Rep. Shadegg Wins Support in Leader Race

[Judi Lynn]

Rep. Shadegg Wins Support in Leader Race
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
(01-24) 08:22 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Arizona Rep. John Shadegg Tuesday won the backing of a homestate conservative and a New England moderate in his longshot quest to succeed embattled Rep. Tom DeLay as the No. 2 Republican in the House.

Reps. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Charles Bass, R-N.H. — who were early agitators for an election to replace DeLay — trekked to Washington to endorse Shadegg, casting him as the true reformer in a race that comes as the party is reeling from the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal.

"If you care about reform and you want a fresh face, this is the man to support," Bass told reporters.

"This shows that the race is not about moderate vs. conservative — it is a choice between real reform and the status quo," Shadegg said.

Reps. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and John Boehner, R-Ohio, are the frontrunners in the race with many more public endosements from their fellow lawmakers, but Shadegg claims many of those pledges came before he jumped into the race Jan. 13.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/24/national/w082204S36.DTL



Shaddeg, Blunt, Boehner

[hlthe2b]

1. Is this the "less tainted" one (according to HIM)

SNARF! :rofl:







Good Lord, look at those faces. Would you buy ANYTHING from ANY of them?

[Judi Lynn]

2. You could put the photos on a bathroom door to remind yourself

to take a bath everyday!

[hlthe2b]

3. more like hourly...

Can't afford that much hot water, though! :thumbsup:

[ugarte]

4. Look at Boehner. And I thought Roy Cohn was dead...nt