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Post by HoyaDestroya on Sept 28, 2005 12:16:20 GMT -5
rumor is that Dreier might replace him as Majority Leader
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Sept 28, 2005 14:00:44 GMT -5
DeLay has stepped aside temporarily, and Dreier will fill in, but one wonders if that change will become permanent at a later date.
Anyway, Delay is going to fight the charges tooth and nail. In typical Delay fashion, he attacked the prosecutor as a "fanatic" and "unabashed partisan zealot." Then, it is reported that Delay called the kettle black.
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Sept 28, 2005 14:12:03 GMT -5
House Republicans are conferencing right now. DeLay can define it as temporary, but I doubt Members are going to want to reinstate him as Leader at a later date. He doesn't get to make the decisions now.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Sept 28, 2005 14:15:22 GMT -5
I am not sure, Destroya, because most House Republicans owe their election, in some shape or form, to Delay. They may be more willing to throw him under the bus when he is not in the room.
I hope, for the sake of the Republican Party, they move in another direction. I am not particularly fond of Dreier, but he would be an improvement over Delay.
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Sept 28, 2005 14:24:07 GMT -5
I disagree - most don't owe anything to DeLay (the Tejas guys do of course - read the indictment if don't know why). This gives the Speaker an easy out. DeLay was going to have a tough time running Leader again in 2006 anyway.
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Sept 28, 2005 15:16:29 GMT -5
So some sort of weird triumvirate of Blunt, Dreier, and Cantor are going to be the triple-headed Leader/Whip team. I guess they weren't ready for a woman.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Sept 28, 2005 17:44:31 GMT -5
I disagree - most don't owe anything to DeLay (the Tejas guys do of course - read the indictment if don't know why). This gives the Speaker an easy out. DeLay was going to have a tough time running Leader again in 2006 anyway. Obviously, the Texas guys owe him something, but I should have phrased my original point differently. Delay could have ruined many Republican Congresspersons in his heyday by virtue of his power and influence. Some of these members went in lockstep with Delay fearing political retributions. |
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Post by EasyEd on Sept 29, 2005 10:19:13 GMT -5
If he's guilty of the crime charged he should resign but the actual case against DeLay seems to be weak. Even Washington Post implies that. Many legal people agree. The charge is conspiracy, not money laundering as many Democrats are claiming. Conspiracy is one of the hardest things to prove.
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Sept 29, 2005 15:25:29 GMT -5
Another way we can know if this is truly political or not is if it gets drawn out or if the facts are heard quickly and a decision handed down. DeLay has to want this to end quickly - we will see if the other side wants justice done or just a long trial that affects the elections.
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