I think the only complaint I have about this Chron story that postmortems the decline and fall of Tom DeLay is that it didn't quote anyone who is truly enjoying it. I mean, c'mon, if there was ever a time for schadenfreude, this would have been it.

So I'll fill in the void. Everything DeLay did is now in shambles. Democrats now have a bigger majority in Congress than the GOP ever did. Just about everyone connected to Jack Abramoff has been unelected or convicted. DeLay himself, his wife and his daughter are all still in the crosshairs of the feds in this matter. His Congressional seat is now held by one of the Dems he aimed to wipe out in 2004, and the local GOP couldn't even contest it on a level playing field because of DeLay's actions in stepping down. And he still has criminal charges pending against him in Austin. To quote Weird Al: "You don't get to come back tomorrow. You don't even get a lousy copy of our home game. You're a complete loser!"

I'm sure I'll continue to follow DeLay's journey through the justice system, but beyond that I don't expect to waste a whole lot more energy on him. He's got nothing useful or particularly interesting to say - it's all bombast and self-serving rationalizations at this point. He's just another private citizen now, so who cares what he thinks? Enjoy your slide back into obscurity, Tom. I know I will.