"DeLay tactics"...tempest in a teapot?

Democrats have attacked House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, with allegations questioning his ethics; Republicans have come to his defense.

Well. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's political committees have paid his wife and daughter more than $500,000 since 2001.

Nepotism? Absolutely. Unethical? You tell me; it happens all the time, and not just in politics, to be sure. The practice is fairly widespread, in point of fact.

While members of Congress are barred from putting relatives on the government payroll, some hire family members to work on their political campaigns and fund-raising committees. It's not the same thing, certainly.

People have a natural tendency to "take care of their own", and family members are generally considered more trustworthy, less likely to be "plants" aligned with the competition...a "win-win" scenario, as it were.

All of this seems to be a detour down a side street, a relative (no pun intended) non-issue. The real issue right now is the whether the President's recommendations for appointments to the judiciary will get a simple "up or down" vote; the Democrats want to use the filibuster to prevent the simple majority that the Republicans currently have from getting their way.

The Republicans are talking about using:
The "Nuclear Option"

I say, go for it...