So Rep. Jeff Flake, one of the instigators of the Republican
House leadership election, plans to announce his support of Rep.
John Shadegg on Tuesday.
Shadegg continues to lag in numbers, but remains critical to the
fortunes of all involved in the campaign to replace Majority Leader
Tom DeLay.
With almost daily embarrassments trickling out about him, Rep.
Roy Blunt is increasingly looking like damaged goods.
Meanwhile, Rep. John Boehner has run an efficient campaign,
saying all the right things and embracing Shadegg's candidacy as
though he were a fraternity rush chairman welcoming a new charge.
Perhaps that's hitting a bit too close to home for Boehner, but he
deserves credit for surviving this far into the race without a
major shoe dropping.
Before the election began, Boehner was assuring his supporters
that his was a clean record. It appears that that may be the case,
unless the Washington Post and New York Times are
sitting on damaging material, hoping to spring it at a more
embarrassing moment.
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