A good column by John Podhoretz on the latest DeLay maneuver lays it all out:
The message it sends is this: Party, not principle. And that is a terrible message, because when parties sacrifice principle for power, they begin to eat away at their own legitimacy.
DeLay and others may imagine that the GOP control of the House is all but permanent because of demographic and national trends. That may be true – for one more election, in 2006. By 2008, though, all bets will be off. And more behavior like the DeLay rule change will cause wise gamblers to place heavy bets against an arrogant and power-blinded GOP.
Yep. It’s beginning.
The Dish 