DeLay Unleashed

Tom DeLay, who took one for the team by announcing his upcoming retirement from Congress, is feeling much less unencumbered now that his political future has been decided. I think we'll see Rep. DeLay speaking out in no-nonsense terms now that he doesn't have to worry about reelection.

The first example involves Rep. Cynthia McKinney and her cop slugging incident and charges of racism that followed:

REP. DELAY: 'Cynthia mckinney is a racist. She has a long history of racism. Everything is racism with her. This is incredible arrogance, and -- that sometimes hits these members of congress, but especially Cynthia McKinney'...

I think there will be a lot more examples like this in the coming weeks.