Time: DeLay to abandon reelection bid
The Galveston Daily News just sent out an email blast, and now Drudge has posted a link to a Time article with news about Rep. Tom DeLay:
Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months. Taking defiant swipes at "the left" and the press, he said he feels "liberated" and vowed to pursue an aggressive speaking and organizing campaign aimed at promoting foster care, Republican candidates and a closer connection between religion and government.
"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 can't say I saw that one coming, but then again, I've been in London for a week and haven't been following local affairs as closely as usual. This news certainly jolted me out of the jet lag.
UPDATE: The Chronicle is on top of things as usual:
DeLay reportedly won't seek re-election
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texan touched by a lobbying scandal that ensnared some of his former top aides and cost the congressman his leadership post, won't seek re-election to Congress, a Republican official said today.DeLay was expected to disclose the plans Tuesday, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because DeLay had not publicly disclosed his plans.
More details to come on this breaking story.
And so the Chron is scooped by Time and the Galveston Daily News in its own back yard. Impressive!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/03/06 09:59 PM | Print |
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