As John notes below, the House GOP reversed course on ethics today. Apparently, it became clear that they were heading towards Tom DeLay's House of Corruption.
I got a kick out of this quote in the AP article from John's post:
Brendan Daly, spokesman for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, said Republicans pulled back on the discipline rule because "the issue simply became too hot for them to handle."If the issue became too hot for the Republicans, it was because of the activists...led by the bloggers...kudos especially to Josh Marshall at TPM. The bloggers put pressure on House offices after the earlier DeLay vote. No one else was aggressively challenging House Republicans to find out how they voted behind closed doors.
The Democrats in the House should learn from this. The grassroots wants the Democrats to fight back. The GOP caves in to public pressure even if it means fucking with DeLay. So, while they are all patting themselves on the back up on the Hill, they should really learn to be an opposition party.
