Dems to make Lampson space cadet if he survives election

Houston Chronicle:

The House Democratic leadership is trying to help Rep. Nick Lampson survive a tough re-election fight by advertising that he would be in line to take over the subcommittee overseeing NASA next year — if he wins in November.

The rare pre-election commitment by allies to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., underscores efforts on Capitol Hill to strengthen the Stafford Democrat's bid for a second two-year term in a Republican-leaning district long represented by Tom DeLay, the former House Majority leader.

Lampson's Republican opponent, Pete Olson, said the promised promotion will not have a significant impact on the race. It is, Olson said Thursday, "just another favor from Nancy Pelosi and just another example of how he's indebted to her and her brand of left-wing politics."

"Voters know he's a liberal who doesn't represent their values and I do," said Olson, a former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.

Lampson rejected Olson's claim that he would be beholden to Pelosi.

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The worst vote Lampson would make in the next Congress would be his first. He would vote to return Pelosi as Speaker. She has been one of the worst in history. She has screwed American labor by opposing the Colombia Free Trade deal. She is an anti war puke of the worst kind. She supports San Francisco values and not Texas values.

Lampson has already supported her on some of the votes to lose in Iraq. She let him have a break from suicidal votes on immigration, but he is still a liberal Democrat from Beaumont trying to win in Tom DeLay's old district which includes the Space Center in the Clear Lake area. Lampson and every other Democrat deserve to lose and November and we all should do our part in voting against them.