No, because he's shown himself to be just another unprincipled, pork-pushing Republican liar. "nothing left to cut in the budget" - yeah, right.
It isn't the mainstream media or the Democratic Party that has placed Tom Delay's future in the hands of the Justice Department and Jack Abramoff, its Tom DeLay himself. It is Tom DeLay who went to play golf at Royal St. Andrews in Scotland on Jack Abramoff's credit card.
DeLay's former press aide has plead guilty(Scanlon) and Tom's ex Deputy Chief of Staff (Tony Rudy) is most likely "Staffer A" in the Abramoff plea agreement. There are too many people who will give up DeLay's name in order to cut a deal with the feds on serious prison time.
If anyone thinks that the Justice Department's Criminal Division isn't after DeLay, then I've got some beachfront property in Nevada to sell them. Ronnie Earle is not DeLay's problem, the Bush Justice Department is. In my humble opinion, DeLay has stepped down prior to federal indictment on bribery charges. Whether he will actually be indicted or ultimately found guilty remains to be seen in years to come. He was right to step down now however.