Earle's got nothin'. And yet the reality must be faced that this story has been blanketing the media for 2 days now, and will continue for a while. And when the charge is dropped or dismissed as the joke that it is, it will hardly be mentioned.

Surely there's a Republican DA somewhere in CA who can do the same to Pelosi? It shouldn't take much to make the Dems and media tire of this tactic...

I'd bet the other half of my sandwich waiting for me tomorrow in the workroom fridge...

...that the DeLay indictment was timed specifically to draw publicity away from the Roberts confirmation.

The Corner has noted that Earle has agreed to have his prosecution filmed. More evidence that this is all a show to damage Delay. I have not seen anyone claim this these charges are solid (DU excluded).

Let's hope McCain, Rudy, Secy. Rice, and other putative GOP 'leaders' are watching, and learning.

Powerline comments that this move by Earle might be an indication that the Dems will filibuster the next nominee, and they want cover for breaking the deal.

BTW, watch for more attacks at the White House. Judith Miller got out of jail late this afternoon, after conversing with Scooter Libby.

AWW:

Film-makers have already been running the cameras for almost 2 years! All that remains to finish Earle's Stalinist showpiece is the ending. Somehow, I don't think it will be what ol' Ronnie wants. And he won't be air-brushing anyone out of the picture, either.

Anon - I wonder if there is a statute of limitations of 1 year on these conspiracy charges, and the putative offenses took place in Oct 2004. If he could have, he would have waited till just before the 2006 election.

I've heard he empanelled and discharged 5 grand juries, until the 6th grand jury returned this measly conspiracy indictment. If so, it seems unlikely he has any real evidence.

The idea that he's driving down Republican approval numbers ahead of a Supreme Court filibuster is possible. More likely, though, Earle has been suborned by Rove and joined a plot to discredit the Democratic Party.

Ratbert--The filmakers are happy either way. They get to film a victorious take down of a corrupt Republican; or they get to film a dark, cautionary tale of a corrupt system ruled by power and fear. Or something.

Roberts will be above the fold tomorrow and no front page of a major newspaper will have a Tom DeLay story.

OJ - you're kidding, right? I'm still still seeing Bush caused Katrina on the front pages around here (MA).

The Globe may even report the President's sudden rise in the polls.

Mary Flood has done some really good business/legal reporting for the Chronicle on the Enron trial. She's pretty solid.

The Chronicle editorial board is still trying to decide what it thinks. They hate Tom DeLay, yet couldn't manage to post a house editorial about the indictment today. They were the only major Texas newspaper not to do so, which ought to be embarrassing to them.

Then again, they embarrass themselves all the time, so what's another day. :)

AWW,

oj of course meant the press in America.

If our local liberal rag, the Daytona (Beach) News-Journal's front page story yesterday is any indiciation of how seriously the media is taking this story, the big headline was Delay's denial of guilt.

Today's paper had a short follow-up on page 3. Just their usual smarmy stuff and on the editorial page, a reprint of David Brooks NYT op-ed column juxtaposed to one by Molly Ivins. Readers would be hard put to pick out the conservative from the liberal. I wish I could link to the column, but it's not available on-line at the N-J website either.

I hope someone, Mark Steyn would be good, does a take down of Brooks.