Posted on 02/15/2006 4:12:29 PM PST by SolidSupplySide
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Like it or not, Campbell may be the way the GOP needs to go in that district to save it from falling into Democratic hands. Delay is in real trouble there, rightly or wrongly. He probably needs to just step down and avoid this primary fight as distasteful as that may seem. Once he's cleared, and I'm certain he will be, perhaps he can come back to fight another day in a different district, perhaps even take out a sitting Democrat in a swing district somewhere just to get even.
I know I'll be attacked for saying what I just did, but I'm interested in preserving this seat for the GOP and taking Delay off the table as a campaign issue both there and nationally.
I won't attack you. I'll keep you in mind as I cast my ballot for Campbell.
Even though the campaign signs in the district are running close to even, I suspect Campbell will be lucky to force this race into a runoff.
"Even though the campaign signs in the district are running close to even, I suspect Campbell will be lucky to force this race into a runoff."
Thanks for not attacking me! When is this primary?
Anyway, I think we just have to face facts here that if Delay remains the candidate after the primary, this seat is likely to get into the hands of the DemonRats come November unless Delay is cleared by then which is unlikely since the idiot judge is going to force this road apple of an indictment into a jury trial. And I simply will not be able to handle the crowing of the Dems. on the morning of November 8th that they managed to knock off Delay. Better we should clean our own house than to get our clocks cleaned by evil people.
BUMP...
Early voting begins in less than a week. Election day is March 7.
Historically, only a few thousand (5,000?) Republicans vote in CD22 during an off year primary.
Historically, only a few thousand (5,000?) Republicans vote in CD22 during an off year primary.
Of course if Delay is turned-out in the primary, the MSM will spin it as "This is a message to the Bush White House that even core Republican voters are mad at the direction the nation is headed and Bush policies" all the while failing to mention they merely traded one conservative for another. I think we can predict that one already.
DeLay has done his duty, and its been good. But its time for him to do a Michelle Kwan and bow out.
During the Clinton administration and under his Sec. of Interior Bruce Babbit, about two billion dollars went missing from the Indian Trust Fund. What happened to that deal, just swept under the rug?
Campbell has no money and will lose big if he ends up in a race with Lampson.
DeLay can still pull it off.
Just curious, but do you still stump on FR for liberal Democrats?
I checked. 28,000 votes in GOP primary of 2002. So I was of by a factor of 5 or 6. Oops!
What are you talking about?
"Campbell has no money and will lose big if he ends up in a race with Lampson."
But keep in mind this is a pretty solid GOP district. And Campbell if he wins the nomination will have plenty of funds come streaming in at that point from the national party and other sources. He's just a little cash strapped now because it's a primary and Delay is sucking in all the campaign cash. So if Campbell wins, he's almost a shoe in to win in November in a pretty solid GOP district.
I will certainly say Campbell has a better chance of holding the seat for the GOP even without much in the way of funds than Delay does even loaded for bear financially. The polls I've seen show Delay is a gonner in November.
Campbell will be lucky to get 30 percent.
In a heavily Republican district? It's Delay who will be lucky to get 30%. Campbell can get money. Delay will never get out from under the taint he's under, however unfairly. Like it or not, the Democrats and their media lapdogs won the round on this one and have destroyed Delay. Stick a fork in him, it's over. We now need to focus on at least saving this seat for the GOP. We can at least salvage that much. If the Dems. succeed not only in destroying Delay but taking this seat because we kept the unpopular incumbent on the ballot for November, then we'll have handed them a double-victory. No way.
I mean in the primary.
I am sorry for anybody I have offended in my previous posts. I am very inmature in what I say. But, I hope my family in the Houston, TX area votes for Tom Campbell so we can hold on to the seat in November 2006.
That may be true, but it also may be enough to force DeLay into a run-off. Imagine the coverage that would get! Then all bets are off.
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