Time: Delay Redux?

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Delay Redux?
By MIKE ALLEN, HILARY HYLTON

Posted Sunday, Jul. 9, 2006

Could Tom DeLay be headed back to the House? A source close to the ex-Congressman
tells TIME that DeLay is planning an aggressive campaign to retake the House seat
he quit in June if an appeals court lets stand a ruling by a federal judge last week
that his name must stay on November's ballot--even though he has moved to Virginia.
"If it isn't overturned, Katy bar the door!" says a G.O.P. official. "Guess he'll
have to fire up the engines on the campaign and let 'er rip." DeLay, awaiting trial
for money laundering, never intended to fade away. He plans to give paid speeches and
has signed a deal to have his bio penned by best-selling author Stephen Mansfield.
But to run, DeLay would have to raise money fast: his campaign fund has well under
$1 million left. At least he knows his would-be opponent well: ex-Congressman Nick
Lampson's original district was eliminated in a redistricting engineered by DeLay.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1211574,00.html

From the Jul 17, 2006 issue of TIME magazine

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1. That scenario certainly appeals to me.

An out-and-out crook, running for congress? Never happened before, I suppose.

He could not head up any committees, but could do everything else. Of course, he resigned because he knows damned well that he is guilty of money laundering, but with the court's approval of his district jiggering, he might well pull it off. Skatin' Tom

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2. If he does run, he should be forced to use this photo for everything