House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R - Texas, stepped down from the post today after an indictment was levied against him by a Texas grand jury on Wednesday. The charge is criminal conspiracy, seeking to improperly funnel corporate donations to Republican candidates for the Texas Legislature.

I've included a link from CNN to the indictment. You will need a PDF reader for the document. I've also included a link Delay's statement and then a link to the story on CNN.

Indictment

Delay Comments

CNN Story

Response

Tom Delay is in a bit of trouble. Whether anything comes of this is debatable but regardless, the Democrats once again have the Republicans in a weakened state. This charge was handed down by a grand jury and even if the reasons behind the investigation were political, there has to be something to or the indictment would not have been handed out.

Now, what the Democrats can do with this, I don't know. We've got so many possiblities right now to wedge, it's unbelievable. The problem with Democrats is it will take real leadership to not only take advantage of these but to take control of the agenda and get our message out there. I only hope we can do it.

posted by Stithmeister @ 5:48 PM
 
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