Don't quit, Tommy
A terrifying possibility revealed today in my local paper.
I really want Delay to stay in the race, both because it will give a far better shot of a popular Nick Lampson taking his seat, and also because of the drag he will have on other races across the nation.
Delay now has a republican challenger, Steve Stockman, running as an independent.
So, if Delay is still around by November, we're looking at a probable split of the Republican vote, giving Lampson a real shot at taking this very red district in Sugarland, Tx.
And, don't worry, Delay is gonna get his when the law catches up with him.
In the end he(Tom Delay) decided against quitting Congress because "I still have a lot to contribute to the Houston-Galveston area," he said.
I really want Delay to stay in the race, both because it will give a far better shot of a popular Nick Lampson taking his seat, and also because of the drag he will have on other races across the nation.
Delay now has a republican challenger, Steve Stockman, running as an independent.
So, if Delay is still around by November, we're looking at a probable split of the Republican vote, giving Lampson a real shot at taking this very red district in Sugarland, Tx.
And, don't worry, Delay is gonna get his when the law catches up with him.
posted by mikevotes at
7:32 AM
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Makes you feel kind of dirty doesn't it? On the one hand you want him out, on the other hand...
I heard that Texas Republicans were in much the same bind in the 2000 race. On the one hand they wanted him to loose so that he'd have to stay and fix the mess that he made of the state. On the other, they couldn't get him out of Texas fast enough.
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Anonymous, at 1:10 PM
Oh, I wouldn't take this position, this risk if I didn't think he was going to prison anyway. Even if he were to somehow win, as soon as the judgement came down, they would have to revote the seat anyhow.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:22 PM
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