Burnt Orange Report

Not a popular perspective here:

But, I wish like hell Chirs Bell would run against Delay instead of for Gov. After someone suggested it, I did a little research and I feel Bell's money and efforts would be better spent going after Delay.
I think if Delay goes after Bell, like he currently is, over bringing up the ethics charges agianst him, it only makes him look more desperate and guilty than he allready does. I think Bell is the right guy to finish what he started and take Delay out. (now of cours, living in the district would certainly be a plus)
There are people who want to avoid pitting two strong Dems against each other in the primaries, I undrstand this sentiment, however, I think getting the right candidate in there to beat Delay is more important. For those who think Morrison's efforts in the last campaign are evidence of his electabillity (Slow Down.)
Let's not for a moment allow ourselves to forget, in that race Delay didn't really bother to campaign. This time he's going to come out with the full force of the National Party behind him. This will not only not be a cake walk, it's going to be hell on earth. (references to Delays connection to the netherworld are completly intentional)
Taking Delay out is about more than just this congressional seat, it would be a tremendous blow to the GOP, if their leader is not safe in a "safe, red" state, who is? This race has national implications on the party level and is too important to let personal feelings play into decisions. I'm not sure that Morrison has the experience to make this happen, but I wish him well, and I hope the national party understands the gravity of this race and get's on board early. This will be dirty, and exhausting battle, if the national party abandons us like they have in the past, the whole country will pay the price.

Are you guys serious? I can't believe this is actually a topic of discussion in both Houston and Austin.

Tom DeLay, who I hate as much as the next flame'n liberal, will not loose an election to a Democrat. Period, amen, over. Look at the election results from last time, realize that Morrison worked his butt off, and your "success" is Tom getting 55%. Morrison out preformed the top of the ticket by what, 7%. That shows the hard work he did to get shelled. Take that home, put it on your wall, and you can still watch DeLay on TV.

Democrats should focus on winning elections instead of fighting unwinnable battles. Case in point: Sheila Jackson Lee. Do Republicans hate her as much as Dems hate DeLay? Probably. Do they invest a sink'n dime into running against her? Nope. Why?

They were too busy giving guys like Todd Baxter money. Folks, we need to take the emotion out of our actions because Republicans sure don't care if we "put up a good fight." We owe it to the people we hope to help to fight harder, smarter, and to make the best use of every resource.

That means leaving unwinnable races alone and focus on winning where we should. Redistricting depends on it.

Bill Kelly from UH? Is that you? If so, holler through the link.

I don't necessariy agree with Bill's attitude toward Delay, I think the right candidate just might be able to beat him, depending on how things go in the next few months. Even fellow republicans are distancing themselves from him.
But I do agree that we need to cut the heartstrings and start looking for winnable races, and putting the best possible candidates up. We definatly need to concentrate our efforts and our money where it is best spent and stop kidding ourselves into believing every race is winnable.

"This race should be about Tom DeLay"

hahaha! Let's examine the political strategy of the "new mainstream", shall we?

1) Run somebody with no experience (no Houston area Congressman has elevated straight from the private sector to Congress without serving in public office).

2) Bitch about Tom DeLay (who clearly isn't feeling very bullied, and is rolling his eyes).

3) Throw millions of Soros' money into the race, to try to convince voters that DeLay is the antichrist, and

4) Pray that Morrison wins by default. Because every Democrat knows deep down inside that he can't win by trumpeting his own (lack of) ideas, and can only win by lying about DeLay.

The GOP thanks you all so much. =)

Why would you prefer someone who has NEVER been elected to ANYTHING such as city council or school board before getting elected to state representative over folks who have?

That is as lame as can be and as for Richard Morrison living in the district, last year I saw him in Houston at events in Fondren SW (CD-9), east Stafford (CD-9) and Briagate in Houston (also CD-9) and read about his events in The Heights (CD-18) and with MAD Meyerland Area Democrats (CD-7) but never anything in the Sugar Land area.

I actually over the years have seen Gordon Quan at events at the Fort Bend Chamber supporting Sugar Land City Council Members, Fort Bend ISD Board Members etc but NEVER saw Richard Morrison at a Sugar Land Rotary, Sugar Land Exchange Club or Fort Bend Chamber meeting and PLEASE note that no where in the Houston region is there a US Representative whose first job in government was Congress. All of them were former state representatives or in the case of inner-city CD18 former at large council member, the former CD25 Congress Member was a former council member and the new CD9 Congress Member was a former JP.

As I asked Tom Reiser's general consultant when I ran into him when I was a delegate at the Republican State Convention in Dallas in 2002 when Reiser ran against Bell for Congress, is your candidate better or different from all those that HAVE WON and therefore he can unlike everyone else skip those steps?

He didn't think he could skip high school before college, or college before law school or law school before taking the bar so again I still do not understand why you all believe he could skip the other steps other could not.

Interesting question, I'd like to hear the answer to that one myself. As I said upthread, I'm sure Morrison is a fine man, but I just don't think he has the necessary experience for this race.