WEST WHITELAND, PA — Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell of Delaware was greeted by a handful of spectators Friday at the Barnes & Noble in Exton while promoting her first book, “Troublemaker: Let’s Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again.”

Barnes & Noble community relations manager Stephanie Stoltzfus said the signing’s noon time slot had an effect on the turnout, as did the last-minute signing scheduled for Saturday in Wilmington. Stoltzfus said the tea party favorite’s book signing would not include a press segment for interviews.

O’Donnell’s mother, Carole O’Donnell, said Christine O’Donnell arrived at the event 45 minutes late due to traffic on I-76 en route from Philadelphia, where she appeared on Fox 29’s “Good Day Philadelphia.”

In a release, Stoltzfus said that in “Troublemaker,” O’Donnell “offers common sense and a plan for where the country can go from here,” adding O’Donnell believes “it’s not enough to grumble about how things are going.”

David Peavy, who recently moved to West Chester from San Antonio, Texas, said he was in Barnes & Noble by chance and was happy to meet O’Donnell.

“Ms. O’Donnell is a notable public figure who ran for the United States Senate, and that’s an ambition I have as well, so I wanted to introduce myself,” Peavy said. “I told her I appreciated her courage to run for that office. That’s not an easy thing to do.”

Sixteen-year-old Amy Myers said she traveled from Cherry Hill to meet O’Donnell and challenge her to a political debate.

“When I ran for class president, Christine O’Donnell, Sarah Palin and … Michele Bachmann were in the news,” said Myers, a junior. “When people would look at female politicians and then at me running, people would say, ‘Your slogan should be, I’m Amy Myers, and I’m not a witch.’”

Myers said it’s troublesome that the actions of those politicians have caused Americans to look at female politicians negatively.

Myers, who has appeared on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” to discuss her similar challenge to Republican presidential candidate Bachmann, said O’Donnell told her Myers was “who the book was intended for,” adding that she hopes Myers “makes some trouble of her own.”

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