Burnt Orange Report

Hmmmm........who actually "represented" huge chuncks of DeLay's district until last year? Richard Morrison?
No, wait.............Oh yeah that's right. Nick Lampson. What "was" the DCCC thinking?

NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE
Especially when going to battle with the GOP. Yes, Morrison put up a good fight last time, but remember, Delay barely showed up for the fight, even after underestimating Morrison and not bothering with a hard hitting campaign he still managed to beat him squarely, and yea, a 10 point win is pretty square. When you factor the personal battles Morrison is currently facing, he is unlikley to have the stamina to go toe to toe with Delay when he's motivated to fight. Morrisons family will and should come first, and this is a fight that can't be fought from the sidelines.

Wow, i'm glad to see that Lampson's staffers like to follow BOR. Apparently they also enjoy commenting from time to time.

I never worked for Lampson I day in my life! I'm sorry that I have a functioning brain, and like the DCCC, Richard Morrison, and ahem, everyone else on planet, I can see the blatently obvious. Don't make accusations you cannot back up!!! And you can't back that up because there is NOT ONE WORD OF TRUTH IN WHAT YOU SAY!!!!!!!!

Don't worry Ki, that's just how some people are, I've been accused of being a staffer for Frost, actually being Frost and an operative for the GOP, if you support someone, or in some cases don't support someone, you are auto labled either working for the "wrong" persons staff, or working against the DNC. That's just the best some people can do, no intelligent input, just baseless accusations.

Morrison has a baby on the way, and his law practice has suffered from his 2004 run. Those are reasonable excuses not to run. Doesn't sound like a DCCC inside job to me. Morrison ought to be in the Democratic hall of fame for running against hot tub Tom. Let Lampson give it a shot.

Nick is well known in NASA Clear Lake, and all of Galveston County, although Ron Paul has the island now. He'll have the name id in Fort Bend and will have enough money to make a good run.

Plus, his mother was recently diagnosed with cancer. This is not a man who needs to be running for congress, especially against someone as unscrupulous as Delay. This is a man who is doing the honorable thing in taking care of his family, both financially and emotionally. Give a guy a break and a little more resepect than to assume he was "pushed" out by the DCCC. You'll find a mans treasure where his heart is, it's obvious Morrison treasures his family.

Vince, a couple of quarrels with your modest proposal.

One, I suspect that if voters in CD02 were polled on name ID, Tom DeLay would rank higher than Ted Poe. But that doesn't necessarily mean that DeLay would be wise to switch.

Secondly, when the candidates met with the DCCC, one of the offers made by the committee was to pay for a poll (since this was offered to multiple candidates on the D side, I'm guessing they'd have conducted it on behalf of each candidate were it accepted).

The third point I offer as one that doesn't quite make either side of this issue happy ... while Lampson did represent about 30% of the current CD22, much of it was in territory he couldn't win - namely the Harris County portion, where Lampson polled 38% in 2002. This has a good deal of overlap with the Harris County portion of CD22 that Morrison polled the weakest in as well.

Like it or not (and I don't) pancreatic cancer is a toughie and Richard really did put his money where his campaign's mouth was in the last go-round. That leaves a lot of work on the personal side left to do and I have to respect Richard's decision to place his first priority on his family right now. The rest, as they say, takes care of itself. We'll find a way to win with Lampson ... we have to.

Nevertheless, this Illinois resident (& former Texan) will be keeping his checkbook closed for Mr. Lampson.

Yeah, politics ain't beanbag, so I guess he won't mind if I flick a booger in his general direction.

There is no doubt that Richard Morrison would have made a fine Member of Congress, but we should be thankful there are too many good choices, rather than not enough of them. And as far as people in Illinois keeping thier checkbooks closed for Lampson, I think, that's an excellent idea, because Tom DeLay is obviously a much better choice than Nick Lampson. Geez Louise..... Talk about childish.

ki, did you contribute to Christine Cegelis? Did you contribute to Barack Obama? Did you contribute to Gloria Schor Andersen? I did. I also sent some to Richard Morrison because I was well aware of what he is up against. Now that Delay is seriously wounded and may not even be in Congress come 2006, here comes our savior, Nick Lampson. Well woop, de f*#$ing do.

The fact is that unless you were sending some turkee to these folks here in Illinois, you should shut the f up until you know what you're talking about. Talk about childish.

Is anyone in Illinois running against Tom DeLay? Since you've made it clear you are from "Illinois" perhaps you should stop encouraging Texans not to support thier own.

I promise none of us are telling you who to run in Illinois races. Maybe you don't know much about or Nick Lampson Illnois, or, perhaps, we are all a bunch of idiots and you should take over the TDP. I'm going with the first one.

Oh yea, and if you think Tom DeLay is already DOA, you don't know him at all. While there may be some disagreement on who is the best man for the job, We in Texas are fully aware of what to expect in TX 22....a real tough race....

Ki, don't waste your time on weiner, I doubt the money he is not contributing will be missed, furthermore he seems to be insinuating his opinion is more worthy than someone elses based on his pocketbook. Sound familiar, why bother with someone who thinks their political contributions should buy them influence or input?
I just wonder what weiner has against Lampson, his commets are awfully caustic to be subjective and non-personal in nature.

Yep comeon...you're right. Contrary to what I've been accused of on this blog, I'm no Lampson supporter. I've only met him twice at politcal events during his race against Poe. I never walked blocks for him, and I don't know what kind of campaign he ran down in Houston. Richard Morrison ran a great race considering how little money he had in comparison to DeLay. He did great, no denying that.

But there is no denying this either, that Lampson and Morrison are both very nice guys. I can personally attest to this. They met in person, and they talked about thier intentions with one another. I think because he was a well respected Member of Congress from the Houston area, who had much of TX 22 in his District, is why I support Lampson, but you have never heard me say a bad word about Morrison, because I have respect for what he did. I respect the man a lot.

Sour grapes about Lampson aren't going to get Richard Morrison back into the race. These kinds of petty comments are a waste of time and space.

Don't count Richard Morriosn out. He withdrew from one race and made a truly wise and honorable choice. He didn't disappear. Up to now no action by the DCCC has shown insight or wisdom. I do not know how they played this move but I suspect they played it poorly. The good news is that Nick Lampson is a great choice for the many obvious reasons and Tom DeLay's faults are resonating negatively with what he facetiously calls his base. The more his base hears about his actual conduct the higher his negatives rise. Any quibbling by people who would like to see someone other than DeLay in the Congress needs to be more circumspect. Richard Morrison brought true character and dignity to the field of Democratic candidates and will continue to bring those qualities to politics in our State. Nick Lampson will bring a great record of service to his people to the political contest and we will be benefitted by the participation of both. Watch the events unfold in the 22nd District over the next few months and you will see that it is the people in the District that will put an end to the DeLay reign of terror. In the mean time couldn't we all just get along?