Shawn Macomber interviews the Libertarian who could replace Tom DeLay, if only the damn Republicans would get out of his way.
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|8.17.06 @ 2:49AM|#
...if only the damn Republicans would get out of his way.
Or if the libertarian was the GOP candidate, in the manner of Ron Paul.
|8.17.06 @ 10:40AM|#
"...politics thanks to its close proximity to Rep. Ron Paul's turf."
Not sure a couple of hundred miles could be a 'close proximity' even for Texas.
I live in Texas and I'm absolutely guesstimating the distance.
|8.17.06 @ 11:45AM|#
Hey, Nick, what am I, chopped liver?
Robert|8.17.06 @ 5:37PM|#
I wonder how many missing children the Laura Recovery Center,or any center for that matter, has recovered.
Shawn Macomber|8.17.06 @ 5:49PM|#
Lee,
Thanks for the comment. I'm surprised to hear that. People from the Smither campaign told me the new Texas 22 included some portions of Ron Paul's old district, a fact that seemed to be confirmed by this passage from a New Yorker bit by Jeffrey Toobin on redistricting:
The 2003 redistricting plan was implemented at a time when DeLay still looked invincible in Texas, so in redrawing his own congressional district in the Houston suburbs he was magnanimous toward his Republican colleagues. As the Hill aide Joby Fortson put it in his e-mail analysis of the new district lines, DeLay ?gives away enough R?s? to help his neighboring Republican congressman Ron Paul. As a result of his generosity, DeLay won in 2004 with only fifty-five per cent of the vote, against an underfunded and obscure Democratic opponent.
Whole story here.
So that's where I got the "close proximity" line, but I'm sure both myself and the Smither campaign would welcome the correction if this is all wildly off base.
Jesse Walker|8.17.06 @ 6:03PM|#
My parents live in Galveston, so I can say this with confidence: The two districts are right next to each other.