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...Lampson has made a major issue of the lobbying scandal, and his campaign home page has a petition headed, "Tell Tom DeLay to Return the Dirty Money!," referring to contributions from he and his political action committees have received from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a one-time DeLay ally who pleaded guilty in January to three felonies, including conspiring to defraud clients and bribe public officials...
...Tom DeLay, the Texas republican representative and former House Majority Leader, and his wife, Christine, sat down at their kitchen table in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday with TIME White House correspondent Mike Allen to explain DeLay's decision not to seek reelection, and to give up his Congressional seat in the next few months. Joining the discussion were his campaign manager, Chris Homan, and his House press secretary, Shannon Flaherty...
...Christine DeLay: Against Tom...
...better than a 50-50 chance of winning reelection. I had a great campaign manager that had done-actually, if you look at what we had done in the primary, we had a record turnout here. Why? Because we-Chris Homan and my campaign staff- had identified more pro-Tom DeLay voters than the parties had projected the vote. And so we turned those vote and therefore helped the turnout. We could have done that again...
...Christine DeLay: Whether you say this or not, I just want to you to know: We need more press on Rio Bend-the idea; not Tom DeLay. We didn't name it, "Tom and Christine's Little Home for Children." It's "Rio Bend," just like a regular place. [Cites news organization that she said taped at the site for hours, without major stories] You haven't seen THAT, have...