I was gratified to see that the MSM is finally opening its eyes.
A couple of years ago, tom delay was chomping on a cigar at a Washington restaurant with some lobbyists. The manager went over to tell him he couldn't smoke because the restaurant was located on property leased from the federal government, which bars smoking. "I am the federal government," DeLay replied, in words that will follow the onetime exterminator from Sugar Land, Texas, like ants at a picnic.
The line reeks of the arrogance and self-importance that may bring DeLay low, but it also has the advantage of being true: all three branches of the federal government belong to Republicans, and the autocratic House majority leader is the purest representation of the breed. On every issue--ethics, the environment, guns, tax cuts, judges--he is a clarifying figure for anyone who might be confused about the true nature of today's GOP.
And what the Radical Republicans are trying to do is usually bad--from cutting taxes further amid monster deficits to immunizing polluters in the energy bill (which won't do a thing, as even proponents admit, to cut gas prices), to subjecting Social Security to the whims of the stock market.
Jonathan Alter- "Why we need Delay to Stay"- Newsweek.
Say what you will about the MSM, when they smell a scandal (particularly a scandal with a figure so polarizing) that can sell them papers, they're all over it like fleas on a dog.
As to Alter's main point, should we try to force the republicans to cut Delay, or should we let him sway in the wind.