[Miss Marple]

What's really funny is that the democrats act like DeLay will be sitting in a closet, all by himself. There is nothing in the rules to prevent DeLay from being a "guest" at a leadership meeting, providing advice to Blount, calling people to give him his opinion on how they should vote, etc.

All this does is give Blount the title for a while, and allow him to get some invitations to speak on the Sunday shows.

But, mark my words, the democrats will be whining about "cheating" within a few days. They will start demanding that DeLay be expelled or prohibited from attending meetings. They will overstep and reveal phone taps or something. And I will be laughing at them. HA!

[Republican Red]

I figure the same thing. I think it will be like a baseball manager being thrown out of a game. He still calls the game from some hiding place in the dugout.

He was stripped of the title TEMPORARILY, not the power.