Tom DeLay won’t seek re-election
by David Benzion · 04/03/2006 9:59 pmTIME magazine has the exclusive scoop:
"I’m going to announce tomorrow that I’m not running for reelection and that I’m going to leave Congress," DeLay, who turns 59 on Saturday, said during a 90-minute interview on Monday. "I’m very much at peace with it." He notified President Bush in the afternoon. DeLay and his wife, Christine, said they had been prepared to fight, but that he decided last Wednesday, after months of prayer and contemplation, to spare his suburban Houston district the mudfest to come. "This had become a referendum on me," he said. "So it’s better for me to step aside and let it be a referendum on ideas, Republican values and what’s important for this district."
"I’m a realist. I’ve been around awhile. I can evaluate political situations," DeLay told TIME at his kitchen table in Sugar Land, a former sugar plantation in suburban Houston. Bluebonnets are blooming along the highways. "I feel that I could have won the race. I just felt like I didn’t want to risk the seat and that I can do more on the outside of the House than I can on the inside right now. I want to continue to fight for the conservative cause. I want to continue to work for a Republican majority."
Much more to read in the full story.
UPDATED– Washington Post:
DeLay, who is withdrawing from his reelection bid, also is entitled under federal election rules to convert any or all of his remaining campaign funds to his legal expenses, whether or not he resigns, is indicted or loses the election. Election lawyers say one advantage of bowing out of the election now is that the campaign cash can be converted to pay legal bills immediately, instead of being drained in the course of a bid to stay in office.
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something smells…
Why now? He won the primary hands down. F&*k Ronnie Earl!
As a lifelong Republican I can only say, looking at both parties, “power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Dan’s efforts and like conservative commitment from others around the nation must succeed or this nation is just for sale to the highest bidder.
Wow…I was just getting online to get an Astros score! I need to change my home page.
Let the games begin.
I will say that this represents an interesting turnaround from his recent interview on KSEV.
I bet if the Guiness book of WR had a category for the most simultaneous… um… climaxes, the Houston ChronicLies newsroom would be lifetime award winners.
Heck, they’d probably have to retire the category after this. They’ve been stroking it for 12 years… about time they got their just desserts.
Watergate origins: John Dean & Ho Ho Hos.
If it doesn’t fit you must aquit.
DeLay origins: if it doesn’t fit you must aquit.
Oh O Mo Dean
Why can’t you be true?
You keep doin’ those things
you used to do.
Whoa Oh O Mo Dean
This is a welcome break to all this illegal immigration crappola news.
Squawk, you are right on, as usual!
While it’s a welcome break from ill imm news, I cannot but wonder what the next “breaking news ” will be?
I hate to say “I told ya so”.
Nah, not really.
#2 -
I think this has little to do with Ronnie Earl, and a lot to do with having his former chief of staff plead guilty to federal charges. Not to mention being “representative #2″.
Does he get to keep all the money in his re-election coffers?
…and the GOP can now pick his replacement on the ballot.
Of course, Tom Delay can do whatever he wants, but this seems to give a green light to the low-lifes of the left, who continue to perform character assassination routinely on their most effective conservative opponents. All they need is a hack D.A. like Ronnie Earle with all the time he needs to shop for just the “right” grand jury, and the personal bludgeoning is on.
This does not bode well for the future of decent people.
This is a great day. FINALLY, one of the greedy cowards has the courage to leave the government. Now if only the rest of them would follow suit. I suppose we’ll have to wait until November to rid ouselves of the dirtiest congress in my lifetime. If it feels this good, I can wait.