Concern in GOP over DeLay ethics allegations

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Some of embattled lawmaker's allies see trouble ahead
By Mike Allen
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) has dismissed questions about his ethics as partisan attacks, but revelations last week about his overseas travel and ties to lobbyists under investigation have emboldened Democrats and provoked worry among Republicans.

With some members increasingly concerned that DeLay had left himself vulnerable to attack, several Republican aides and lobbyists said for the first time that they are worried about whether he will survive and what the consequences could be for the party's image.

Allies see trouble ahead
"If death comes from a thousand cuts, Tom DeLay is into a couple hundred, and it's getting up there," said a Republican political consultant close to key lawmakers. "The situation is negatively fluid right now for the guy. You start hitting arteries, it only takes a couple." The consultant, who at times has been a DeLay ally, spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying he could not be candid otherwise.

At least six Republicans expressed concern over the weekend about DeLay's situation. They said they do not think DeLay necessarily deserves the unwanted attention he is receiving. But they said that the volume of the revelations about his operation is becoming alarming and that they do not see how it will abate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7176277/

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Now! If Clinton were still president and the Majority Leader were a Democrat, the President would tell him it is time to step down. That is exactly what did happen when Rostenkoski was in the House in 1994. I remember the day Clinton visited Rostenkoski on the hill because I nearly got in trouble with the Secret Service, But that is another story.
You can bet the no repuke will suggest that it is time for Delay to go! Instead they just change the rules to allow criminals to stay in charge.

[coloradodem2005]

1. Aw!!! Poor Bug Man.

[tsuki]

2. Am I an idiot, or should the fact that the Democrats walked off

the ethics committee be the number one story on the news?

[liberal N proud]

3. Further proof of the control the rupkes and bu$h have over the media