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. |
It will have an impact, but it will be marginal, ... What impact there is will be to the advantage of the Democratic Party. It will be in districts that are really close already. State legislative districts may tip. |