Buddy, I hate to break it to you. But you are in the small minority, of Americans and especially republicans. You are the irrelevent one.
Tom DeLay introduced himself to me when he first ran for Congress. I was caucus chair of an adjoining CD and represented part of his county on the State Committee.
He has always been 100% on the side of Karl Rove and the Bushes and Texas economic interests.
Tancredo is out as far as being able to influence other Congressmen. His presidential campaign being run by Bay and his bomb Mecca gaff has left a vacuum into which DeLay has quickly stepped.
When the bill finally comes out of committee containing the two objectives of President Bush, Tom DeLay will be in a position to deliver the votes just as he always has, while Tancredo will be out meeting with some Buchanan malcontents telling them he's too short, fat and stupid to get elected president.