GOP Worries 'DeLay Effect' Will Cost Seats

[Mark E. Smith]

Dems hope ethics issue will bring '06 election gains

ZANESVILLE, Ohio - After enlarging their majority two elections in a row, House Republicans have begun to fear that public attention to members travel and relations with lobbyists will make ethics a potent issue that could cost the party seats in next year's midterm races.

In what Republican strategists call "the DeLay effect," questions plaguing House majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex) are starting to hurt his fellow party members, who are facing news coverage of their own trips and use of relatives on their campaign payrolls. Liberal interest groups have begun running advertising in districts where Republicans may be in trouble, trying to tie the incumbent to their leaders' troubles.

Among those endangered are at least two committee chairmen and several other senior members. Congressional districts that traditionally have been safe for Republicans could become more competitive, according to party officials.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8110055/

[BR_Parkway]

1. Instead of worrying about "what it looks like" and "how will it affect ME"

why don't you fucking clean up the system?

It's never about the actual problem - but how it looks, the shame that such and such got reported, that someone found out

Please scream at me one more time about your fucking 'moral values'

[TheFarseer]

2. Republican problem solving

The best way to solve a problem is to say that it's not a problem and then claim the media is biased and misinforming the public.

[babylonsister]

3. I can't agree enough! nt

[Tesla]

4. Tom ,Who???

Oh yeah the guy that went somewhere and perfromed a Sadar Dinner for a Rabbi or something?

[babylonsister]

6. Tom DeLay, the bugman from TX.

I don't know about a dinner or rabbi, but he's a wolf in wolf's clothing.

Here's a site for you to brush up on.
http://www.dropthehammer.org/

[Benhurst]

5. The rigged voting machines and tabulators should be able

to take care of that problem.

[KingFlorez]

7. Target List

We need to make a target list of seats and focus on those heavily if we're going to make anything out of this.