DeLay reaction

Politics | Strategists worry about how GOP scandals will affect 2006 elections | John Dawson

It will surprise no one in Washington that former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is a sinner. His Democratic counterpart, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and DNC party chair Howard Dean have called him corrupt following indictments stemming from a fundraising scandal in Texas that forced him to step down from his leadership position. But Democrats are talking politics.

DeLay friend Mark Souder (R-Ind.) knows the former leader from dealings in the House and from a Capitol Hill Bible study. "I'm definitely a DeLay ally," Mr. Souder says. "I call him the greatest repenter I've ever met. He struggles with anger and aggression."

Does that make him guilty of the criminal charges, including two new money-laundering charges last week, brought by Travis County Texas District Attorney Ronnie Earle? No, but Democrats say Mr. DeLay's problems are emblematic of a growing tide of Republican corruption. (Multiple attempts to reach Mr. DeLay for this story failed.)

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