DeLay spokesman suggests he'd "resist any effort to oust him permanently"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Mr. DeLay was forced to give up his leadership post in September after his indictment in Texas on campaign-related charges of money laundering. He has said repeatedly that he intends to try to resolve those charges quickly and return to his place as the No. 2 House Republican. But admissions of criminal wrongdoing by Mr. Abramoff and the continuing federal investigation of former senior aides to Mr. DeLay have intensified political anxiety among Republicans at the start of a potentially pivotal election year.

But a spokesman for Mr. DeLay, a very determined politician who has never shied from a fight, suggested that he would resist any effort to oust him permanently. "Mr. DeLay appreciates the fact that a majority of his colleagues recognize that he remains committed to resuming and fulfilling his responsibilities as majority leader as soon as he is exonerated in Texas, which he believes will happen by the end of the month," said Kevin Madden, the DeLay spokesman.

House officials predicted that Mr. Hastert would ultimately schedule an election, which could force a vote by Republicans to remove from the leadership a man responsible for much of their past political success but someone increasingly viewed as a political liability because of a continuing swirl of ethical and legal questions.

A divisive leadership battle has the potential to roil the House just as President Bush and Congressional Republicans are unveiling their election-year agenda through Mr. Bush's State of the Union speech and other events. It could also lead to new faces in the leadership ranks as Republicans try to demonstrate they are seriously responding to the lobbying scandal, which could still ensnare other lawmakers.

http://nytimes.com/2006/01/07/politics/07congress.html

[Botany]

1. good idea Tom!

Fight for what you think is right.
NGU Hammer

[ClassWarrior]

2. You took the words right out of my mouth, Botany...

Right down to the NGU.

[Botany]

3. I mean it is not like I want the repugs to hurt each other.

:popcorn:

1/6/05 Tom DeLay on the House Floor "So what do these people think? Karl Rove was flipping
votes from 2 computers in the White House basement?"

Thanks for telling us Tom

the man is a complete bastard ..... shoving "it" in our faces.

[ClassWarrior]

8. Then again, animals will be animals.

NGU.

[greentrees]

4. WSJ Agrees

In the 1/06/06 Wall Street Journal's top editorial, they came out and said the Repups need to make a big time change in their leadership.

Looks like Delay is on his way out whether he wants to or not.

[newyawker99]

13. Hi greentrees!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Botany]

5. Damn!

He just quit.

[salin]

6. guess he shoulda checked wtih Tom

as it seems that Tom just stepped down.

[Why Syzygy]

7. Where did you see that? n/t

[No Exit]

9. It's true. Bugman's been squashed. Here---

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2354670

[ClintonTyree]

10. He looks a little like Joe Pesci there.......

just before he gets whacked near the end of "Goodfellas". The bug man is going
D
O
W
N! Couldn't happen to a crappier guy! :)

[Binka]

11. The Wife Has A Pissy Pants Petulant Pursing Of The Lips Thang Going

Thought bubble of Wifie Delay " What is this nonsense? Don't these fools know who we are? Sheesh Tom please go back to work soon, I haven't fucked the pool boy in a month. Need to get nails done."

[radfringe]

12. hee-hee-hee

with his announcement yesterday of NOT seeking to be reinstalled as House Majority Leader... I guess we can say his "resistance was futile...."