From The Blogs, April 4, 2006 (UPDATED)
Here is your From The Blogs for Tuesday, April 4, 2006, dominated by news about Tom DeLay’s resignation. There are a few other important notes, though.
Today’s Must Reads (Excluding DeLay Coverage):
Dallas Blog asks if conservatives are disenchanted with the GOP.
DeLay Coverage
National Blogs on DeLay: A Perfectly Cromulent Blog: “So, I guess you’ll hammer…later;” American Pundit: DeLay To Call It Quits; Blog of the Moderate Left: Bye, Bye Bugman; Carpetbagger Report: What’s Next For DeLay’s District and Tom DeLay Cuts and Runs; Daily Kos: DeLay Out; Democratic Daily: DeLay’s Decision; Democrats.com: DeLay Throws In The Hammer, Donklephant: DeLay Puts Himself Out To Pasture, Ezra Klein: The Spirit of Edwin Edwards, Joe Trippi: DeLay Will Not Seek Re-Election; DNC: TX-22 More DeLay; Vote Law: DeLay To Resign; DNCC Steakholder: The Architect; Swing State Project: Bugman Bugs Out; Election Law: Can Republicans Name A Replacement For Tom DeLay. [[LATEST UPDATES: Carpetbagger Report on DeLay's Fear Of Democrats]]
Texas Blogs on DeLay: Dallas Blog: DeLay to Leave Congress; Hutopia: Ding, Dong; Annatopia: It Couldn’t Have Happened To A Nicer Guy; Blue Texas: Tom DeLay Resigns; Brains and Eggs: Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish; Bride of Acheron: Good News Tonight; Casual Soap Box: Tom DeLay To Step Down; Daily DeLay: DeLay To Step Down; Dos Centavos: Things Fall Apart; Eye On Williamson: DeLay Is Out; Greg’s Opinion: Let The Silly Season Begin; In The Pink Texas: Holy Mother…; Latinos for Texas: Tom DeLay Not Running; Lone Star Times has a full transcript of DeLay’s announcement; see also: Panhandle Truth Squad, People’s Republic of Seabrook, The Red State, Rick Perry vs. The World, Right of Texas, South Texas Chisme, Supreme Irony of Life; Texas Safety Forum; Texas Whip, Three Wise Men; Winding Road In Urban Area, Yellow Doggerel Democrat. [[NEWEST UPDATES: Austin Centrist on DeLay's Legacy; DallasBlog says the GOP is Scrambling for DeLay's Replacement; Annatopia on the Morning After; Bay Area Houston Blog: The Corruption Has Ended; Burnt Orange Report: DeLayed Thoughts; Eye on Williamson: Reality Check; Greg: Let The Spin Game Begin; Just Another Blog: Nick Lampson's Response; Pink Dome: Fun Photoshop Submissions; South Texas Chisme: Throw Tom From The Train; Texas Politics: Out of State While Under Indictment In Texas?; Texas Weekly's Notebook: Without DeLay]]
Texas Blogs with multiple pieces: Burnt Orange Report has Chris Bell’s statement on the DeLay Resignation, the latest on a possible replacement candidate’s website being under construction; discusses if the DeLay resignation trigger a special election; and its original story. Just Another Blog: DeLay Brings Down Party; DeLay To Resign; Off The Kuff: Morning DeLay Roundup; DeLay To Drop Out; Pink Dome: Career Advice for DeLay; Tom DeLay Will Call It Quits; The Agonist: The Travails of Pussycat Tom DeLay; Agonist was also THE FIRST out with Chris Bell’s official statement, The Bugman Gets Exterminated; Tom DeLay out of the Race; Capitol Annex: Digesting The Story; Sheila Jackson Lee on the DeLay Announcement; Last Night’s Coverage.
From Texas Blogs
The Red State has the latest on the Texas Democratic Party’s roast of Emmet Sheppard.
Hector Gomez at RGV Politics has a guest post from…yours truly on Barbara Radnofsky.
Shark Watch says Gina Parker will not be a candidate for the chairmanship of the Republican Party of Texas.
Dos Centavos has the latest on Congressman Ted Poe.
From The National Blogs
Carpetbagger Report has a piece up entitled ‘Lock and Load for Christ?’
Rep. John Conyers Blog has some more on fireworks at the Censure hearings.
Midterm Madness has a piece up on Republicans natonalizing local politics.
The Blue State says more indictments are coming in the Plame case.
Democratic Daily tells us about two NBC stations rejecting some new MoveOn.org ads.
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(On Apr 4th, 2006 at 9:04 am)
Your coverage of the Delay issue is impressive, and may I just say, “Yippee! what great news to wake up to!”
I just discovered your blog the other day and linked to you. I feel like I’ve found a goldmine of TX political blogging.
(On Apr 4th, 2006 at 6:45 pm)
Apparently, there are a whole lot of people dancing on the same grave today…
It’s not very often that ANY political news has quite the impact as the news that Tom DeLay is withdrawing from the CD-22 race and resigning from Congress. I’ve been giving this a LOT of thought today, and I’ve got a lot more to say o…
(On Apr 4th, 2006 at 9:42 am)
[...] The Capitol Annex has a handy round-up of yesterdays blogs, which are absolutely dominated with news about Delay’s resignation. Pink Dome even ran a Tom Delay photoshop competition - which is where we got the image you see above. [...]