Tom Delay

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  • Republicans for Kerry?

    After enduring a sustained offensive from conservatives, Republican moderates are quietly mounting a counterattack against Bush, DeLay & Co.
    By Michelle Goldberg and Paul J. Caffera March 26, 2004

  • Tom DeLay's funny-money trail

    The GOP strongman's political machine has stopped at nothing to extend its power. Now it's facing indictments for violating Texas campaign finance laws.
    By Lou Dubose March 12, 2004

  • Oiling up the energy bill

    As oil prices rise, so do chances for the stalled energy bill to finally get past the Senate.
    By Amanda Griscom March 11, 2004

  • Another crude slur

    With a campaign of distortion and lies, the right-wing smear machine is trying to impugn the military honor of John Kerry.
    By Joe Conason March 6, 2004

  • In the lion's den

    America's highest-powered conservatives invited me to their posh weekend retreat, expecting me to bash the left. I'm afraid I wasn't a very good guest.
    By Michelle Goldberg November 18, 2003

  • Right-wing crank yankers

    Texas bug-man Tom DeLay and the New York Post's Bob McManus are harassing MoveOn.org with silly phone tricks.
    By Michelle Goldberg October 8, 2003

  • The Texas stalemate: It's all about race

    Few are saying it openly, but the DeLay-Rove power grab in Austin is all about keeping white control of an increasingly Hispanic state.
    By Michelle Goldberg September 3, 2003

  • The exterminator

    Tom DeLay -- a former pest killer who has turned his ire on Democrats -- has helped build a huge Republican money juggernaut. But did his engineering of a Texas GOP landslide break the law?
    By Nicholas Thompson September 3, 2003

  • They can't go home again

    Hunkered down in a New Mexico Marriott with the 11 Texas Democrats whose heroic stand against Tom DeLay's power grab is going into its second month.
    By Michelle Goldberg August 27, 2003

  • Male cheerleaders and chicken hawks

    While Republicans smear Democrats as unpatriotic, a look at the war record of many GOP leaders -- including President Bush -- shows a remarkable aversion to the front lines. Part 3 of "Big Lies."
    By Joe Conason August 20, 2003

  • Bush's stealth attack on the atmosphere

    The same administration that denies global warming now wants to dramatically increase the use of an ozone-eating chemical. Agribusiness is very happy.
    By Glenn Scherer August 20, 2003

  • Beautiful young shock troops for Bush

    At a weekend pep rally in Washington, a thousand college Republicans clap, cheer and party -- and reveal a troubling dark side.
    By Michelle Goldberg July 28, 2003

  • The Exterminator III

    Locate Democratic life forms. Neutralize.
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore July 4, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    For the Republican Party, Tom DeLay's daily venality and sleaze serves a higher purpose.
    June 23, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    Why doesn't Nancy Pelosi talk about the Westar case? Plus: Kenneth Pollack may regret the headline on his New York Times Op-Ed.
    June 20, 2003

  • The future face of American justice

    If the Supreme Court justices who handed Bush the presidency retire during his term, not only will they spark a virtual civil war, they'll destroy the integrity of the high court.
    By Joseph M. Birkenstock June 13, 2003

  • A president worth fighting for

    Sidney Blumenthal talks about his new tell-all Clinton memoir, the New York Times scandal bigger than Jayson Blair, why liberals shouldn't run from Fox News, and how Democrats can beat the Bushes.
    By David Talbot May 21, 2003

  • Democrats stage a Lone Star revolt

    As former Houston bug man Tom DeLay and the Texas Republicans use nasty tricks to consolidate their power, the Democrats are fighting fire with fire.
    By Andrew Nelson May 15, 2003

  • Benny Elon's long, strange trip

    Israel's radical-right tourism minister, who wants Palestinians transferred to Jordan, came to Washington to huddle with his best American friends -- not Jews, but the Christian right.
    By Claire Tristram May 14, 2003

  • God's whip hand

    Convinced he is the instrument of the deity, bug killer Tom DeLay uses money and threats of political extermination to flay House Republicans into voting for impeachment. Part 4 of "The Clinton Wars."
    By Sidney Blumenthal May 8, 2003

  • 9/12

    In an excerpt from a riveting new book about post-9/11 America, GOP strongman Tom DeLay and corporate lobbyists toast their legislative clout, while John Ashcroft's men get rough with Muslim immigrants.
    By Steven Brill March 31, 2003

  • Turncoats in Bermuda shorts

    Offshore tax havens continue to bilk America -- even as their supporters drape themselves in the flag.
    By Arianna Huffington March 12, 2003

  • George Bush's war on nature

    Republicans are pushing the most radical assault on the environment in modern times. But history warns of catastrophe for leaders who trust ideology over science.
    By Glenn Scherer January 6, 2003

  • The check's in the mail!

    Rep. Tom DeLay's arm-twisting gives President Bush a narrow victory in the House on a controversial IRS mailer.
    By Jake Tapper June 21, 2001

  • Slouching toward acceptance

    Al Gore's spokesman has come to grips with the election's outcome. Now let him help you do the same.
    By Doug Hattaway December 22, 2000
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