Survey: DeLay's District Disapproves Of His Job Performance

DeLay Did Not Comment On Local 2 Survey Results

POSTED: 5:18 pm CDT May 2, 2005
UPDATED: 5:39 pm CDT May 2, 2005
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In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Tom DeLay is doing as Congressman?
51 percent disapproved
42 percent approved
7 percent were not sure

What letter grade would you give Tom DeLay for his job as congressman? An A, B, C, D, or an F?
A: 23 percent
B: 19 percent
C: 18 percent
D: 16 percent
F: 22 percent
Not Sure: 1 percent

Based on what you know right now, do you think Tom DeLay should remain in his position as House Majority Leader, he should resign as House Majority Leader but remain a member of Congress, or do you think he should completely resign from Congress?
39 percent: Remain House Majority Leader
21 percent: Resign Leadership
36 percent: Resign From Congress
4 percent: Not Sure

The poll had a margin of error of 4.3 percent, pollsters said. <snip>

http://www.click2houston.com/politics/4441145/detail.html

As long as the momentum is kept up, he will go DOWN.
:smoke:

If they just pull the "gay marriage" argument (and others) again. People will forget about this pretty quickly and vote for the guy with the (R) next to his name.

Stick around, Tom. We love you!!!:grouphug:

right up until we vote you out on your ass.
I would hate for another winger to be put in his place, we need him!

out of power and put a democrat in his spot.

News
Government
House GOP Does About-Face on Changes to Ethics Rules
While end to standoff means committee will begin functioning again, some question whether leaders have conflicts of interest regarding embattled Tom DeLay

WASHINGTON
After months of taking a political beating in a dispute that has stalled ethics investigations, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives grudgingly voted last week to undo rule changes that they pushed through in January.

The reversal follows a stalemate with Democrats on the House ethics committee, who have refused to work under the new rules, which they say were designed to insulate House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) from investigation.

DeLay was admonished three times by the committee last year for ethics violations. He faces mounting questions over his fund-raising activities, travel, ties to a scandal-plagued lobbyist, and other issues.

In January, House Republicans used their majority status to change the way the ethics committee functions, altering the rules in ways that critics said would cause most ethics complaints to wither and die.

Chief among their criticisms: In the past, a deadlock of the evenly split -- five Republicans, five Democrats -- committee prompted further investigation of an ethics complaint. Under the new rules, such a deadlock would cause the complaint to be automatically dismissed.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), who led the push for changing the rules in January, last week sounded a defiant note, saying the changes were "good, fair things" sacrificed last week so the committee could resume its work.

The ethics committee's senior Democrat, Rep. Alan Mollohan (W. Va.) disagreed, saying the January rule changes sabotaged the House by eliminating a "credible ethics process."

Last week, the House voted 406-to-20 to roll back the rules, clearing the way for the committee to resume its work, including an investigation of the funding for travel by DeLay.

While the reversal means the committee will be working again, USA Today last week noted that some problems may remain, highlighting the fact that all five Republicans on the ethics committee have financial ties to DeLay.

Committee chairman Doc Hastings (Wash.), Rep. Judy Biggert (Ill.), and Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.) have each received payments from DeLay's political action committee (PAC), Americans for a Republican Majority. Rep. Melissa Hart (Pa.), who would chair the investigation into DeLay, also received $15,000 from his PAC, USA Today reported. The other member, Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), has contributed to DeLay's legal defense fund.

Sources: New York Times, Apr

When you post a story, could you include a link? Also, the moderators will be grouchy if you post more than four paragraphs from a copyrighted source (since that violates DU rules) ...

And welcome to DU! :)

to accept it:

http://www.bloghouston.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1168

Freedom of choice, demonstrated here as choosing not to be a part of the reality-based community.

much less respect him.

Let's just kick him out. Just loved that quote "The people of his district know that Congressman DeLay is guided by principles, not by polls."

That's exactly the problem the people of his district have with DeLay today - his corrupt principles. Maybe he should be paying a little more attention to his constituents.

Sonia