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BY EMOKE BEBIAK

Former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell announced her endorsement for Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday. After notifying Tea Party members, O’Donnell went on Fox News to declare her decision.

“I think infrastructure and executive experience are important, so for that reason I’m endorsing Mitt Romney. And I’m very happy. It’s not an anti-Gingrich, or an anti-anyone else, but it’s a pro-Governor Romney endorsement.”

According to the Atlantic Wire, the news “[elicited] media chuckles.” A writer for Fox News’s website reminds us of O’Donnell’s “spectacularly bad Senate run in 2010” and says the endorsement just doesn’t make sense...

“She is the antithesis of Mitt Romney. He’s the sobersided seeker of the GOP establishment’s banner, and she’s the woman trying to make a career out of being allegedly victimized by the same establishment.”

O’Donnell says one of her main reasons for endorsing Romney is his consistency. And when a CNN host pointed out Romney had changed his mind on major issues, O’Donnell told the news channel...

“You know that’s one of the things that I like about him because he’s been consistent since he’s changed his mind. And I think he’s humble enough to say, ‘I don’t always have the right answers.’”

In response to the endorsement, Romney thanked O’Donnell for her support and released a statement saying...

“Christine has been a leader in the conservative movement for many years... Christine recognizes that excessive government threatens us now and threatens future generations, and I am pleased to have her on my team.”

The Business Insider writes welcoming O’Donnell’s endorsement might be Romney’s attempt to attract Tea Party voters...

“The Romney campaign's enthusiastic embrace of O'Donnell underscores how much trouble Romney has had appealing to tea party supporters — and how hard it is trying to do anything and everything to win them over.”

But the LA Times points out the endorsement might hurt Romney in the long run. According to the paper, the Democratic National Committee took the unusual effort to forward Romney’s press release to reporters.

“The thinking on its part is that the more Romney tacks rightward to shore up his flank in his steel-cage death match with Newt Gingrich, the more vulnerable he makes himself in the general election should he make it that far.”

Finally, the Washington Post warns it’s only a publicity stunt on O’Donnell’s part saying...

“[Her] decision to back Romney is 95 percent (or more) about her desire to re-inject herself into the national political discussion — no matter how briefly — and 5 percent about her genuine belief in Romney or desire to help him win the nomination.”