christine O'Donnell is making a mockery of running for public office," Miss McCain said on ABC News. "She has no real history, no real success in any kind of business.
"It scares for me for a lot of reasons. In my group of friends, it turns people off because she's seen as a nut job."
Miss O'Donnell, who is running for Senate in Delaware for the third time, scored a shock primary victory over Representative Mike Castle, a moderate Republican who was widely viewed as a certain victory over the Democratic candidate Chris Coons.
But despite astounding fund-raising figures, Miss O'Donnell is badly trailing Mr Coons, a blow to Republican chances of capturing the 10 seats they need to win back control of the Senate.
Miss McCain recently wrote a book called "Dirty Sexy Politics" and revealed that when Mrs Palin joined her father's presidential ticket in 2008 she brought "stress, drama, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty" to the campaign.