Quotes by Mike Malaise

“There are a lot of people who are energized by this race now, some who have had longstanding opinions about Tom DeLay.”

“I think the indictments put this on the national news. But in terms of what the effect is on the race, I think sometimes that gets blown out of proportion. Ethics was already a question in this race.”

“This new poll affirms what weve known all along: Tom DeLay is in big trouble.”

“Tom DeLay has never had any trouble attracting the big-money special interests.”

“Nobody here thinks we are going to out raise Tom DeLay. But we are going to have to raise more to win this House race than anybody probably has raised before.”

“We have gotten a lot of support both here and around the country from people who are tired of seeing Tom DeLay put Congress up for sale to the highest bidder.”

“Theres a lot of these shady lobbyists and special interest groups seeing the possibility that their sugar daddy might go down, and theyre circling the wagons. We dont have to be out there convincing people that were not criminal, the way Tom DeLay does. That takes a lot of money.”

“Our race also pushes a lot of donors our way since he is running against Tom DeLay. But he already had databases and donors that have given to his campaign before.”

“Were happy we dont have anyone running against us in the primary. It shows that folks on our side of the aisle are unified behind Nick Lampson.”

“This district sits across the same media market. Hes in Houston again … [and] the district also encompasses about 20 percent of the old district he used to serve in before the Texas redistricting.”