***.....John D. Podesta, head of the liberal Center for American Progress and a White House and congressional staff veteran since the 1970s, said "one-party control" by Republicans at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue "changes the dynamic substantially" in political scandals.
"You just don't have anyone in power in Congress who will issue a subpoena," forcing truthful testimony, he said, chiding legislators to restore a sense "that there's things that they just won't tolerate, whether it's done by Republicans or Democrats."
Given the majority leader's problems, Podesta said, in some not exactly friendly advice, "if I was advising DeLay, I don't know that 'getting it all out' is a particularly useful strategy for him." ***
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44997-2005Apr11.html
Based on recent history, I'd say Delay is in deep doo-doo. Tom Delay is the only Republican in sight with a pair, and he knows he can't count on any of his "friends" in the party for aid and comfort. They'll all sit back and watch while this good man is destroyed on nothing more than innuendo and
hollow accusations.
It has happened before -- just ask Trent Lott. It's not the truth, but the seriousness of the charges that matters when it comes to Republican "corruption".