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...DeLay: After the primary [March 7], I started looking at-reevaluating the primary-evaluating what the general election was going to be, looking at the landscape. I spent a lot of time talking to friends and people I have respect for and staff-Christine and I every day discussing what the future holds. And I'm very proud of my record and I feel very strongly about what the 22nd District that I represent deserves. I spent a lot of time in prayer. It was obvious to me-I'm a realist. I've been around awhile. I can evaluate...
...DeLay:My main point was that this country was built on morals and religion. Our greatest leaders were very strong believers. There is a connection between religion and politics, and religion and government. There has to be for this country to have accomplished all it's accomplished and for its future. How many times have the great leaders-Ronald Reagan, Roosevelt, Lincoln, George Washington-have said there is a connection between morals and religion. And there has to be. The people that go to church understand that a country has to be based on some sort of religion and fear...
...Christine DeLay: They're accountable...
...DeLay: Yeah. If you know that we're all sinners, then you know that we have to work hard to have a moral foundation. So I felt very liberated in being able to say that. I didn't have to worry about being the spokesman for the Republican Party and all that kind of stuff...
...Christine DeLay: Plus, they were all your friends...