“I think Tom Campbell has the potential to develop into a serious candidate and a threat to the incumbent. He comes across as a real straight-arrow Boy Scout type, which plays well against an embattled candidate.”
“He's rallied the conservative base behind him, but he’s at risk, ... The district is a little less friendly. This time around he’ll have a much better opponent than in 2004.”
“It would be huge news if he didn't support Perry. It's what you expected, and it will be marginally helpful for Perry. But it's only news if the president is breaking with someone from his own party.”
“That special election showed there's some real disenchantment with conservatives in general and in a district that was supposed to be safely Republican.”
“Occasionally, someone has run against DeLay. But I don't recall any attention being paid, and I don't think the congressman took the challenge seriously. This is the first primary where he has had to extend himself.”
