Bush told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that he expects that Delay will cooperate with an investigation.
"As I read his comments today, he wants the ethics committee to review his case, and he’s willing to step up and talk to the ethics committee about it," Bush said. "And secondly, I’m looking forward to working with Tom. He’s been a very effective leader. We’ve gotten a lot done in the legislature."
Bush laughed off an editor’s question about whether he agrees with DeLay that the "liberal news media" are responsible for his troubles. "Of course not!" Bush exclaimed and then chuckled.
If "liberal news media" are not responsible for Delay’s troubles, who is?
See wavy lines as we reminisce way back in time, about one week to be precise:
I don’t think Chris Shays is powerful enough to bring all this grief on Delay. It’s someone else. I’m not going to speculate publicly. Y’all can if you want. But, I do think Delay’s days are numbered as a leader.
That wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of Delay by Bush. He doesn’t say he’s innocent, and, he doesn’t even argue who’s responsible. Rushing to Delay’s defense have been:
"Tom DeLay did nothing wrong," Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kansas
A little more powerful Dennis Hastert had this to say:
Hastert didn’t hesitate when asked if DeLay has his "100 percent support."
"Mr. DeLay does, right. Until it’s proven he’s actually done something that’s broken the rules and discredited himself and this Congress," the Illinois Republican said as he walked from the House floor to his office.
Delay’s got problems worse than the ethics committee. Instead of the troops circling the wagon, it feels like people are jumping off the wagon and waiting to see if it goes over the cliff or not. If it doesn’t, they’ll get back on. And, the biggest problem Delay seems to have right now is the people jumping are the wagon drivers.
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