Posted on 10/19/2006 6:21:04 PM PDT by COEXERJ145
Financial support for Republican congressional candidate Van Taylor will not be coming from the Republican National Committee.
An Associated Press report says the RNC has withdrawn its pledge for funds to buy advertising in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
That was first revealed by the campaign for Taylor's opponent, Congressman Chet Edwards.
Taylor's campaign doesn't dispute the story. But campaign manager Casey Phillips says they're prepared to move forward, even without the national party's money.
Edwards and Taylor face off in another congressional forum, Monday at 6 p.m. here on WTAW. It's brought to you by the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce and Blinn College.
Election Day is November 7.
What are the latest poll numbers?
Taylor was the worst candidate we could have fielded in this race. Edwards is going to squish him like a bug.
Save the cash for another fight. Ya gotta do it.The key is going to be the last 3 days and the local ground forces. And hope for rain. REPS always do better when it rains. The harder the better and in the most places possible.
I heard the news this morning on the radio. I'm resigned to the fact that my vote probably wont change the outcome -I just hate to see a democrat continue to represent this district - it's all about who gains majority control now.
We almost beat Edwards in 2004 but his strength in Mclennan and Brazos Counties won it for him. All we needed was a candidate who would neutralize those advantages and Edwards would be gone. Sadly we didn't get that in Taylor.
I understand Edwards is an Aggie - class of '75. I guess that's what pushed him over the top.
It ensured his victory. Brazos County went for President Bush 69.22% to 29.69% while Edwards got 50% of the vote in Brazos County. Edwards would have still won with only 30% of Brazos but he would have been ahead 1,000-2,000 votes instead of the 9,000 he won by.
2012 redistricting may be the only thing that gets him. He's surrounded by Republicans and would probably have his district carved up.
Yep, redistricting is the only way Edwards is going to loose that seat short of death. (Obviously I don't want that to happen.) He has enough people in the district convinced he is a "conservative" Democrat.
Edwards can be beat without redistricting if the Republican Party in Texas will get its head out its rear.
Taylor and the last candidate were both from the northern part of the district and neither was an Aggie! The real political power resides in the southern part of the district (Brazos and McClendan Counties), not the northern part.
Find a conservative Aggie (or Baylor) graduate who can relate to the folks of Central Texas and the students at A&M and Baylor; and that candidate will win! Such a candidate would also be able to relate to the rural areas of Central Texas, which are conservative in nature, and be able to paint Edwards as the liberal he truly is!
That's McClennan!
Can't type today!
I thought the 2004 redistricting was supposed to do him in by taking Fort Hood out of the district. Any district that is drawn is going to have either Waco or Fort Hood in it, and he'll run in either one with the same inexplicable advantages he's had up until now.
This is why I think Tucker Anderson had a chance to defeat Edwards but Taylor is going to get slaughtered.
Yeah, but this time he could get pitted against a Republican incumbent, which may be too much for him to handle. He's fended off challengers thus far, but I'm not sure he could beat a sitting Republican congressman.
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