Comments on: Tom DeLay Drops Re-Election Bid

By: Leaning Straight Up

Leaning Straight Up — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:36:30 +0000

Leaving the house, without Delay... I have kept quiet on the whole Delay matter till now, as the man deserves his day in court before any presumptions of guilt or innocence, and the truth is too clouded. Some on the left have vilified him fairly mercilessly, and some...

By: Leaning Straight Up

Leaning Straight Up — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:36:30 +0000

By: All Things Beautiful

All Things Beautiful — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:02:03 +0000

The DeLay Factor... It certainly marks the end of an era for a well respected and loyal Republican spanning some twenty one odd years, and marks the fall of "yet another victim of the Democrats' politics of personal destruction--the only politics they know."...

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:33:02 +0000

DeLay to resign from the House...

The big story of the day is Rep. Tom DeLay’s announcement that he will not seek re-election afterall this fall and will resign from Congress, presumably in May:
WASHINGTON - Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom Delay intends to res...

By: jacob

jacob — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:27:50 +0000

Let me guess, leaving to spend more time with his family. His family is big too, when you marry your cousin things do get confused.

I guess one of his attnys sat him down and suggested he spend his time trying to avoid a life time in jail rather than just getting reelected.

All the rats are leaving this sinking ship, About the only friend this guy has left is Duke Cunningham.

By: Danny Carlton -- alias "Jack Lewis"

Danny Carlton -- alias "Jack Lewis" — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:37:23 +0000

DeLay lets down supporters...

From MSNBC... Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom Delay told MSNBC's Chris Matthews that he will not seek re-election......

By: bRight & Early » First Cup 04.04.06

bRight & Early » First Cup 04.04.06 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:20:49 +0000

[...] Outside The Beltway (James Joyner) Tom DeLay Drops Re-Election Bid — "This is good news all around for the GOP. It helps stop the bleeding caused by the Abramoff scandal and related misdeeds that, even if he had no criminal complicity in, were direct results of decisions made by DeLay. This early in the cycle, there’s still plenty of time to find a clean candidate to replace DeLay as the Republican nominee." [...]

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:39:53 +0000

DeLay Withdrawing From CD22 Race!...

BREAKING! If the currently breaking report form Chris Matthews is correct, my congressman, former house Majority leader Tom Delay, is withdrawing from the race for CD22 based upon falling poll numbers and recent guilty pleas by former staffers. It is.....

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:02:15 +0000

Officials: DeLay Won't Seek Re-Election...

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texan touched by a lobbying scandal that ensnared some of ...

By: The Hotline's Blogometer

The Hotline's Blogometer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[IMG] The Political Pit Bull thinks the development "might be an 'ominous sign' for DeLay's current legal situation, but this event itself is not representative of any problem for Republicans in 2006."Outside the Beltway agrees: "This is good news all around for the GOP." Like several others, TexasRainmaker sees the resignation as the death knell for ex-Rep. Nick Lampson's (D) camp. RedState's Crank: "In the end, as he often did, DeLay put the good of the party first.