Posted on 02/15/2006 9:40:33 AM PST by SolidSupplySide
DeLay campaign lashes out at a primary foe Campbell called an 'outsider,' but an aide says he's a 'citizen politician'
U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, forced onto the political defensive by ethical and legal charges, went on the offensive Tuesday, claiming one of his Republican primary opponents has overstated his GOP credentials.
DeLay's campaign said challenger Tom Campbell, a lawyer, has not been active in local party politics and has not voted regularly in Republican primaries.
"Every day he proves he's nothing more than an outsider who isn't concerned with conservative issues or fighting for the priorities of Texas taxpayers," DeLay campaign manager Chris Homan said of Campbell.
Campbell's campaign countered that no pure GOP insider would dare challenge the powerful DeLay, even if he has been weakened by a Travis County indictment relating to campaign finance and a federal investigation into his relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
"The fact is that Tom Campbell is like you and me. He is not a career politician like Tom DeLay. He is a citizen politician," said Michael Stanley, Campbell's campaign chairman. "Tom Campbell calls on Tom DeLay to get beyond the negative, immaterial distractions and get back to the real issues that are important to the people of the district."
Republican Party officials in Fort Bend and Harris County, who have close ties to DeLay, said they had neither seen nor heard of Campbell before he filed for office.
"We wouldn't have called him a conservative as far as being a Texas Republican," said Michael Wolfe, chairman of the Harris County Republican Party's candidate's committee.
Campbell is not in agreement with the Texas Republican Party platform, Wolfe said, citing Campbell's stance against a plank to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and another that states children born in the United States of illegal immigrants should be barred from citizenship.
DeLay, who was unopposed in the 2004 primary and won with 80 percent of the vote in 2002, has said he takes all political challenges seriously. His campaign's attacks on Campbell suggest that he wants to head off any groundswell of support for the challenger, an analyst said.
"Is Campbell a threat to DeLay? I find it hard to believe Mr. Campbell is going to win a primary against DeLay. But he doesn't have to win to do damage to DeLay," said Rice University political scientist Bob Stein. "DeLay needs to win with a substantial number of votes, so he can demonstrate that he is the standard-bearer for his party."
The other Republican primary candidates in the 22nd Congressional District are former school teacher Pat Baig and lawyer Michael Fjetland.
I don't know who you are talking about being pro-abortion.
Lampson the dem is pro abortion.
It might require a little effort on your part, to read up, etc...but such is politics.
True Delay is a familiar face. Thats definately for sure. Campbell is working uphill thats for sure.
The last time I saw him speak of it, the roof caved in on him about 3 days later ( dem and rino tag team). Like I said people know what he stands for.
Who is voting for that guy? he would flunk my smell test with that one too.
You would not even know he running as a Democrat!
I do not even see any reference to the Democratic Party.
http://www.lampson.com/
Ofcourse, what Lampson doesn't want you to know is that a vote for him is a vote for Pelosi for Speaker of the House.
Also, I did not see anything on the 2nd Amendment or abortion.
If you have a link to his views on these issues I would appreciate it.
I was talking about Nick Lampson, the Democrat candidate.
http://tcampbell.com/
Disregard my last post, that was the wrong Tom Campbell.
How much bashing does Bush get from the liberals despite the "New Tone" and "Compassionate Conservatism"
You know what's ironic - the two Republicans the Left has hated the most, GWB and Nixon, are the ones who supported and/or implemented most of their socialist agenda. Bottom line is that it does Republicans no good to appease liberals, as Campbell will find out the hard way assuming he defeats both DeLay and the Rat opponent in the general.
http://www.campbellcongress.com/
I know people who I trust who lived in his district in the 90's, he was redistricted out of his seat in 2003. They are the souce of my info.
Read some there then tell me what you think.
They hate GW. Let them.
We should win with class.
Having class is not appeasement.
Here is what Campell said about the charges against Delay.
Campbell says that 22nd District Republicans should not be lulled into the political rhetoric that this campaign is about the “irresponsible and politically motivated” district attorney Ronnie Earle. “For the record, I do not believe that Tom’s conduct for which he has been indicted at the state level will be sustained by a conviction,” Campbell says. “I fully expect the charges to be dismissed or for Tom to be acquitted.”http://www.campbellcongress.com/background.htm
As for his political views, he looks like a solid conservative.
Thanks, I will attempt to track down his actual voting record and see what it reveals.
Thats what I am getting at. Honest debate. Once we're all on that level then we are good to go.
Fine with me.
That is why we have primaries, to elect the best candidate to represent the Party.
If he is pro-baby killing, he is not a conservative. He is on the same side as Hillery on that central issue. He will get none of the conservative Christian vote.
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