Liberals are Stuck on Stupid. Tom DeLay can resign tomorrow, it won't matter one bit. The Democrat party is based on cults of personality, a la the Clintons and Kennedys, but the Republican Party isn't. It's bigger than any one person. Democrats have never figured this out. They still don't understand why we didn't fall apart after they got Newt Gingrich and then Bob Livingston, because after all they fell apart when we got Jim Wright. They don't understand why we didn't lose the Senate after they nailed Trent Lott for making dumb comments at a birthday party. They don't understand why Karl Rove hasn't resigned yet. And they are still paying for their cult-of-personality defense of Bill Clinton, when they would have been better off throwing him under the bus and letting Al Gore become President. They can never sacrifice the person for the party, but Republicans always do.
So whatever happens to Tom DeLay, it won't make a damn bit of difference in what the House does or what happens in the 2006 elections. This is about campaign finance, not abuse of power or position by DeLay. The Democrats cannot make an issue out of it except in DeLay's district.