DMN: No Speaker DeLay
By Byron LaMasters
They took a day off from their GOP cheerleading:
GOP House Majority Leader Tom DeLay escaped an independent counsel investigation last week. But the Texas Republican's now damaged goods. It's hard to see him ever becoming speaker of the House.
The House voted along party lines to reject siccing an outside counsel on Rep. DeLay. That's just as well. The vote was a Democratic trick to get Republicans to support their controversial colleague, knowing they could use the vote against Republicans in tight congressional races.
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But the sheer volume of charges is hard to ignore. It smacks of a pattern of abuse. Worse, it reveals a contempt for how the House should work. This business of getting an agency to track down Texas Democrats was about as brazen as it gets.
Add that to all the editorials yesterday and over the weekend.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at October 12, 2004 02:03 PM
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"t's hard to see him (DeLay) ever becoming speaker of the House. "
In the early 1990s, it was difficult to imagine Newt as speaker.
