This Is Delicious
A day after a judge ruled that Tom DeLay's name had to stay on the ballot in Texas,
Tom DeLay has hinted that he might just run for his old seat again.
They wanted him on the ballot, not in the race. DeLay jumping back into the race is the last thing they want if you polled them quietly. They might say otherwise in public but you can bet that they'd feel deflated if DeLay ran again. His base of support is still strong and loyal. The scandals that they were planning on using against Republicans, especially against DeLay, have been rendered usless thanks to William Jefferson being found with $90,000 of marked bills in his freezer.
Lampson was thinking that this would be a cakewalk with DeLay on the ballot but no one to campaign against. Now he's facing the prospect of squaring off against DeLay. I'm certain that isn't the news he was hoping to hear.
In the end, I can't help but laugh at the Democrats. They thought they'd force the Republicans to not field a candidate by keeping DeLay's name on the ballot. Now they might've defeated Nick Lampson by bringing Mr. DeLay out of retirement. Underlying the filing of the initial case is that Democrats didn't think they could beat a new candidate. They also knew that they couldn't beat DeLay.
It's another 'Heads, we lose; tails, you win' situation for the Democrats.
Posted Saturday, July 8, 2006 10:48 AM
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"For this guy to say he can't tell where I'm going to be on Election Day, and that I am forced to be on the ballot, well, they may get exactly what they want," DeLay told supporters to raucous applause.There's nothing left for DeLay to do in terms of filing for office, etc. That means his only task would be to raise the cash for the campaign. His accounts would be overflowing in no time just to let Democrats seethe in their being too clever by half.
They wanted him on the ballot, not in the race. DeLay jumping back into the race is the last thing they want if you polled them quietly. They might say otherwise in public but you can bet that they'd feel deflated if DeLay ran again. His base of support is still strong and loyal. The scandals that they were planning on using against Republicans, especially against DeLay, have been rendered usless thanks to William Jefferson being found with $90,000 of marked bills in his freezer.
Lampson was thinking that this would be a cakewalk with DeLay on the ballot but no one to campaign against. Now he's facing the prospect of squaring off against DeLay. I'm certain that isn't the news he was hoping to hear.
DeLay, who is awaiting trial on Texas charges of money laundering and conspiracy in a campaign finance case, won the Republican primary in March but resigned from Congress on June 9 and said he has moved to Virginia.The charges against DeLay are a sham anyway. He'll utterly annihilate Ronnie Earle's case in court. Dick DeGuerin will carve Earle up like mincemeat from the opening statements to the final presentations.
In the end, I can't help but laugh at the Democrats. They thought they'd force the Republicans to not field a candidate by keeping DeLay's name on the ballot. Now they might've defeated Nick Lampson by bringing Mr. DeLay out of retirement. Underlying the filing of the initial case is that Democrats didn't think they could beat a new candidate. They also knew that they couldn't beat DeLay.
It's another 'Heads, we lose; tails, you win' situation for the Democrats.
Posted Saturday, July 8, 2006 10:48 AM
June 2006 Posts
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