Tom DeLay's Woes Won't End in Texas
Jonathan Gurwitz
Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has done Rep. Tom DeLay a great favor. By keeping the ethical focus on Mr. DeLay in Austin, he has kept it away from a growing scandal in Washington with far more serious implications for the former House majority leader.
Mr. DeLay and his legal team had been banking on a strategy to have Senior District Judge Pat Priest fully quash Mr. Earle's indictment against the congressman and two associates, allowing him to resume his GOP leadership post when Congress returns in January. On...