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bilmore
You know, if you look at the actual list of what he's done, it's not that bad - nothing more than you see in so many long-term pols of both stripes. Is his main drawback just that the D's hate him with such an ungodly passion that it's worthwhile to jettison him? Is losing such an effective whip a reasonable price to pay for what sort of looks like nothing more than giving up so things can move on?
The internet comment was stoopid. The trips were nothing more than what many others have done. The ethics accusations could be read either way, from what I can see, and the much-reviled change of ethics rules only made them mirror the Dem rules, if I remember correctly. Frankly, I'm not sure where the beef is here.
(ETA - I may well have these wrong - I've paid very little attention to the late chapters of Delay.)
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His primary problem is that - on the
national PR stage - he is a schmoe.
To the people that matter, he is a very effective leader - and it appears his constituents aren't going to toss him anytime soon.
If you look at the notable Republicans that openly speak against him (e.g. Newt Gingrich), they all have a personal axe to grind. Otherwise, they all stand in line.
But for Spanky and other Blue State GOPers [like myself], his needless and constant sound bites make our party much, much harder for moderates or Reagan Democrats to swallow.
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