I'd be surprised if DeLay was in trouble. All politics are local, and the perception in Texas is that Ronnie Earle is a political hack trying to sink DeLay.
Ronnie Earle is a political hack with a trophy defendant.
Ronnie Earle isn't the problem for DeLay, Abramoff is.
I'm really worried we'll lose this seat. Current polls show him getting like 30 something percent of the vote, with like over 30 percent undecided. He could lose, but virtually no other R can.
Without his Majority Leader status, we don't really need DeLay. I wish he'd retire.
In the last election, DeLay against an unfunded no name only had 55% of the vote. His district also has had some demographic changes in the last few years that has made it less than secure.
That's not a perception, that's a fact.