From Bull Moose:
It is likely that Delay himself recognized both the possibility of his own indictment and the harsh judgment of the voters, and stepped down. He may also sense that the GOP is about to lose its control over the House.
The Era of ’94 is over, done, kaput…The millions of good conservatives outside of Washington should understand that their leaders have betrayed them. By alingning with the forces of Mammon, the conservative Beltway Blowhards have betrayed their movement.
Tom DeLay is a symbol of conservatism run amuck. Republicans are running for the hills in their desperate attempt to distance themselves from DeLayism. But the smell of corruption will linger in the air.
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.