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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.

Democrats should be ashamed of this DA, whose record includes baseless accusations against people like Senator Hutchison. Every Democrat District Attorney or other local official who faces voters around the country must answer for this outrage. Will they misuse their office to attack political opponents? Will they abuse power like Earle, or like the Florida DA who went after Rush Limbaugh? This is a disgrace.

"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."

Exactly!! People who are voting for their Senator in NC, Fla or elsewhere do not care about Delay or his politics. They care about their own self interests. The saying "all politics is local" has never been more true. As for the 2008 elections, with the national memory at about 2 weeks on any given issue, this won't even make it to a campaign commercial.