I live in Delay's district and thus far see no reason to jettison someone who has worked mightily to produce more Republican congressmen in Texas against the previous Dem gerrymander.
As the courts found when it was challenged, redistricting is a state political matter and we earned the right to do it our way by electing more Republicans.
This whole thing has been a political attack on one of the most effective Republican politicians in a century. Campbell may be a nice guy and a good Republican, but he is jumping on the anti-Delay bandwagon for his own personal reasons.
Of course, the Houston Chronicle is against Delay and always has been. They will pull out the stops to defeat him.
No, I am not demeaning anything DeLay did for the party. Not at all. But at the same time he (or his people) could have easily made some elementary and quite stupid mistakes.
As of now, no one knows for sure how it all goes...
Lets just give a hypothetical that something big in the Abramoff problem leads to DeLay's office? Its not out of the picture.
He's not out of the woods just yet and to write it all off as partisan attacks could be a big political mistake. Clinton said the Monica thing 'was a partisan attack' too... when in reality he broke the law.
In other words writing it all off so quickly as 'partisan attacks' might not be wise overall. It could even lead to the GOP losing the House if there is substance to it...
If thats the case would there still be a DeLay or no one approach?
Again, repeating myself... I think a lot of the discontent in the district comes from the old boy network. As with almost all old boy networks the participants get too big for their pants, and in this case many are tiring of it.
It might not be DeLay alone but as a group...
Campbell may be a nice guy and a good Republican, but he is jumping on the anti-Delay bandwagon for his own personal reasons.
I don't know if I personally would write it off as such so quickly...The guy put up a lot of his own money to run....
So far as I can tell he's a lifelong GOPer looking to clean up the GOP...
Not one who is looking to see his friend go to jail....
They aren't trying to merely pick up DeLay's seat... no way in hell thats happening...
They are using the poster boy of the GOP to try and win the whole House back.
Thats what I refer to as DeLay being a galvanizing force....
If there is some real ammo there for them to use the GOP might be shooting itself in the foot if it turns out that they tolerate true blue ethics problems from DeLay.
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.
Thats my point.
He might have won a lot for us, but he can just as easily lose a lot for us too...