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Title: DeLay warns GOP: Don't underestimate Democrats this fall
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The Hill
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief ... -year-due-to-dems-organization
Published: Aug 19, 2010
Author: Michael O'brien
Post Date: 2010-08-19 16:44:40 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Comments: 2
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said the Democratic Party's strong ground game could stave off midterm losses. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on Wednesday warned Republicans not to underestimate Democrats this fall. DeLay, fresh off having the Justice Department drop a federal investigation against him, said GOP wins in the midterm elections aren't "a given" due to the strength of the grassroots infrastructure Democrats built in 2006 and 2008. "Over the last ten years, the Democrats, particularly the Democrats in the House, have put together one of the most powerful grassroots coalitions that I've ever seen," DeLay said during an appearance on Fox News. "So it's not a given that the Republicans are going to win all these seats this year, because the Democrats have had a grassroots organization to help stave off a lot of their losses." DeLay was a top campaign strategist for Republicans during his time in office. He helped build up the GOP's infrastructure through a prolific fundraising machine and close alliances with grassroots conservative groups. DeLay said it was "hypocritical" for Democrats to plead for money from donors when they were characterizing their efforts as cash-strapped, but warned fellow Republicans not to discount Democrats' ground game. "It helped them win in 2006 and in 2008," he said. "And it's a new campaign paradigm, where they go in with grassroots people, go door to door, canvass the entire district and pump in unlimited amounts of money."
Poster Comment: The Tea Party has shot its wad, and the RNC under Steele has fallen apart. These are good things.
DeLay warns GOP: Don't underestimate Democrats this fall
By Michael O'Brien - 08/18/10 12:06 PM ET
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#1. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#0)
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Any yet he got out from under the thumb of Eric Holder and Obama, what the hell happened there?? You KNOW they would have given their right nuts to crucify him in the run-up to the November elections. Hmmm....
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#2. To: ghostdogtxn (#1)
What a corrupt slimeball he was.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
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