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As Scandal Echoes, [TX Rep] DeLay's GOP Critics Grow Louder
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Friday, January 6, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | January 6, 2006
Latimes.com : Politics
By Mary Curtius, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Pressure mounted Thursday on former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to abandon his plan to reclaim his Republican leadership post, with one conservative saying the Texan's legal woes and links to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff had made him a political liability.
"Sooner or later, self-interest creeps in," said Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). "Here is the threshold question that my colleagues will be asking themselves: How many would today accept a contribution from Mr. DeLay or ask him to come to their district? That becomes the threshold question, the barometer. That is something Tom DeLay understands."
Flake also said that although many Republicans still regarded DeLay as a masterful politician, "certainly, in the last couple of days, more people have seen it differently."
Flake's blunt assessment reflected the views of a growing number of Republican lawmakers and senior GOP aides on Capitol Hill. Although few were willing to speak on the record, the discussions about DeLay's future illustrated the unease within party ranks sparked by the Abramoff scandal.
The talk also underscored the political struggle confronting DeLay, who for years was perhaps the most influential Republican in Congress. |
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