Hurricane DeLay...
...California's six top leadership posts in the House of Representatives may stand as historical precedent but the House Majority Leader will still not call California "home" today. House Chairmen of the Rules, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Resources and Armed Services Committees - as well as the Secretary of the Republican Conference Committee - are Golden State men. For a moment yesterday, after the indictment of Tom DeLay by a federal grand jury in Texas, it seemed to the AP wire service that the Speaker of the House would orchestrate election of our native son, David Dreier, to the prestigious (if temporarily vacated) job of Majority Leader and then perhaps, just perhaps, promote another, Bill Thomas, to lead the Rules Committee for a very long time.
What happened? The Republican leadership vote was moved up four hours earlier than scheduled. The House Speaker couldn't deliver his stated choice as leader. The Rank and File couldn't envision a blonde haired, blue eyed Majority Leader who might be more "moderate" than a minuteman border patrol just because California might be the leading edge of all things au current in politics? It was Hurricane DeLay yesterday on Capital Hill.
What Katrina did for the City of New Orleans; out of state politicians have done to flatten the Republican Party's chances for holding on to a Congressional majority in 2006. Elect a southern style politician to lead our Party's contingent? Why not elect Kathleen Blanco? I have nothing against Congressman Roy Blunt, he's a fine man I've never met, but he isn't a Californian.
Ill winds are blowing for the Republican Party. Ethics charges swirl around Tennessee Senate Leader Bill Frist. Charges of financial corruption involving the Republican National Committee surfaced in the Texas Grand Jury that moved against Tom DeLay. What is it with the South? And in Florida, a gang land style murder has floated Jack Abramoff & friends from College Republicans under indictment and investigations. Aren't hurricanes enough? Will the path trod by Katrina and Rita and Delay lead our Party into the abyss with them?
...California's six top leadership posts in the House of Representatives may stand as historical precedent but the House Majority Leader will still not call California "home" today. House Chairmen of the Rules, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Resources and Armed Services Committees - as well as the Secretary of the Republican Conference Committee - are Golden State men. For a moment yesterday, after the indictment of Tom DeLay by a federal grand jury in Texas, it seemed to the AP wire service that the Speaker of the House would orchestrate election of our native son, David Dreier, to the prestigious (if temporarily vacated) job of Majority Leader and then perhaps, just perhaps, promote another, Bill Thomas, to lead the Rules Committee for a very long time.
What happened? The Republican leadership vote was moved up four hours earlier than scheduled. The House Speaker couldn't deliver his stated choice as leader. The Rank and File couldn't envision a blonde haired, blue eyed Majority Leader who might be more "moderate" than a minuteman border patrol just because California might be the leading edge of all things au current in politics? It was Hurricane DeLay yesterday on Capital Hill.
What Katrina did for the City of New Orleans; out of state politicians have done to flatten the Republican Party's chances for holding on to a Congressional majority in 2006. Elect a southern style politician to lead our Party's contingent? Why not elect Kathleen Blanco? I have nothing against Congressman Roy Blunt, he's a fine man I've never met, but he isn't a Californian.
Ill winds are blowing for the Republican Party. Ethics charges swirl around Tennessee Senate Leader Bill Frist. Charges of financial corruption involving the Republican National Committee surfaced in the Texas Grand Jury that moved against Tom DeLay. What is it with the South? And in Florida, a gang land style murder has floated Jack Abramoff & friends from College Republicans under indictment and investigations. Aren't hurricanes enough? Will the path trod by Katrina and Rita and Delay lead our Party into the abyss with them?
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