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Goodbye, you crooked old scoundrel. A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that likely will force him to step down as House majority leader....

From NewsMax: Like a disillusioned sports fan, former Republican House Budget Committee Chairman turned Fox News host John Kasich feels frustrated with his Republican team, and it has nothing to do with the Supreme Court nomination. Once a cost-cutting symbol...

It's currently 37° (and dropping). It's raining. It's going to turn somewhat white before morning, according to the weather. A chance of early "flurries" tomorrow. We certainly need the moisture, but we don't need the white stuff. I don't need...

Yesterday I posted Rush Limbaugh?s initial reaction to the nomination of Harriet Miers. The MSM picked up on his weakness comment. Here is Limbaugh?s response to NBC?s Kelly O?Donnell:O'DONNELL: And radio giant Rush Limbaugh... When radio personality Rush Limbaugh told...

DeLay accuses Earle of taking corporate funds

Rep. Tom DeLay said District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who is prosecuting him for trying to involve corporate money in Texas politics, has taken such contributions himself. "It's real interesting he has this crusade against corporate funds. He took corporate funds, and he's taken union funds, for his own re-election. That's against the law," Mr. DeLay told The Washington Times yesterday. A review of Mr. Earle's campaign-finance filings in Texas shows that he has received contributions from the AFL-CIO, including a $250 donation on Aug. 29, 2000. He also has received contributions listed on the disclosure forms only as coming from the name of an incorporated entity, often a law firm.

Maybe Earle should prosecute himself again.

Mr. Earle has said repeatedly that state law bars corporate and union contributions. Attempts to reach Mr. Earle yesterday for comment, including a phone message left on his assistant's voice mail detailing Mr. DeLay's charge, were unsuccessful.

The old telephone tag routine, eh?

A legal colleague writes on Harriet Miers

An interesting posting from Austin Bay - a very positive missive from a Dallas attorney who knows / has workd with Ms Miers. A bit more information as grist for the mill.

He essentially says about the same thing that the Pres. did about her - again based on personal experience. It's still anecdotal, but there is always the factor of "By the words of two or three witnesses shall all things be established."

For what it's worth...

In Midcareer, a Turn to Faith to Fill a Void

Interesting backgrounder. If accurate, it tends to reinforce the cautiously optimistic part of the Chief's evaluation of the appointment brouhaha.

Getting a little help from some creative cropping. You know that it has to be difficult to get good, front page photos to run for your newspaper when about every sign and banner carries a "F*ck Bush" or some other...

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