Cap Times: John Gard is Delay's man

Editorial: John Gard is DeLay's man
An editorial

U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay may have stepped down as House majority leader and as the kingpin of congressional Republicans.

But before scandal forced DeLay out of the leadership of his party's legislative forces, he established a ruthless political operation that had as its goal the nomination and election not merely of conservative Republicans but of conservative Republicans who would do the bidding of DeLay and his corporate paymasters.

That operation did not disappear when DeLay stepped down. DeLay's operation is still playing politics, and it is still identifying the Republicans who will serve the special interests that have grown so powerful in recent years, as opposed to the public interest that has been so undermined by the Texan's reign of error.

In Wisconsin, where Republican voters will choose a nominee next September to replace U.S. Rep. Mark Green, the Green Bay area conservative who is seeking his party's nomination for governor, the DeLay operation has made its choice.

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