Rep. DeLay won't seek re-election.

[link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301787.html|Washington Post]:

Monday, April 3, 2006; 10:35 PM

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), a primary architect of the House Republican majority who became one of the most powerful and feared leaders in Washington, told House allies last night he will step down from the House rather than face a reelection fight that appears increasingly unwinnable.

The decision came just three days after his former deputy chief of staff, Tony C. Rudy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and corruption charges, telling federal prosecutors of a criminal enterprise being run out of DeLay's leadership offices. Rudy's plea agreement did not implicate DeLay in any illegal activities, but by placing the influence-buying efforts of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff directly in DeLay's operation, the former aide may have made an already difficult reelection bid all but out of reach.
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DeLay, who turns 60 this Saturday, did not say precisely when he would step down, but under Texas law, he must take himself out of reelection consideration by August if his name is to be removed from the November ballot.

It's a pretty damning illustration of the corruption of his incumbency that it takes his chief of staff pleading guilty for him to finally drop out of the race - his own indictment wasn't enough.

I wonder if [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ney|Bob Ney] is going to follow suit shortly, and if so, who else will join him.

Cheers,
Scott.

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Post #250,812 by Another Scott 4/3/06 10:39:31 PM 4/3/06 10:46:08 PM Reply	Rep. DeLay won't seek re-election. [link\|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301787.html\|Washington Post]: Monday, April 3, 2006; 10:35 PM Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), a primary architect of the House Republican majority who became one of the most powerful and feared leaders in Washington, told House allies last night he will step down from the House rather than face a reelection fight that appears increasingly unwinnable. The decision came just three days after his former deputy chief of staff, Tony C. Rudy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and corruption charges, telling federal prosecutors of a criminal enterprise being run out of DeLay's leadership offices. Rudy's plea agreement did not implicate DeLay in any illegal activities, but by placing the influence-buying efforts of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff directly in DeLay's operation, the former aide may have made an already difficult reelection bid all but out of reach. \t DeLay, who turns 60 this Saturday, did not say precisely when he would step down, but under Texas law, he must take himself out of reelection consideration by August if his name is to be removed from the November ballot. It's a pretty damning illustration of the corruption of his incumbency that it takes his chief of staff pleading guilty for him to finally drop out of the race - his own indictment wasn't enough. I wonder if [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ney\|Bob Ney] is going to follow suit shortly, and if so, who else will join him. Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott April 3, 2006, 10:46:08 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #250,815 by inthane-chan 4/3/06 11:14:40 PM Reply	Oh NOES! The world will END!
Post #250,851 by jbrabeck 4/4/06 10:09:32 AM Reply	Quote heard on radio "I don't want any liberal democrats to steal my seat with a negative campaign, so I am stepping down." Gotta do the noble thing... A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
Post #250,853 by lincoln 4/4/06 10:58:53 AM 4/4/06 11:25:48 AM Reply	He's moving to Virginia to continue working for conservative causes, but also because, if he remained in Texas, the Republicans wouldn't be able to run a special election to get a placeholder into his congressional seat from now until the november election. [link\|http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/3768886.html\|from today's Houston Chronicle] DeLay said in the interview that he planned to move to Virginia \ufffd leaving Texas apparently would allow him to be replaced on the Republican ballot after he won the GOP primary in March \ufffd and continue to be involved in conservative political causes. lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me] Edited by lincoln April 4, 2006, 11:25:48 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #250,870 by boxley 4/4/06 12:25:52 PM Reply	someone has to fill abrahamoff's shoes Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #250,863 by SpiceWare 4/4/06 11:20:09 AM Reply	darn I was hoping to vote against him again. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #251,110 by jb4 4/5/06 1:55:33 PM Reply	And after he went to all that trouble... ...to make sure he'd never have a real re-election fight.... In the immortal words of Elmer Fudd: "Good widdence to baaaad wubbish!" jb4 "Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'." &mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration

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