DeLay is out as Majority Leader — at least temporarily. And Hastert plans to recommend Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) as his replacement. Why Dreier? Because DeLay plans on coming back. If DeLay lets someone into the job who actually has the juice to hold it, he might never get it back. That’s why the logical person on the totem pole, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, is staying right where he is.
DeLay is out as
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September 28, 2005 1:07 p.m.
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