DeLay team canvasses for clues in Dist. 22

[Judi Lynn]

March 1, 2006, 10:44PM
ELECTION 2006
DeLay team canvasses for clues in Dist. 22
Campaign crew is using finely tuned technology typically seen in national races


By SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Prosecutors have asked a travel agency to turn over records on a trip Tom DeLay took with Jack Abramoff. PAGE B7
Those campaign block-walkers have eagle eyes and sharp ears. Got an Aggie flag in your yard or a Jesus fish stuck on your car? Duly noted. Mention that your son is in the Navy? Got it.

Such are the snippets of data that Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, has gleaned as his campaign has labored for months to target existing and potential supporters. They're working house by house across the 22nd Congressional District in advance of Tuesday's four-way GOP primary.

The nuts-and-bolts information gathered during those house calls — whether constituents back DeLay, if they want a yard sign or bumper sticker, and if they'd like to get more information from the campaign — is gold to the DeLay team.

For DeLay, a 22-year incumbent who is fighting for another term, the intelligence is critical to his goal of wringing as large a margin as he can out of a primary contest that may wind up being closer than he would prefer.
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http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3695325.html

Here's a clue for them:

[johncoby2]

1. Here is another clue:

[babylonsister]

2. And get ready for this, bugman!

[sonias]

3. Jesus fish stuck on your car?

Almost sounds like a high school joke. Do you have a Jesus fish stuck on you car? Well you better let him swim free. Jesus hates to be imprisoned.

Wow this NSA style "micro-targeting" sure sounds like NSA spying, like Carnivore, and like the total Information Awareness (TIA) database. Well, it just sounds like a Karl Rove and Tom DeLay run campaign. Come on CD 22, you deserve better than that. You don't want Tom DeLay in your bedroom, and the bastard is sick enough to try going there.



And DeLay!

Sonia

[TexasLawyer]

4. After the primaries...

I see that DeLay will be running on his excellent record.:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:


"The next phase for DeLay, who's favored in the primary, is a "long and sustained voter education" program. That will include comparing Democratic candidate former Rep. Nick Lampson to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Californian who leads the Democrats in the House and is a lightning rod for Republican ire."

[alfredo]

5. Today a friend from Texas got a letter from the RNC asking him

to circulate a survey for them. The letter says he should charge the survey taker $11 dollars to cover the processing charge. They also asked him to send $300 for the privilege of being a precinct spokesman. He said the survey mentions the Dems proposed rollback on the tax breaks.

I am trying to get a copy of this letter so I can show it here.

[TexasLawyer]

6. yes please

That sound interesting.

[alfredo]

8. He's already 86'd it. He says he will probably get

another. That's how they do it.


He also said that Grainger is in trouble in her bid to be reelected. Her son pulled in a big federal government job paying well over three times what he is currently making, and the voters seem unhappy over that.

[NoPasaran]

7. Oh come one folks, this is exactly the sort of info blockwalkers

Oh come one folks, this is exactly the sort of info blockwalkers should be gathering and our campaigns need to be ready to use this inteeligence. Identifying YOUR voters---step one in getting them to the polls.