The Hill reports that Sen. John Cornyn (R – Texas), chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee said that the Delaware senate race “looks like it’s not as competitive as other races across the country.”

While Cornyn said that O’Donnell would receive funding “as appropriate,” he also spoke regretfully about Castle’s loss, saying that “It’s no secret that I believe Castle would have won that race handily.”

On the night O’Donnell won the Delaware primary, an NRSC official said that she would not be receiving funding. The day after the primary, Cornyn announced that O’Donnell had the NRSC’s full support and would receive $42,000, the maximum allowable donation the NRSC can give directly to a campaign.

Meanwhile, while speaking to the News Journal in Delaware, Rep. Mike Castle announced that he would not be endorsing Christine O’Donnell for senate.

He also acknowledged that he had done some polling to see how successful a write-in candidacy could be — and partially blamed his loss on negative campaigning against him in the primary.

Talking about what the atmosphere in Washington would be after the election, Castle, known for his willingness to work with Democrats, said, “It’s going to be very hard to get Republicans and Democrats to sit down in a room together, regardless of who’s in charge for the next two years, and get things done.” He also advised President Obama to make his initiatives “a lot more conservative” if he hoped to get them through congress.