The Economist: Time for DeLay to Go

[Dr Ron]

The conservative British newsmagazine, The Economist, has joined with several other conservatives in realizing that Tom DeLay has become a liability to their cause in an article entitled Time for him to go:

The longer you study the DeLay affair, the more clearly it has passed the point where conservatives have more to lose than gain by rallying around him. If they continue to support Mr DeLay, they risk tarring the entire movement with his ethical problems. If they replace him with a clean new face (say, Roy Blunt, the majority whip), they save themselves months of distraction and begin to rein in their increasingly dangerous affair with K Street, the lobbyists' home in the capital. . . .

Mr DeLay embodies an abuse of power that is becoming a huge problem for the Right. Look back over the former pest-controller's career in the capital and two intertwined themes emerge: his willingness to push any rule to its limits (he even, temporarily, got his party to rewrite its rules forbidding people indicted for serious crimes to hold leadership posts), and his hand-in-glove relationship with lobbyists.

Further quotes in post at Light Up the Darkness:
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=724

[alittlelark]

1. The Economist is the only weekly I read anymore

I respect the publication... although they are quite conservative.

They hit the nail on the head on this one, as they have on MANY other US issues.

[Dr Ron]

2. They also endorsed Kerry

For them it was a reluctant endorsement, but they were honest enough to acknowledge that he was more fit for the job.

[kerrygoddess]

3. Great piece from the Economist

Very well balanced appraisal of DeLay.