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August 07, 2005

WaPo Touches On '06 Texas Races

By Vince Leibowitz

A story in this Sunday's Washington Post about some high-dollar fund-raising efforts by President Bush and Vice-President Cheney touched on a couple of marquee Texas races for 2006.

Specifically, the article mentions the pending Lampson/DeLay match up in CD 22 and the '06 race for governor.

In particular, the Post notes that "Democrats are pushing donors big and small" to help former Congressman Nick Lampson raise $1 million before the end of the year to help fund what the paper terms his "long shot" bid to unseat the House Majority Leader in his home district.

Of course, the Post also touches on one of the things that may help DeLay in 2006:

But there DeLay has access to some kinds of money that his opponents can't match. He stuffed hundreds of millions of dollars into the energy and transportation bills passed last month to benefit projects in his suburban Houston district. He'll spend much of this month making sure the largess -- including $50 million to improve an interstate that cuts through his district and $324 million for Houston Metro -- does not go unappreciated. On Monday, DeLay will show a softer side, speaking at the opening of the foster care foundation he and his wife started.

The Post had relatively little to say about the race for governor, but mentioned Democrat Chris Bell and his ethics complaint against DeLay:

Speaking of DeLay, his former colleague ex-representative Chris Bell (D-Tex.) is planning to run next year for governor of Texas. Bell broke an unwritten truce last year between the two parties when he filed an ethics complaint against DeLay. Bell, a freshman who earlier that year had been redistricted out of his seat -- thanks to partisan maneuvering directed by DeLay -- is the first major Democrat to indicate he will challenge Gov. Rick Perry (R).

Posted by Vince Leibowitz at August 7, 2005 02:30 AM | TrackBack

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Spell & Spell issues call to action to Texas attorneys

Cindy has confirmed with Buddy Spell, her attorney, that the Thursday arrest threat has indeed been conveyed. Accordingly, we are "lawyering up".
Below is an email which is currently being forward to ACLU and NLG attorneys across the state of Texas.
If you know of Texas attorney who might be willing to volunteer her of his services, please PM me through political switchboard.

Attn: Pro bono lawyers
Date: August 8, 2005
Buddy Spell is trying to coordinate a legal team to assist him in representing his clients which include Cindy Sheehan and Dennis Kyne who are currently holding a vigil near the President's ranch. Buddy's license is limited to Louisiana only and he requires local counsel immediately.
Authorities have announced that they are planning to arrest Cindy and others on Thursday.
We need all interested pro bono lawyers to meet at Crawford Peace House
7:00 AM Thursday, August 11, 2005
Crawford Peace House
9142 5th Street
Crawford, Tx. 76638-3037

Please post this!

Posted by: politica at August 8, 2005 02:29 PM

So this is why you can't get to work before 11:00. By the way, you're fucking brilliant.

Posted by: Celeste at August 9, 2005 11:46 AM

I can't find where this fellow is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. Is he really claiming to be an attorney?

Posted by: Greg at September 8, 2005 06:38 AM
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