Does Gregory use Democratic Party talking points to write his attacks on the President? Of course not. Even so, his reports sound like they are straight from Democratic stratigists; this is how you know his reporting is biased.

Anybody "08" I was just thinking after what i heard yesterday that the president could give up a leak to support of starting a unjust war. Could he be arrested and taken to the world tribunial court and charged with war crimes? if not WHY NOT ? thank you for your time

I feel like the public doesn't totally understand the extent to which they have been mislead by the Bush administration. This is compounded when the right-wing media like FOXNEWS manipulates the story or claims that it is just the liberals attacking Bush. Any Republican in congress with even half a brain should be running from Bush as fast as they can. The history books will not be kind to these guys.

Seems like most of the bloggers that are agreeing with you are ashamed to post their names. Bet this blog is kicked out.

I guess you guys don't post any comments unless they are supportive of Gregory's Gaggle?

With the absenting of Tom DeLay, the White House will have to look through the opposite side of the glass in order to see an upside to this. DeLay is mired in a terrible Texas imbroglio which he brought on himself through his own hubris, as if breaking the only state law in Texas dealing with corporate cash in political hands is a smart move in the first place. But considering the thuggery nature of all this congressional mismanagement from the Dukester through to Abramoff, this is a far cry from Contract with America under Newt Gingrich. More like the Greed Factor Contracting Out America is more like it. But considering what DeLay means now to W. is like considering what a mafiosi means to the Capo de Tuti Capi when under water: Nothing! And if the White House can make something positive out of this is worth watching!

This is a great start for ridding the government of the crime family known as the Bush administration. When are Cheney, Frist, and Hastert going to be indicted? Anyone that has anything to do with Delay needs to be indicted and sent to jail. Cheney should have been indicted already by outting a CIA agent in a time of war. That is nothing short of treason. Frist should be indicted for his HCA insider stock dealings. Then there is Hastert and his minions who accepted a very large portion of stolen money for their campaigns. Anyone Republican or Democrat alike, if they accepted this money should be forced to resign. Oh, lest we not forget, there is Bob Noe in Ohio with the stolen coingate fiasco that reaches all the way to the Whitehouse in stolen money that found its way into PAC's and re-election campaign funds. Irregardless, even though this money is given to charity or not, it is still stolen and you as government officials should pay for your crimes.

I am a New Orleans native who has lived in NY, DC and LA. My family was one of the "lucky" ones. I arrived back home 3 weeks after the storm to find our house had not been flooded; but the rest of the city?! The worst part of Baghdad never looked this bad. It's now 7 MONTHS later, and every night I drive by MILES and MILES of empty houses, darkened banks, deserted schools, dry cleaners -- entire neighborhoods -- that's neighborhoodS, as in plural -- that look just like the city did right after the storm, except now all the buildings have been gutted and lie nakedly open and empty. You cannot imagine the emotional impact on everyone down here, living in devastation for months without end. Without exagerration, the per capita alcholic consumption is up probably 5-7 fold, and that's in a city that was hardly a "dry" town before. In my neighborhood, there are only two parallel streets of homes, with about half the homes occupied. All the rest of our friends who lived 3-10 blocks away, gone, either moved out to the suburbs, or waiting on FEMA money and flood maps to return, or moved on to other cities. We have no telephone lines by my house -- 7 months later! No cell phone service (towers are still down); the Internet cuts in and out every other day; and the power company is billing all of us 2-5 times our previous bills, literally. And I am one of the lucky ones who had no flooding! Our city has remained crippled for an eternity already, while Delay and his Republican cohorts up in Washington have been stealing public funds, and giving away yet more tax breaks to the super-rich and the oil companies -- who are basking in all-time record profits! With hurricane season coming in 60 days, and the Gulf's waters still at record high temperatures, how can an entire city rebuild their roofs and houses -- when Congress and FEMA have not released one dime for the homeowners? Not one dime! Delay is a criminal who deserves to rot in jail, and not some fancy federal country club. He and a whole swath of his former Republican cohorts will be swept aside in a political storm surge of massive proportions. Iraq, corruption, Katrina and massive federal debts?! Throw out these crooks, and bring us some new ones, please!

