Delay is Shameless

This is one of those "you've got to be kidding me" stories. On the night of his primary, under indictment for fraud and moneylaundering in conjuction with lobbyists....

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tom DeLay, whose association with lobbyist Jack Abramoff has left him politically vulnerable, is spending Texas' primary night Tuesday at a fundraiser hosted by two Washington lobbyists.....

Entry to the fundraiser costs $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 for political action committees and $500, $1,000 and $2,100 for individuals, according to an event invitation.

The fundraiser is in Washington, not Texas, by the way.

There's also this little bit on Delay's main Republican challenger Campbell. Campbell raised $79,000 for his campaign from Jan 1 to Feb. 15 and had $17,200 on hand. Delay, in the same time period, had raised $153,000 and had $1.3 million on hand.

So, the bottom line is that Campbell has gotten practically no support from the party.