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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (10684)	8/8/2006 11:06:14 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

bugboy doesnt have the guts to actually run

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (10684)	8/8/2006 11:59:14 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Even if Lieberman gets whacked by the far leftwing of the democrat party in the primary, he will probably win in November. At that point democrats will have to consider themselves very lucky to have him vote to organize with them. What is the face of the democrat party? It is not Lieberman, is it Cynthia McKinney and William Jefferson?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (10684)	8/8/2006 4:29:23 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

told you that corrupt, gutless delay wouldnt stand for election "DeLay to Make Way for Write-In Candidate Aug 08 2:25 PM US/Eastern Email this story By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay intends to withdraw as a candidate for Congress, a Republican strategist said Tuesday, a step that would allow the party to field a write-in candidate in hopes of holding his seat. The development came one day after Texas Republicans lost a court battle in their bid to replace DeLay on the November ballot. There will be no Republican candidate to face Democrat Nick Lampson, a former House member. Texas Republicans on Monday abandoned their court fight to replace DeLay on the November ballot after being turned back at the Supreme Court. The decision came after Justice Antonin Scalia rejected Texas Republicans' request to block an appeals court ruling saying DeLay's name should remain on the ballot. "I think all our legal avenues are exhausted in terms of affecting the ruling prior to the election," said Jim Bopp Jr., the attorney who argued the Republican Party's case to allow party officials to substitute another candidate for DeLay. Under indictment on money laundering charges in Texas, DeLay won a March primary election that made him the Republican nominee for Congress from his home district near Houston. In June, he resigned from Congress and said he would not seek re-election. Democrats had sued to keep DeLay on the ballot, with the former lawmaker's legal troubles becoming a symbol for claims of Republican corruption. In a statement late Monday, Bopp warned Democrats, "Be careful what you ask for." The lawyer said Democrats "insisted he run for Congress, now it's up to voters to decide if Democrats are going to be happy" on Election Day. DeLay is awaiting trial in Texas state court on money laundering charges alleging that illegal corporate cash helped pay for legislative campaigns in 2002.