Comments on: DeLay Out http://donklephant.com/2006/01/07/delay-out/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:39:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/01/07/delay-out/comment-page-1/#comment-5079 Justin Gardner Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:32:45 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/01/07/delay-out/#comment-5079 Of course polls have very little meaning beyond a month from now, but I can't help but think that Republicans are more than a little concerned. That's why they do polls in the first place...to show trends. The country is trending more towards getting rid of the Republican majority. It probably won't happen this election cycle, but I predict there will be a much closer balance, which I think will be better for the country in general. But in the end it's all speculation anyway... Of course polls have very little meaning beyond a month from now, but I can’t help but think that Republicans are more than a little concerned. That’s why they do polls in the first place…to show trends. The country is trending more towards getting rid of the Republican majority. It probably won’t happen this election cycle, but I predict there will be a much closer balance, which I think will be better for the country in general.

But in the end it’s all speculation anyway…

]]> By: Dean Esmay http://donklephant.com/2006/01/07/delay-out/comment-page-1/#comment-5073 Dean Esmay Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:03:22 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/01/07/delay-out/#comment-5073 I doubt if the poll gives us much insight here, partly because democrats almost always do better in faceless, nameless hypothetical matchups like that, and have for many years. More to the point, however, I suspect a guy like Delay would go ahead and ride his party right down into the ground and the minority so long as he got to keep his leadership position, i.e. he'd probably rather be Minority Leader than just another congressman in the majority. Indeed, if that happened he'd be in a perfect position to shout, "see, with their trumped-up charges against me they brought us into the minority but now that I'm vindicated I'm going to take us back to the majority where we belong!" I find it more likely he simply saw the writing on the wall: there were Republicans who never liked him, and there are people without the baggage he's got who are talented and want the job. I find it most likely that regardless of what happens with his court case, 2006 will be his last congressional race, and he'll decide to retire in '08. I doubt if the poll gives us much insight here, partly because democrats almost always do better in faceless, nameless hypothetical matchups like that, and have for many years. More to the point, however, I suspect a guy like Delay would go ahead and ride his party right down into the ground and the minority so long as he got to keep his leadership position, i.e. he’d probably rather be Minority Leader than just another congressman in the majority. Indeed, if that happened he’d be in a perfect position to shout, “see, with their trumped-up charges against me they brought us into the minority but now that I’m vindicated I’m going to take us back to the majority where we belong!”

I find it more likely he simply saw the writing on the wall: there were Republicans who never liked him, and there are people without the baggage he’s got who are talented and want the job.

I find it most likely that regardless of what happens with his court case, 2006 will be his last congressional race, and he’ll decide to retire in ‘08.

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