Will the Hammer Fall?

[brooklynite]

The way Tom Campbell tells it, about two weeks ago he was standing outside the Ft. Bend Chamber of Commerce in Sugarland, Texas, talking to a reporter from the Globe and Mail, when a local official approached him, shook his hand, and said, "You got mondo cajones."

Campbell is one of four candidates running for the Republican nomination in Texas's 22nd Congressional District. The open primary--in which Democrats and Independents may also vote--is March 7. The frontrunner in the race is Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, conservative icon, and one of the most effective and feared politicians in American history. DeLay has represented this district--which comprises his native Houston suburbs to the southwest, NASA country to the east, and Galveston to the southeast--since 1985. To challenge him is to invite failure.

But maybe not this time. Thanks to a combination of factors, DeLay's political future is as uncertain as it's ever been.

Recently, political analyst Stuart Rothenberg issued a list of the ten most vulnerable House incumbents. At the top was Ohio Republican congressman Bob Ney, whose relationship with Jack Abramoff--the lobbyist who in January pleaded guilty, in two separate investigations, to five counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy--has exposed him to the threat of a federal indictment.

DeLay was second on Rothenberg's list.

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/011/914oaxhm.asp

[RufusEarl]

1. We can hope and pray, he's right!

[DrRang]

2. "Mondo cajones"? "World boxes?" Maybe "mucho cojones" or "Lot 'o balls"?

[rniel]

3. It's just like in all those scary movies

The psycotic killer is finally put down after a long fight and everyone thinks he's dead and it's all over. They breathe a sigh of relief and then to everyone's surprise the killer always get up one more time.