<p>I dunno- am I getting cynical? it seems anticlimactic</p>
<p>Asked if he had done anything illegal or immoral in public office, DeLay replied curtly, “No.” Asked if he’d done anything immoral, he said with a laugh, “We’re all sinners.” Asked what he would do differently, he said, “Nothing.”</p>
<p>So he cuts and runs. One of the primary bagmen for the domestic ayahtollahs goes down. Just one brick from the wall. But I’ll take it for the moment.</p>
<p>Poor Tom! And he was so busy calling prosecutor Ronnie Earle an “unabashed partisan zealot,” and saying numerous times that he hoped to clear himself of the charges quickly so he could renew his claim to the majority leader’s office!</p>
<p>it was actually a smart move, he knew he was gonna leave, and he was thinking about his replacement</p>
<p>If he is not in the picture, his would be oppnent has someone to run against who is not DIRECTLY linked to the scandals, at least on the surface, so his replacement can say, See, i am not tied to the mess</p>