We formalized the process of reaching out to them. You could talk to Tom or Tom's people, or Roy or Roy's people. It was all the same.
Without Tom DeLay, a lot of this wouldn't have been possible for Roy. They're good friends. They're good colleagues. Roy has learned a lot.
There is probably no other member of the House that appears at as many events as Roy.
We put together a budget for what we thought we would raise and spend on the convention and whatever was left over we were going to use to support candidates.
