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DeLay Will Quit Leadership Post in House
Breitbart ^ | Today | DAVID ESPO

Posted on 01/07/2006 9:23:30 AM PST by Gipper08

By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON

Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay decided Saturday to give up his post as House majority leader, clearing the way for new leadership elections among House Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal, two officials said.

These officials said DeLay, R-Texas, was preparing a letter informing fellow House Republicans of his decision. These officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to pre-empt the formal announcement.

DeLay is battling campaign finance charges in Texas and was forced to step aside temporarily as majority leader last fall after he was charged in his home state. He has consistently maintained his innocence and said he intended to resume his leadership post once cleared.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2006; abramoff; corruption; delay; democratswin; leadershio; majorityleader; resignation; texastoast
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To: Gipper08

Maybe Delay's departure will open the door for a more conservative Majority Leader, who will set goals that require the House to legislate in a more fiscally responsible manner. After the last five years the GOP controlled Congress has spent the taxpayers money like liberal Democrats and expanded the federal bureaucracy to levels never seen before in US history. PresBush hasn't vetoed one spending bill of any kind. The brakes have to be applied, immediately. Bush won't act responsibly, then maybe a strong Majority Leader can set the right course.


141 posted on 01/07/2006 10:11:20 AM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: adam_az
"If you wish to make a point, you should demonstrate it. Else you haven't made a point."

I'm not going to do your homework.

No. I do my homework. I follow credible leads. There are only so many leads I can follow in a day. Often credibility of a lead correlates to a person willing to support that lead with some rudimentary documentation.

You haven't. You make no point.

142 posted on 01/07/2006 10:11:34 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Hank Rearden

And this was illegal?


143 posted on 01/07/2006 10:12:52 AM PST by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: F16Fighter

"The GOP "leadership" failed as usual to stand tall and back one of its warriors...."

True, we can expect the rats to slime any effective leader we put in there. This has nothing to do with anything Tom Delay has or hasn't done. If the majority in Congress can't stand up for one leader why should they be able to stand up for any leader? The rats wrote him a one-way ticket out of Washington on the liberal express, but it's the RINOs who delivered it to him.


144 posted on 01/07/2006 10:13:06 AM PST by grizzly84
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To: pollyannaish
This Abramoff thing is going to be big...and it isn't going to be a party thing. It is going to hurt them all.

Good.

It would be useful if this scandal provides the Fleet reaming our Congress so desperately needs, in order to head off a true revolt later on, but I don't think it'll be enough. Too many government parasites and too many uninformed, apathetic citizens will see to that.

145 posted on 01/07/2006 10:13:54 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: adam_az
Still making that claim without documenting it.

The burden of proof is on YOU.

No, the burden of proof is on you.

But, that's your judgment. All which makes your undocumented statement less likely to be credible.

146 posted on 01/07/2006 10:14:15 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Great. So without a fight, the Republicans let another leader get taken down by a bogus scandal. As far as I'm concerned, the entire Republican party should be fired en masse, not be allowed to re-run for their posts, and have new people compete for the vacated seats. This is just pathetic.

I couldn't agree more! I tried to say this back when Earle was going to his 5th GJ in order to get the bogus indictment. We're toast if these Pubbies will not stand together - look how the DemonRATs are being split by the Far Left Loonies. Are we going to commence that type of in-fighting also? I get really angry, and just may have to sit out some upcoming elections.

147 posted on 01/07/2006 10:14:35 AM PST by p23185 (Why isn't attempting to take down a sitting Pres & his Admin considered Sedition?)
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To: Gipper08

I liked the fight in DeLay, but at the end of the day he is a corporate whore, good riddance


148 posted on 01/07/2006 10:14:44 AM PST by jern
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To: Gipper08

The Earle thing was BS, but the Abramoff thing is not good.


149 posted on 01/07/2006 10:15:31 AM PST by RockinRight (The Republicans Suck Less than the Democrats)
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To: Rennes Templar
And this was illegal?

Nothing politicians want to do is illegal in their tiny minds. It was wrong.

150 posted on 01/07/2006 10:15:42 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: grizzly84
If the majority in Congress can't stand up for one leader why should they be able to stand up for any leader?

Because the Republican Party has no core principles to stand for and defend, other than getting reelected.

151 posted on 01/07/2006 10:16:40 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: pollywog

You are right..this will not help the Republicans since the Dems and the MSM will simply smell blood and go for more. OTH, REpublicans--unlike Dems who don't care if their representatives or presidents lie, cheat, murder or rape--will abandon leaders who have made unethical decisions.
It says a lot for the REpublicans because they DO stand for their principles...it also says a lot for the Dems who have continued to elect Kennedy (a murderer) Clinton( a rapist) et al. In the meantime, DeLay should resign his post...clear his name...and return.


152 posted on 01/07/2006 10:16:42 AM PST by t2buckeye
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To: Gipper08
"Damn, don't you think Delay would if that stance would always work?"

NO


I'm searching for a story on how Delay talked about cutting taxes and spending and I can't find it. Instead I'm overwhelmed with ones about his spending. You are right, he was big government. I love him for getting things done and being aggressive. That is so rare
153 posted on 01/07/2006 10:16:52 AM PST by Vision (“We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the duty of intelligent men")
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To: RockinRight

You are right!Earle had little to do with what happened today!


154 posted on 01/07/2006 10:17:01 AM PST by Gipper08 (Mike Pence in 2008)
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To: adam_az
If getting things done means getting budget busting pork passed, then what good is it to get things done?

You're right, I think my love for his aggression blinded me to the overall picture. I am just so desperate for a conservative Rep who loves to fight
155 posted on 01/07/2006 10:18:53 AM PST by Vision (“We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the duty of intelligent men")
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To: Gipper08
good freaking grief !

now all the people who think Republicans in Texas hate Delay because he helped elect more republicans to congress will come out of the wood work supporting their rino candidates.
156 posted on 01/07/2006 10:19:04 AM PST by conservative physics
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To: FreeReign

"But, that's your judgment. All which makes your undocumented statement less likely to be credible."

Don't be a DUmmy.

You can't claim both that Delay is an effective leader, and yet that he has no input into the "House GOP Leadership."

Both are mutually exclusive.


157 posted on 01/07/2006 10:20:06 AM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: pollyannaish

Hopefully the Abramoff scandal will create a boost for the minor parties as more people realize the real depth of corruption in the two major parties.


158 posted on 01/07/2006 10:20:18 AM PST by LibertarianCandidate
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To: Gipper08

I want DeLay to be the next nominee for SCOTUS.


159 posted on 01/07/2006 10:20:58 AM PST by staytrue (MOONBAT conservatives are those who would rather lose to a liberal than support a moderate.)
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To: Vision
We can use him in the future as a role player under a Conservative Speaker(Mike Pence)"all the winds in Washington blow toward big government" we need to change the atmoshpere in Washington.People like Delay who start out with conservative intentions get corrupted quickly.Lord Acton is right.
160 posted on 01/07/2006 10:21:09 AM PST by Gipper08 (Mike Pence in 2008)
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