A loss for DeLay if election held today

The news only gets worse for DeLay.

Only half of those who cast ballots for DeLay in 2004 said they will do so again. And while a fourth of the 2004 DeLay voters still aren't sure whom they will vote for this year, almost 20 percent have defected to other candidates.

Responding to the poll Saturday, DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty said the result is "contrary to the strong support we're seeing for Congressman DeLay throughout the district."

Keep dreaming Shannon. The media reports regarding indictments and ties to Abramhoff just makes your support in District 22 stronger and stronger. It's amazing. Just how do you do it?

Here how the other side spins it.



Update: Nick Lampson responds to the poll here.

MYDD has thoughts on the race...

Although Tom DeLay did have a relatively difficult time being reelected two years ago, winning by a fourteen point margin, it's stunning to see him gaining less than half the support today that he did on election day 2004. What's more, DeLay does not appear to have much breathing room these days, with a significant majority holding negative feelings about him.

In Texas' 22nd congressional district, as is the case in a number of districts, the GOP might be better off with a candidate other than the incumbent. Too bad for them, then, that former conservative Republican Congressman Stockman is running as an independent rather than as a primary challenger to DeLay. As it stands now, though, it's less and less clear how, exactly, DeLay would even be able to win another term.