[The City Hall investigation] did stabilize her from her free fall, ... She has found new life because her themes resonate in North Dallas. |
At some point they'll have to be summoned to the table. |
DeLay did what he had to do to remain a plausible candidate in November. But he's got a tremendous amount of work to do still. He goes forward into a meat grinder. |
Every company has a gay employee and every company sells to gay consumers, and a company doesn't want to take a position against any side that is a segment of their market. |
For most voters, schools are the No. 1 issue, |
He has some time, maybe six to nine months, to convince Americans we are on a clear path to a stable, democratic Iraq. If that remains unclear by next summer, the attacks by Democrats will become unrestrained and Republicans will be running for cover. |
He's going to be an influential insider in the U.S. House and will continue to be consulted. And really, he will continue to inspire some awe and not a little fear — at least until this thing plays out a little further and Republican members can make their judgments about whether DeLay will come back. |
I consider DeLay in significant danger of losing his seat in the general election. |
I expect him to make it through the primary fairly handily, but my sense of this is that DeLay is in trouble over the course of this election cycle. |
I think of 2002 as the last gasp of the old order. The first gasp of the new order might well be 2010. |
If DeLay were not indicted, he probably wouldn't even have a strong enough opponent where he would have to spend all that money on his own race. |
If those people survive, others will be emboldened. If they don't, others will be intimidated. |
If you're betting your own money, you bet on Perry (to win re-election). But he can be beaten because there are reservations about him that run deep. |
is going to plague him not only in his second term but in history — even in Texas. |
It makes you wonder, when they have so many problems, why they would let this fester the way they have. |