You are absolutely correct. It would behoove our President and Sen. Frist and Congressman Hastert to come out with a ringing endorsement of DeLay pronto, instead of their mealy-mouthed comments that Juan Williams threw out on Chris Wallace's show today as being a sign that DeLay doesn't have the support of the Republican leadership. If DeLay goes, I stay home from the polls in '06. Bill Frist and Denny Hastert won't have to worry about their image in the media, because they won't be majority leaders any more if all conservatives sit out next year's election. They already damaged DeLay, the most effective leader the Republicans have ever had, by caving into the media last year with these "rebukes" for nothing that was illegal and we see how successful that sell-out was.
"....ringing endorsement..."
When was the last time we had a Republican besides Delay go out on a limb? Never? Not this sissy group. All they care about is re-election....not principles, but re-election. We saw what happens to Dems that just put their finger up to test the wind....they lost and so will this current group of Republicans. I will sit home next election if they continue to roll over.