Analysts Consider DeLay’s Rebukes (washingtonpost.com) By Charles Babington

With House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) now involved directly or tangentially in a handful of ethics cases and investigations, some analysts say that another setback could substantially weaken the lawmaker’s ability to champion Republican causes and candidates.

DeLay’s bare-knuckle tactics have sparked controversy and Democratic ire for years, but Thursday’s 62-page report by the House ethics committee highlighted DeLay’s questionable arm-twisting of GOP members when crucial votes are at stake. …

The report’s conclusion marked the second time in five years that the ethics committee has chastised DeLay. A third setback, which conceivably could come from a pending complaint, would fuel critics’ claims that DeLay has crossed an ethical threshold, several analysts said yesterday. …

DeLay [is] an energetic partisan admired by many colleagues and loathed by Democrats….

Delay is known as “the Hammer,” not what you’d call a compassionate conservative. He has a sign in his office to the effect of ‘Today may be the Day’ (of the Rapture). mjh

Impeach Tom DeLay!
Lord of the Right Wing
Tom Delay is corrupt