Richard Murray Quotes (21 Quotes)

DeLay is in trouble. The primary is no sure thing and the general election is even more dangerous.

I think Tom Campbell has the potential to develop into a serious candidate and a threat to the incumbent. He comes across as a real straight-arrow Boy Scout type, which plays well against an embattled candidate.

As a club, our position remains the same as ever - we do not want him to go, but if it is offered to him, and he wants to take it, we will not stand in his way.

There could be some negatives over time. It's a high-wire act and no American city lately has absorbed anywhere near this number of people so quickly,

We have done everything possible to persuade the player to stay but there is little point in keeping a player when he is so determined to leave. We also have to take account of the effect on all the other players at the club who are committed to us and what we are trying to achieve here.

While we are not unique in this respect, we are still concerned that the growth of earlier years has not been maintained.

Looking inside the skimpy primary tea leaves for little tidbits, the one interesting and dangerous thing for Tom DeLay that I see is that he ran poorly in his home county. He took under 56 of the primary vote among local voters who presumably know him bes

He's rallied the conservative base behind him, but hes at risk, ... The district is a little less friendly. This time around hell have a much better opponent than in 2004.

DeLay is benefited by a short campaign season because his challengers are unknown.

You're coming into a state that has a deserved reputation for being low-tax and low-service. If you try to be generous to your new residents, some of the poor folks here are going to notice and are going to start raising Cain.

We sat down yesterday Friday to have a chat and we both decided it was best if Alan left at the end of the season.

It's good politics to shift the spotlight over to victims, with you holding the light, ... There's some possibility fortunes may be shifting, and political leaders might get blamed for that. We don't know how this is going to play out in the next month.

The nominee should be in a stronger position than Tom DeLay, who I think correctly concluded it was not a winnable race but not nearly as strong a position as a regular Republican nominee.

They are working extremely long hours often. They really don't have much time for politics in this culture. You can't win by mobilizing Hispanics in Houston yet, but they are, year by year, becoming a more significant voting block in this city.

It would be huge news if he didn't support Perry. It's what you expected, and it will be marginally helpful for Perry. But it's only news if the president is breaking with someone from his own party.

We're really excited about it. We're also encouraged by the number of competitors who've signed up. So long as the weather holds up, we should have a great day.

Democrats need the investigation to keep producing DeLay stories to keep the pot boiling.

A Hispanic candidate like Sanchez has to work much harder than Lee Brown does. Lee Brown will have 97 percent of the Black voters behind him. He just has to turn them out.

It's a general indication that Tom DeLay has had a horrible year since he got elected to his 11th term. It's just been one damn thing after another.

Occasionally, someone has run against DeLay. But I don't recall any attention being paid, and I don't think the congressman took the challenge seriously. This is the first primary where he has had to extend himself.

There is huge irony here. Six Democrats in Congress were eliminated, but the seventh victim may turnout to be the author of the plan.