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Subject: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: GWBush2004 on 03/08/06 at 12:39 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/texas_primary
Official Texas secretary of state results
But I thought the media said no one liked DeLay anymore and he would be "facing extremly tough republican primary opposition." And now he wins a four way race with over 60% of the vote. Ouch.
Subject: Re: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: danootaandme on 03/08/06 at 6:43 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/texas_primary
Official Texas secretary of state results
But I thought the media said no one liked DeLay anymore and he would be "facing extremly tough republican primary opposition." And now he wins a four way race with over 60% of the vote. Ouch.
Yeah, but this is Texas
Subject: Re: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: ChuckyG on 03/08/06 at 9:54 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/texas_primary
Official Texas secretary of state results
But I thought the media said no one liked DeLay anymore and he would be "facing extremly tough republican primary opposition." And now he wins a four way race with over 60% of the vote. Ouch.
If he hadn't been in a scandal, there wouldn't have been three other people fighting for the office. He would have not needed to raise $2 million to just win a primary. He avoided almost all press, and stuck to public meetings and rallies where he wouldn't have to address it.
Now he will have to face those topics. He'll have local and national press covering his campaign, and he won't be trying to win just the votes of his party (unless Texas is suddenly made up of 99% of republican voters too).
I won't say he'll definitely lose the seat, Marion Barry was convicted and still able to get re-elected, but I wouldn't consider the fact that he won 60% of his own parties members a huge endoresement. Honestly, if I were a Republican in that voting district, I'd be rather unhappy to have him win the primary, because he has a lot of negative baggage heading into the general election.
Subject: Re: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/08/06 at 10:58 am
Good. I hope Tom DeLay can do what Jim Trafficante could not:
Win the election from prison!
:D
Subject: Re: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: Don Carlos on 03/08/06 at 2:09 pm
Its probably a good thing for the Dems that he won. We'll see come Nov.
Subject: Re: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: GWBush2004 on 03/08/06 at 3:16 pm
I won't say he'll definitely lose the seat, Marion Barry was convicted and still able to get re-elected, but I wouldn't consider the fact that he won 60% of his own parties members a huge endoresement. Honestly, if I were a Republican in that voting district, I'd be rather unhappy to have him win the primary, because he has a lot of negative baggage heading into the general election.
Even if DeLay does lose (which I highly doubt), the democrat (Nick Lampson) will no-doubt lose the seat to whatever republican takes him on in 2008. The district is overwhelmingly republican.
Subject: Re: Tom DeLay wins Texas primary
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/08/06 at 6:34 pm
DELAY/LAY
PRESIDENT 2008