from Bush, GOP Downsize Ambitions for 2006 – Los Angeles Times:
After the 2004 elections gave Bush his second term and Republicans wider margins of control in Congress, an emboldened president promised big changes, not incremental tinkering. Rove was hailed as the architect of GOP victories. Republican leaders swaggered with confidence.
“My fellow conservatives, we have waited our entire lives for the chance the American people have given us in the next two years,” Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), then House majority leader, said after the election. “I pledge to each and every one of you, we will seize it.”
A year later, DeLay has been indicted on money-laundering charges and forced from his leadership post. Rove is under investigation in connection with the unmasking of a CIA officer.
They forgot that Cheney (VP) is also implicated in the Plame (CIA) case, and that the President himself is currently under fire for completely ignoring check and balances: not asking Congress or the Courts whether or not he can illegally spy on American citizens… but I think their (LA Times) heart is in the right place, at least.
