It was Delay who pushed through the Impeachment articles on Clinton.
It was Delay who helped us win the Texas State Legislative.
This in turn led to more an effective redistricting plan which truely represented Texas as a Republican State.
Delay has earned the right to step down when he wants, not because the Democrats have him targeted with a bogus 'criminal' charge.
I think Delay did a lot in the past thats been good. No argument there.
However, either this cycle or the next he's going to go into retirement, and its going to be because of the heat he's taking. Its only going to get worse. He draws undue attention to himself.
If its because he got bold then he's a sacrificial lamb, because now going forward I don't think he would be an effective leader. He's been crippled, and I don't buy into it that its all because of the Democrats.
Everyone seems to treat him like he's the Godfather or something with everything run through him thats conservative. Its like the mafia sounds like. I don't like that.
No one is saying disrespect him or anything he did.
Looking forward he's going to be a lame duck so to speak which is why another person deserves a spot. Making it all about Tom Delay is selfish to Tom.
He wants a 40 year carreer in the House 'for himself' and thats about the only reason he's running again sounds like to me.
What would be really nice is for Tom to throw his support behind someone else and work together for a common cause. Experience does play a role, but there comes a point when even Dan Mario has to take a back seat to a rookie.