DeLay, sans air guitar, disses GOP

 

Former House Majority Leader and Whip Tom DeLay, fresh from from what Roll Call newspaper labeled a "cringe-inducing" performance on "Dancing with the Stars," surfaced on his old beat -- that would be politics -- and blasted the GOP in an interview with PoliticsDaily.com.

Here's what the website reports:

"Republicans will pick up some seats in the House, maybe 20, but not enough to take back control."

Shaking his head with frustration, he added, "The Republican Party doesn't have the organization or leadership to take advantage of this dire political situation that Obama is in now. We have these grassroots sprouting up, but not the party organization to use them."

"Republicans are leaderless,'' he went on, "so we're just fighting each other instead of Obama's radical policies. There's no political leader of the party taking control. So, Republicans are just attacking each other for being too far right or too far left. Even Rush and Hannity are doing it."

So who does DeLay see as the GOP's up-and-comers? "No one," he replied in exasperation. "It's all the same old guys who were in leadership with me, and those old guys aren't the leaders the party needs."

He couldn't name one viable leader for the Republicans, saying that the party has no chance, "barring a miracle," of regaining the House or Senate next year.

-- Maria Recio

Comments

[Hall]

Bro. DeLay ought to be far more concerned about what the Travis County Jury is going to do to him. He may not be able to VOTE in the next election!