Posted on 04/04/2006 6:14:48 PM PDT by Frank T
"In addition, it drains out the momentum from the Democrats drive to take back the House - an easily identifiable symbol of Republican excess and corruption is gone."
A six year term limit would effectively take care of that problem, without taking his fellow encumbants to the brink.
Delay is one shrewd man. I believe he made the decision now because he knew the McKinney fiasco would provide perfect cover. Because of McKinney's incessant and irritating magpie squawkings, the Democrats have been preoccupied and unable to really mount a well-coordinated media blitz to rally the troops around the Delay-ethics theme they've been working hard to make the centerpiece of their election year strategy.
So far named...Livingston and Nixon...both Republicans. Perhaps I should have rephrased my question to say, "I've never known of another elected DEMOCRAT...."
In due time, it should be Delay for United States Senate.
Thanks for posting. Interesting.
Easier to jump through the eye of a needle than see that happen.
DeLay told Brit tonight that it took him 4 weeks to make this decision. You demean this man when you speculate that Cynthia McKinney's latest example of her despicable arrogance has anything to do w/that decision IMO.
He COULD jump to a VEEP slot. Bush/DeLay? I'm jazzed...
Bless you for that comment. I think DeLay is a good man who could not withstand the concerted attacks coming from the left and even within his own party.
"I can do more good outside the House in the next few months than being locked in the 22nd District trying to fight a reelection campaign."
This statement says it all. He definitely CAN do a lot of good in the coming months without the worry of a campaign.
We have a lot of serious issues on our plate and we need a strong man like Tom DeLay to beat the crap out of the looney left. (Figuratively speaking of course).
That's like suggesting that Patton actually loved small furry animals and growing orchids, that people who suggest he was a nitroblast in-your-face meatgrinder on the battlefield "demean his memory."
And interesting read regarding DeLay's decision....
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What makes people angry is that he got things done. Look what we have left. We can't even plug the border with the wimps we have now.
Don't put me in this box, "MR" Delay. Where there is smoke there IS fire.
You quitting only validated my cynicism.
I truly believe elective office is behind him.
The good of his party? No politician does anything for the good of his party. He did this for personal reasons, whatever they may be
So it was the internal polls.
Interesting, and thanks for the ping, deport.
Let's not delude ourselves. DeLay did not step down for the good of the party, rather because he knew his indictment was imminent. If it was really for the good of the party, he would finish the rest of his term, while bowing out of the next election. Instead, he is taking an early retirement, beginning in June.
1. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on honorable man, but I have my doubts.
2. He was a piss-poor house leader who destroyed the conservative movement by pushing the idea that the most imporant thing was establishing a GOP patronage machine, not pushing for the principles that made them a majority in the first place.
3. Yes, I do. Tom Coburn and the other honorable few from the class of '94 who stuck with their term-limit pledges.
That's too bad. Delay possesses amazing political instincts and powerful leadership skills. He drew the full force of the liberal attack because because he was so dangerously effective. We need more like him. A lot more.
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