Christine O'Donnell haunted by Ghost of TV Appearances Past

Christine O'Donnell, the tea party darling from Delaware, was fighting late-night terrorism when she declined to appear on Bill Maher's weekly HBO show during her recent Senate campaign, she explained to NBC late-night host Jay Leno.

Maher had a boatload of O'Donnell clips -- more than a decade ago, she was a frequent guest on his previous late-night show, "Politically Incorrect" -- including one in which she talked about having dabbled in witchcraft (hence her "I'm not a witch" campaign ads). As Election Day neared, Maher told viewers he would run an O'Donnell clip every week until she came on the show, which she never did -- so he did. "I wanted to do the show. We just couldn't get it worked out," O'Donnell said. "And then, my sister and I were watching the show when Bill made his threat, and I just thought . . . whether it's a comedian or a terrorist, you should not respond to threats."