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Lampson likes to think he's moderate...but he opposed the Dept. of Homeland Security and opposed Laci and Conner's Law (federal crime to kill an unborn child).

I live a ways east of Baytown, in the former (very Democrat) District 9. Poe is a strong, tough judge, and super opposition to Lampson who has been entrenched here for four terms. The infamous TX redistricting gives it a much needed shake up. Here is a link to a FOXNews article to find out more about Poe and Lampson.

Their debate was VERY heated yesterday, wish they would have done it town hall style, I think Lampson would have got in Poe’s face and pulled a Gore. :-) Poe did great, he was extremely well spoken, clear, and very calm, he got Lampson unnerved, and quite annoyed and loud. Wish you guys could have seen it!

Lampson kept repeating "Send me back to Congress, send ME back to Congress" like Kerry's "plan", and gave long winded, stammering, prey-on-emotions answers.

There were superb questions, on everything under the sun, it was extremely entertaining…Lampson shot back several times in a mean way, talking over the moderator. Poe never got ruffled and held his own every time.

How about THIS question to Poe: If elected to Congress, how much party loyalty would you feel you have to show to Tom DeLay? Smoking! Prompted by the redistricting, probably, the D-Rats expect him to go lick DeLay’s feet if he gets elected. He hit back really strong on that one with that he would vote for what's best for the county, and not vote on party lines if he didn't believe in it. Can you believe Lampson said...well, hey, that doesn't work in Congress…that's just naivete! Double-speak for: I kowtow to the party, so I can get prime committee seats. Congress is an ugly world, but I think Poe will really hold up to the pressures of it.

Jefferson County is HEAVILY Democrat, but ole' Lampson didn't count on having to battle with the Houston area that got tacked on to our district...they lean heavily Republican and total 300,000 voters.

The main problems for Poe with Lampson will be: Lampson is known for being the forefront advocate for the Amber Alert, and he's the ranking member on the Aeronautics and Space Committee, big NASA supporter. And I’m a big space person.

But he’s still a big bleeding liberal, and he seems to be getting frantic now that he realizes he might be retiring early. At least I hope so, Poe represents core conservative values, and he’s his own man too.

I voted on Tuesday in League City and the only Congress Critter on the ballot was Ron Paul. Apparently no democrat was willing to oppose him.

I think Poe wins the district, but I was surprised to see that both national parties are airing commercials. The ones against Lampson are brutal. The one I saw this morning against Poe was pretty lame: some woman saying that Poe wasn't tough enough on some criminal when he was judge.

But since both parties are throwing money at ads, in addition to the candidate's themselves, this race might be closer than I originally predicted.