The Hammer
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Tom Delay is the Majority Leader in the US House of Representatives. A Texas Republican, he is a hard nosed legislator who is both Pro-Republican and Anti-Democrat. It is hard to tell which category motivates him the most. Right now he is in the gunsights of the Democrats over some Delay wheeling and dealing that are questionable — if not illegal or at least ethically suspect. That doesn't make him a whole lot different than many others of our elected Congressional representatives.
Faily recently, Delay engineered a congressional re-districting in Texas that resulted in 5 more Republican seats in the House. That success immediately placed a bullseye on Tom's chest. Personally, I think he has made some highly questional if not downright stupid decisions — such as paying his wife and daughter over $500,000 for “work” done on his re-election campaign, and there are questions about the financing of some of his Congressional boondoggles. Dumb. Now the Democrats look like wolves attacking raw meat. Without a real legislative agenda or constructive issue on which to campaign, Delay is now the target.
But the Hammer is one tough customer. He will not go down without a bitter fight. Delay has a lot of House IOU's to cash in. Despite all the battering from the Democrats and the left wing press, the best bet is that Delay will weather the storm. If he does, his memory will be very long. His reputation is well earned.