Delay fundraiser update
Here is the Houston Chronicle article on the Delay fundraiser. Nothing really surprising. A Code Pink protester bought a $500 dollar ticket scalped for $50. "I guess they needed people inside," she said. "You can get in pretty cheap. I didn't want to give too much."
Two attendees went on record with quotes praising Delay, Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs and Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt. (I would encourage my fellow Houstonians to never support them again.)
And lastly, Nick Lampson(his site) will probably be the Dem candidate in that district.(Still waiting to see if the Repubs will challenge Delay in the primary) He's actually pretty good. To give you an idea how good, the republicans decided to redraw his district away from him in the contentious Texas redistricting boondoggle.
As another sign of just how good he is, look at the level of this anti-Lampson site from the last election. Can you imagine if the Dems did stuff like this?
(I'm in Tx. 07. Jim Henley(the DCCC's choice) will probably be challenging John Culberson. Unless something happens, I don't think you can look for Tx. 07 to help turn the house.)
Here's the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) site for their choices in congressional races(most probables to win primaries). If you don't know your district, go to http://www.house.gov/ and type in your zip code under find your representative.
Two attendees went on record with quotes praising Delay, Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs and Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt. (I would encourage my fellow Houstonians to never support them again.)
And lastly, Nick Lampson(his site) will probably be the Dem candidate in that district.(Still waiting to see if the Repubs will challenge Delay in the primary) He's actually pretty good. To give you an idea how good, the republicans decided to redraw his district away from him in the contentious Texas redistricting boondoggle.
As another sign of just how good he is, look at the level of this anti-Lampson site from the last election. Can you imagine if the Dems did stuff like this?
(I'm in Tx. 07. Jim Henley(the DCCC's choice) will probably be challenging John Culberson. Unless something happens, I don't think you can look for Tx. 07 to help turn the house.)
Here's the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) site for their choices in congressional races(most probables to win primaries). If you don't know your district, go to http://www.house.gov/ and type in your zip code under find your representative.
posted by mikevotes at
4:21 PM
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Mike! I didn't know you were a neighbor! I'm in Texas #5!
Unfortunately, that means my Congressman is Jeb Hensarling, a Tom DeLay wannabe right down to the hair.
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Motherlode, at 12:55 AM
Howdy, neighbor!
I've never even heard of that guy. Is he a short termer 1 or two sessions? Does that mean he's beatable?
And as for Delay clones, here's what the DCCC has to say about my congressman Culberson.
"John Culberson has taken $5,000 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC. No surprise that Culberson voted with Tom DeLay 97% of the time between Jan. 1 2004 and March 31 2005."
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mikevotes, at 7:21 AM
Yeah, Hensarling's only been around for a few years, but he's already making a name for himself. He's even quoted today in WaPo.
Having looked up the demographics of our district just now, he looks vulnerable to me if we could just offer a viable alternative. His policies have got to be a net negative for our residents, but it's also a very, very "family-values support-our-troops" kind of place. It's a microcosm of Dem problems throughout the South: how to get people to stop voting against their own interests?
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Motherlode, at 4:24 AM
Mr. Henley does not have a huge chance in unseating Mr. John Culberson; but that is because only about 3 percent of incumbents in the House get voted out each cycle, and District 7 still has more Republicans than Democrats.
However, this is a campaign that I believe has the potential to be a powerful campaign on the grassroots level. The announcement on the 4th went much better than expected, with over 250 people filling El Meson Resteraunt.
Mr. Henley, as I can testify to as one of his former students, is a great speaker and one who, if he gets the chance, can gain a lead easily in this race shall we scare Mr. Culberson's camp enough to get them to accept a debate challenge.
For more information, the West-U Examiner had an article on the campaign:
http://www.westuexaminer.com/articles/2005/12/09/west_university/news/news03.txt
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