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Originally Posted by raveneye
Actually I kind of hope Delay hangs on for another year or so, well into the time when voters start making up their minds for the 2006 elections.
Doesn't look like it though; Republicans I think are finally catching on to the fact that his presence is not good for them.
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I doubt it. The dem's have already been searching for republicans to come out against Delay and have gotten nowhere with their effort (i.e. NYT asking Livingston to write an op-ed calling for Delay to resign).
You seem to forget a few things.
First, very few politicians could hold up against this kind of scrutiny--a lot of them have things they don't want out. It just seems to be the luck of the draw in terms of where the focus of the day is.
Second, the forgivability of voters and their ability to put up with really shitty politicians. For example: Kennedy and the mysterious death, Daschle and his wife the lobbyist, etc.
Kennedy never lost popularity over something that should've taken him down. Daschle never really fell victim to the countless attacks on him and he barely lost his re-election bid.
The reverse is true in regards to Delay. We may like him, but we like the lib's and dem's even less--so we will do the horrible in this situation and back the "lesser of two evils". And yes, in most conservative minds, as bad as Delay is, the alternative is worse.
I highly doubt you will see any en masse effort on the part of the conservatives against Delay. We may scold him, but we aren't gonna run him out of town.