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Looks like many in his own Republican party don't want the weasle back, too much of a liability now. Good to see the SOB go down like his close buddy Abramoff. Looks like DeLay surrounded himself with a bunch of crooks and thieves disguised as politicians and now the time has come for Delay to answer for his gall and audacity that has marked his career as his trademark.
It's going to be good to see that smirk wiped off of DeLays face when he is indicted and hopefully convicted.
Remember the Alamo!
Viva Texas!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/06/congress.delay.reut/index.html
DeLay's return to power faces uphill battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Rep. Tom DeLay's bid to return as majority leader of the House of Representatives was in mounting jeopardy on Thursday as fellow Republicans feared his ties with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff have made the Texan too much of an election-year liability.
"I would not support him for majority leader," Rep. Ray LaHood told Reuters in a telephone interview from his central Illinois district.
LaHood, a conservative Republican with close ties to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, also from Illinois, added that elections for a new majority leader ought to be held when the House reconvenes on January 31.
"We need to clean up our House here very quickly or a year from now we'll be the minority party," said LaHood, initially elected to Congress in 1994 when his party won control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
DeLay's legal problems deepened this week when his self-described close friend Abramoff pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Washington and Florida. An ex-aide to DeLay who later worked with Abramoff also has pleaded guilty to felony charges...
Looks like many in his own Republican party don't want the weasle back, too much of a liability now. Good to see the SOB go down like his close buddy Abramoff. Looks like DeLay surrounded himself with a bunch of crooks and thieves disguised as politicians and now the time has come for Delay to answer for his gall and audacity that has marked his career as his trademark.
It's going to be good to see that smirk wiped off of DeLays face when he is indicted and hopefully convicted.
Remember the Alamo!
Viva Texas!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/06/congress.delay.reut/index.html
DeLay's return to power faces uphill battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Rep. Tom DeLay's bid to return as majority leader of the House of Representatives was in mounting jeopardy on Thursday as fellow Republicans feared his ties with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff have made the Texan too much of an election-year liability.
"I would not support him for majority leader," Rep. Ray LaHood told Reuters in a telephone interview from his central Illinois district.
LaHood, a conservative Republican with close ties to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, also from Illinois, added that elections for a new majority leader ought to be held when the House reconvenes on January 31.
"We need to clean up our House here very quickly or a year from now we'll be the minority party," said LaHood, initially elected to Congress in 1994 when his party won control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
DeLay's legal problems deepened this week when his self-described close friend Abramoff pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Washington and Florida. An ex-aide to DeLay who later worked with Abramoff also has pleaded guilty to felony charges...