Posted on 08/16/2006 11:24:54 AM PDT by Columbine
In a recent speech, I told the audience about the political landscape of the 2006 elections. It’s going to be much tougher for Republicans than in recent election cycles. As a political party, we must have our act together in order to be successful. Unfortunately, that task has become tougher. The congressional seat of former Majority Leader Tom DeLay is now in jeopardy thanks in part to a failure in leadership from party officials.
Following a primary election victory, Rep. DeLay decided, through the advice of party officials, that because of the media circus that was surrounding his pending court case and other factors, the road to reelection would be tough. His opponent, former Rep. Nick Lampson, is very well funded, and has enlisted the support of Hollywood liberals and far-left organizations to help him win the seat.
In order to give the best possible opportunity to a new Republican candidate, a plan was put into place, undoubtedly under the guidance of party officials, whereby DeLay would move to Virginia, and thus be ineligible to run for a Texas congressional seat. Following Texas state law, a process would then unfold in which a new Republican nominee would be chosen to face Lampson. Sounds good on paper, right? However, the process quickly bogged down, and with no leadership or statewide/national media message the case disappeared into the courts with disastrous results.
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I agree.
Well if the GOP cannot get turnout in that district as well as dozens more, they have only themselves to blame. The Party has constantly supported the PC moderate candidate in many close districts where a conser.could win and the other way round where Yes, a Rino could win. The name of the game is winning. And as one wag wrote here, Rove is turning out not to be the genius we all prayed for. We do miss Lee Atwater and his killer instinct. If only W had it on domestic policy and now lately in pursuing Islamofascists, Pubs would destroy the pacifist-socialist leftist Party.
At one time I thought Tom was a different kind of politician but it's starting to look like has morphed into the typical "It's all about me" politician.
Of course Eberle has a bit of an agenda here, as the failed candidate for Texas GOP Chairman. Tina Benkiser appears to be at least somewhat responsible for this fiasco, and Eberle wants everyone to know.
If you lived in TX22, you wouldn't say that. Abramoff did DeLay in. It was the major issue during the primary. DeLay sent a rambling 8-page letter defending his dealings with Abramoff. It was so ridden with mistruths and lies that I didn't vote for DeLay in the primary.
Your statement that you don't know what DeLay did in the Abramoff scandal shows more of your ignorance than DeLay's innocence. District 22 voters, at least 30-40% of them, know what DeLay did. And DeLay is probably going to be convicted.
DeLay *was* the national leadership.
DeLay decided *before* the primary that he couldn't win. He just staying in the primary because he didn't want Tom Campbell to win the nomination and have a spot on the ballot. Republicans don't have a candidate on the ballot because Tom DeLay acted like a juvenile little kid.
LOL! You said before this letter was sent out that you would never vote for DeLay under *ANY* circumstances! You've said before that your hatred of DeLay started during a campaign MANY, MANY years ago. IIRC, it was a campaign for Fort Bend County Sheriff. Now you are saying that if he hadn't sent out the letter that you would have voted for him! LOL!
Yeah, forgive me but your track record for honesty and foresight leaves much to be desired.
And I'll let post #69 say the rest.
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