Tom DeLay's Upcoming Non-Blockbuster

There are few figures in American politics who are more interesting and compelling that former Congressman Tom DeLay. Much more the evil genius of Republican domination between 2000 and 2005 than Karl Rove, Tom DeLay has become a genius in eclipse. Like the great rock producer Phil Spector, DeLay will probably spend the rest of his life trying to recapture the magic.

Today, TomDeLay.com was pushing DeLay's upcoming autobiography, No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight To Make American Politics Even More Spiteful and Vindictive Than It Already Was. Actually, that's not the case. The subtitle is just One American's Fight. But my version is more truthful. From DeLay's refusal to allow Republicans to negotiate with Bill Clinton to the K Sreet Poject to eliminate Democratic lobbyists to his Texas redistricting initiative, DeLay has sought to advance the cause of the Republican Party by raising the level of hostility and bitterness. And DeLay succeeded. As a result of his efforts, American politics became a lot more divisive and corrupt over the course of DeLay's career.

Another point about DeLay is that he's always been an extremely aggressive Christian. But I have a hard time believing that Jesus would ever have embraced a man as spiteful and vindictive as Tom DeLay.