By Jason Embry
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 11:37 AM
In a story this week about how members of Congress cope with scandal (the latest being Rep. Vito Fossella, R-New York, whose recent arrest on drunk-driving charges led to the revelation that he has a secret child with someone who’s not his wife), Politico updated us on the status of the former Republican majority leader from Sugar Land.
He’s said to be persona non grata among Republican leaders.
“No one will touch DeLay now,” a veteran Democrat who served for years with DeLay told the newspaper. “DeLay should stand as a lesson to everyone: When it’s time to go, you gotta go.”
Of course we don’t know what sort of history the anonymous Democrat had with DeLay, so it’s hard to put that assessment in its proper context. It appears that in Washington, quoting people by name is considered totally lame.
DeLay is trying to build what’s been described as a conservative version of moveon.org.
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