What I want to know is: What's going to happen to that $5 million dollar appropriation that DeLay wrangled to teach inner city Houston youths how to "play golf"?

Was that a dollar each for five million impoverished kids? Or a million a piece for five of DeLay's golf course-owning buddies?

What is this world coming to when kids from the bad part of town can't learn to play golf on the Federal dime?

Ugh, I hate to admit it, but don't underestimate the GOP in November. Even with this black eye, they still remain brilliant, albeit misleading, campaigners - though governing failures.

Bush's party is all about "slogans" very few ideas seem to work out anything of much value for the populace. The "idea" end of that party was worked over by Delay and his minions, so much for gopper ideas. And don't kid yourself, DeLay's bowing out is all about him...I am sure he has been thinking of R.Cunningham. I am also sure Delay did this to focus and deal with his defense, it shows he is ready to defer to an authority...clemency will be his only cause.

The voters know a pattern when they see one. DeLay's retirement is just another example of the corruption in the Republican Party. Dick Cheney's secret energy task force, Valerie Plame/Scooter Libby,WMD,Duke Cunningham,Abramoff, and Bush understating the costs his medicare plan. The list goes on...

Don't sell Old Tom short. He is leaving because to be convicted would cost him that great for life pension, and insurance for he and the wife. Tom can now be the real S.O.B. he is and make money doing it. Guess breathing all that bug spray might be useful in the long run. A little brain damage can turn paranoia into cash.

the party of BAD, REALLY BAD, ideas...

big government + incompetence = republicans....

The Delay news reinforces my impression that the difference between GOP criminals and Democrat criminals is that GOP criminals have the decency to resign. Has Cynthia McKinney scheduled another news conference yet?

I wonder how much of Bush's dislike of Delay has been a class thing? Bush, the privileged Yalie with his Skull & Bones thing and his gentleman's C; Delay the bug exterminator, like the anonymous guy turning up in white overalls at the Bush family mansion. But they are just two sides of a coin. Profoundly shallow, deeply sleezy, twin disasters for America.

DeLay's nickname "The Hammer" was well earned. He was and is a thug and a bully, who got enough pork for his district to stay in office. There is no room in American governance for DeLay and those like him.

Another one bites the dust - and as said before - good riddance. I only hope this is a true beginning of undoing the Republican majority.

Do you really think the voters are going to forget all about Delay in just 7 months? The fact that he is resigning in disgrace can still be used nationally. Especially against all those Republican Congressmen who voted to keep him in Leadership despite an indictment. This resignation just invalidates that defense of "it's all a runaway partisan Prosecutor". This obviously was in response to Rudy pleading guilty on Friday and don't be surprised if there are additional indictments including Tom DeLay's wife.

I don't see any new opening here. Boehner and Hastert have shown no inclination to address the rampant cronyism and corruption. Why would the narrative change?

Even in Hawaii, I agree with the writer from Tennessee; call a chicken a chicken. All these so-called tough men, these 'fighters' as they like to be known...what bullpussy!! Like the title of that Link Wray song, "Run, chicken, run".

I am the only person in this country who clearly sees Bush's willingness to change nothing more than a shallow attempt to gain footing in an undeniable losing political battle? Why would someone change when they don't even think they are wrong? - Or even need improving for that matter. Everything bad that happens somehow seems to be everyone elses fault with this administration. Until we have a new president we are in trouble. No two ways about it.

The White House can reshuffle staff to their hearts content and it will not save this presidency. Bush is now irrelevent. He can spend the next two and one-half years riding his bike.

With regards to James Carville in 1992; "It's the policies, stupid". Unless the policies and direction change, the ship will continue to sink and changing the faces of the crew members will not help.

It is too late for a Bush "comeback." He may even get a little boost in the polls by going around looking like a regular guy, instead of a spoiled little man whose way has always been made for him.
But he leaves massive wreckage in his wake and no way to pay the bill for cleanup.

I just can't get past the continued characterization of DeLay as "a fighter," when he's running scared -chicken, as we call it in Tennessee ... good riddance ...