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...DeLay steps into the shadows of the congressional leadership in Washington, the spotlight on his fight for survival shifts to his legal battle and reelection effort in Texas. Unless the 11-term congressman and former House GOP leader wins an unexpected victory in the state's highest court in the next few weeks, he'll spend the next year facing off against a zealous prosecutor and Republican and Democratic challengers for his House seat...
...Even as Washington on Friday awaited DeLay's relinquishment of the majority leader's role, Texas tea leaf readers saw more trouble ahead. A new Republican challenger, already dubbed the "dragonslayer" by one Houston political columnist, launched his campaign for the party's nomination in DeLay's hometown of Sugarland. Coincidentally, DeLay reportedly signaled his intention to reclaim his seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee, a valued position for a congressman seeking reelection...
...Attorney Tom Campbell, a Bob Dole campaign leader and administration appointee and backer of President George H.W. Bush announced he would run as a fiscal and social conservative. Campbell, a Mormon and self-styled environmentalist who voted for DeLay in 2004, has deep party connections and access to heavyweight fundraisers that make him a credible threat to the embattled former Majority Leader. "Tom DeLay's 'win at all cost' brand of politics has cost us far too much to let it continue," Campbell says on his campaign website...
...outraged family members, the delay was a tinderspark that ignited a fury against the company. "I was disgusted," said Christine Yocum, whose cousin David Lewis died underground. "I understand you can't get perfect reception under a mountain. But when they learned there was a problem, they should have announced it immediately...
...plea deal comes as the House Republican leadership faces trying times. DeLay was forced to step down as Houe Majority Leader after he was indicted on unrelated money laundering charges in Texas, and his temporary replacement, Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri, has failed to corral increasingly fractious House Republicans. Leadership elections are expected when the House reconvenes at the end of January. And nervous incumbents worry that the Abramoff and DeLay scandals will hurt them in mid-term elections next fall...