Posted on 03/04/2006 7:30:22 AM PST by Dog Gone
Ronnie Earl is a Scumbag. This man is just infuriating.
Haman was so infuriated that Mordecai did not give him homage [bow down] that he went on a secret & underhanded quest to Kill all Hebrews in Persia.
And Mr. Earle (of course, "Mister" is too polite a title for the man) isjust so veangeful & wicked in his evil passion that.....
...I just somehow feel that his own life will be ruined as a result.
He is doing everything he possibly can to ruin DeLay's political career. It is the grossest case of prosecutorial misconduct I have ever seen.
Let's see, I think I still have some of my old 45s and 78s somewhere in the basement, maybe he could use those.
That is good as it will give the good Judge more than sufficient reason to throw out the entire case due to prosecutor's misconduct!
That is good as it will give the good Judge more than sufficient reason to throw out the entire case due to prosecutor's misconduct!
I'm not sure Earle cares whether he wins the case. He cares only about destroying DeLay.
The primary is Tuesday. Stay tuned.
I infer that you're not as confident about DeLay's chances as you were a few days ago.
Go, Campbell, Go
I don't know whether DeLay will win the primary or not since I haven't seen any polling data. Campbell certainly isn't going to win outright.
If I had to guess, DeLay wins the primary easily. But it's possible that he might finish first with less than a majority, forcing a runoff.
It's a pity that you're allied with Ronnie Earle in trying to get rid of DeLay.
That's cleary less confident than you were a few days ago.
It's a pity that you're allied with Ronnie Earle in trying to get rid of DeLay.
This seems to be the primary argument in favor of DeLay. We should vote for him precisely *because* he has been indicted. That argument still seems very strange to me.
I also think it is unwise for DeLay supporters to attack Campbell supporters. DeLay will need Campbell supporters in the general election. Suggesting that good Republican primary voters are influenced by Soros or Earle is insulting. Why can't they offer a positive reason to vote for DeLay and basically say Campbell is fine, but DeLay is better? DeLay will clearly underperform in the primary. He and his supporters already have a lot of fence mending to do to bring Republicans home for the general. It will be interesting to see what the DeLay Campaign's strategy will be after weeks of insults.
Campbell 48%; DeLay 38% Link
Weigh this poll as you like. They pushed voters into choosing DeLay or Campbell, ignoring the other candidates, so its predictive power may only be limited to the chances of going to a run-off.
I have since learned that Campbell did not commission the onenetinfo poll as the article suggests. Onenetinfo did the polling on their own accord.
It's not a change of position on my part. I still think he'll win, although I'm allowing for it to possibly require a runoff. Contested primaries are hard to predict when only 13% turnout is expected.
I don't have anything against Campbell. But I don't have anything against DeLay, either, and throwing him out to reward Ronnie Earle seems like asking for more of that in the future.
Campbell was right to file for the office when it wasn't clear what the political situation would be in March. DeLay conceivably could have withdrawn and we need a Republican representing that Republican district.
There's no fence-mending to be done. DeLay hasn't been insulting Campbell that I've seen, and Campbell has no hardcore constituency to be alienated. He's barely known.
Are you predicting that Campbell will finish higher than DeLay on Tuesday? Will he get more than 50%?
Ronnie knows he has to go fishing elsewhere to try to nail DeLay. This is one of the all time biggest political witch trials on record. Earle knows he's finished if he can't make anything stick to DeLay.
While I certainly hope Campbell does well, I am not emotional like the DeLay supporters. I believe I am quite rational in my prediction a couple of days ago. No need for clarification. Campbell has a near zero chance of winning outright and a 20% chance of forcing a runoff. DeLay has a zero percent chance of holding his opposition to what it won in previous primaries. In fact, the opposition will do considerably better than any time in recent history.
I'll excuse you because you don't live in SE Texas. But DeLay has certainly been very negative on Campbell. Link Furthermore, the DeLay campaign has said that unless a voter belongs to a local GOP organization and votes in every single primary, that voter is "nothing more than an outsider who isn't concerned with conservative issues or fighting for the priorities of Texas taxpayers". I observed at the time that that was not wise.
and Campbell has no hardcore constituency to be alienated.
Then why are you thinking there might be a runoff?
With a low voter turnout expected, anything can happen. Let's say just six percent of the registered voters support Campbell, but they all turn out to vote for him.
That would be close to an outright victory for Campbell, and certainly would force a runoff if voter turnout is 13% as predicted.
You and I arguing about it isn't going to change what will happen on Tuesday. Heck, I suspect half of those casting ballots have already voted. I have.
LOL!
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