The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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MAJORITY RULER br> The whispering campaign that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may be pushed out of his leadership position has officially begun, after the Wall Street Journal 's Friday "Washington Wire" broached the subject. The two big names the Journal tossed into the ring were those of Majority Whip Roy Blunt and former House Republican Conference Chairman John Boehner . /p>

Boehner, for one, isn't spreading the rumors, but Capitol Hill insiders say that he has been seeking advice from friends about how to best position himself should DeLay be forced to resign due to the ongoing ethics investigations in Texas.

Blunt, too, isn't pressing for the job, and ironically probably can't win it thanks to the public and ethics beating he took over his personal life and ties to a former tobacco lobbyist that was instigated by strategic leaks by DeLay himself. Blunt was viewed as an up and comer with too much ambition for DeLay's taste, even though DeLay had handpicked him for the whip position.

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Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Boehner, Bill Clinton, Catholicism, Hollywood, NATO