[gab1279]

Love DeLay's response. Boy he is an embattled man right now, and he is a fighter. There is such VITRIOL against him, unreal.

Sad isn't it??? This rumormongering, I swear you'd think these mysterious aides were DU'ers.

I mean, this shouldn't have been printed, come on. They'll do anything to defame DeLay, it seems.

Guess they hate him as much we hated Daschle.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I hate to say this but the House Repubs should not have passed that rule change for Delay to keep his job if indicted.
We Republicans cannot be passing such rule changes and protecting people like this.
Delay has run roughshod over a lot of people and sooner or later it catches up. Looks like it might be catching up with Delay and if so then he can't be protected.It may be it's time for Delay to step down and retire before all of the Repubs are targets from the Left for trying to protect Delay.

[danamco]

Guess they hate him as much we hated Daschle.


Or as much as they hate Newt!!!

[montag813]

Love DeLay's response. Boy he is an embattled man right now, and he is a fighter. There is such VITRIOL against him, unreal.

Did you see DeLay's response to his ethics victory today, surrounded by a phalanx of top GOP Reps? The gloves are off. The Democrats should be afraid, VERY afraid. DeLay will command a more disciplined and focused House leadership than has ever existed.

[Madstrider]

Democratic job-seekers face an acute problem this year, with numerous Hill staffers who worked for Kerry’s campaign now looking for work. Most of Daschle’s leadership staff also is on the market, with few places to secure a soft landing. New Democratic “527” groups are expected to ramp down now that the election is over.

Boo-hoo-hoo!

Why on earth should any K Street lobbying firm hire an ex-Daschle staffer anyway? The man with whom such an ex-staffer might be presumed to have any influence (i.e., Daschle) is no longer in the Senate. And, overall, Democratic influence in the Senate just decreased by 8 percent.

Democrats are a smaller minority in the Senate than at any time since 1996 and -- given what some have called the "natural majority" of 62 GOP Senate seats (2 seats for every "red" state won by Bush) -- it is highly unlikely that Democrats will regain their majority anytime before 2008 (and even that scenario would depend on Hillary's "coattails").

Former Democratic Senate aides are quite nearly useless to any K Street lobbying firm nowadays. The only power Senate Democrats have now is (a) to filibuster; (b) to "demand an investigation" into any allegations of GOP wrongdoing; and (c) to b!tch and moan to the media. None of that is any help to a business lobby trying to get favorable treatment from the federal government.

Also (not mentioned in this Hill article): With larger majorities now, House and Senate Republicans in the next Congress may ask for a larger share of committee seats and a reduction in Democratic committee staff. So that's more prospective Dem staff unemployment.

All and all, being an ex-Democratic staffer in DC now is like being the last kid standing in a game of musical chairs. The consequences of Democrats' shrinking influence in Washington -- and the small likelihood the Dems will recapture any branch of government before 2008 (or even then) -- is finally coming home to roost 10 years after the Republican Revolution of '94. About d@mn time, too!

[George W. Bush]

The MSM and liberals are on the warpath to "Newt" Tom DeLay. The media campaign against him continues to build.

The firestorm of overblown and fabricated accusations against him are designed to eject him from office or at least from any leadership position.

For all the fuss made over Specter recently, the loss of DeLay would be a far more serious blow to conservative causes.

[jocon307]

"I swear you'd think these mysterious aides were DU'ers."

They are! At least in spirit, even if they don't actually log in.

It's like the democratic party is crumbling before our very eyes. This is what they get for becoming nothing but a cult of personality worshipping Madame Hillary! and The Stainmaker.

Values, values? They don't need no stinking values.

[truthandlife]

Do you know what the similarities between Delay and W. are? They are both genuine Christians who walk the walk. The Democrats, MSM and the world hate that?

2 Timothy 3 12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

[bert]

....a conspiracy to blacklist aides to certain Democrats, such as Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), could be afoot........

What a truly sensible concept. Kill the Rats in the holes where they live, that's the ticket.

Paranoia destroys the will to live.

[solo gringo]

Washington D C and S D is much better off without Daschle.To try and get even for Daschle loss some people will make up lies

[mabelkitty]

Who cares?
He's King of the House.
He won the war, and they are bitter. Frost and team are sending out parting shots before they are sent packing - nothing more than that.

K Street doesn't hire folks who have no clout - they would have hired Daschle's staff if it looked like Kerry was going to win the election.

Now that he not only lost, but Dems lost big in both chambers, why hire folks who have no contacts? Same thing happened to them in 2000.

This is such a non-story for the uninitiated.