GOP Rep: "We Don't Just Need New Leaders; We Need A Course Correction"...

The Christian Science Monitor Gail Russell Chaddock January 9, 2006 at 01:45 PM
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BlackBerrys and cellphones buzzed into overtime this weekend, as House Republicans grappled with what had been rumored for months: the need to elect a leader to replace Tom DeLay.

From a public-relations standpoint, the decision by Mr. DeLay not to keep his post as House majority leader may give Republicans a boost ahead of this year's midterm elections. After all, he had gone from whip to whipping boy amid complaints that he embodied corruption in Congress

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