Is the AP expecting a DeLay indictment? Publishes career chronology today

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT/AP: Chronology: House Majority Leader Delay
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 28, 2005
Filed at 9:04 a.m. ET

Some key events and controversies in the career of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas:

--1984: Elected to represent the 22nd District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

--1994: Elected majority whip.

--July 1997: DeLay was part of a group that tried, but failed, to oust House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

--October 1998: DeLay attacks the Electronics Industries Alliance for hiring former Democratic Rep. Dave McCurdy as its president and later receives a private rebuke from the House ethics committee.

--November 2002: Elected majority leader without opposition....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-DeLay-Timel...

[seemslikeadream]

1. That's what I was just thinking, reading same here

http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3909371&nav=Bs...

[rox63]

2. That would be sweet if Delay got indicted

But I'm not holding my breath. He's a slimy weasel, and has found a way out it so far.

[rodeodance]

4. slime tends to sleaze away. i will not hold my breath either. Still-sweet

thought.

[cyberpj]

3. - self deleted. nt.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. Oh, be still my heart. What was that ketchup ad song? Annn-ti-sa-

pay -ay- ay- shun. It's breaking my heart.

I could NOT think of a more deserving person, well, at least not after
rumsfeld
feith
rice
cheney
bush
frist
hastert

and more.
OK. So I can think of more deserving people

[jim3775]

6. It's very likely that he will be indicted today

The grand jury's term is up today (although it could get extended). The conventional wisdom before is that DeLay would get off on purely jurisdictional grounds, but now the GJ's jurisdiction has been widened to include considering conspiracy charges, and there is ample evidence that DeLay was part of the conspiracy.

[GOPAgainstGW]

7. Insiders Say No DeLay Indictment

Read My Posts Here On the Subject:

DeLay Probe Winds Down; Charges May Loom

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

I've been heavily involved with a Houston, Texas "money group" for 3 years trying to drag DeLay down and members of the Bush Texas Family Mafia.

[redacted]

8. This looks like an "embargo until (time)" situation

To me it looks like the authorities have already issued press releases about the indictment with an "embargo until" line at the top. In other words, they'll give AP the press release in advance in exchange for AP's agreement not to publish the story until the time listed in the embargo line, which probably is the time scheduled for a press conference or conference call with media.

By issuing the chronology sidebar the AP isn't violating the terms of the embargo but is giving news outlets around the country the opportunity to reserve space for the news copy in their page layouts.