Delay hit's hard times at home

Brought to us via The Moderate Voice, this article in the Houston Chronicle seems to indicate that the Terri Schiavo grandstanding has backfired on on Tom DeLay in his home district.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's footing among his constituents has slipped drastically during the past year and a majority of his district disapproves of how he handled the Terri Schiavo case, according to a Houston Chronicle poll.

Even deep in the heart of Texas, there seems to be only so much hypocrisy and utter crap that people are willing to tolerate in the name of partisan loyalty. Joe Gandelman sums this concept up nicely from the entry linked above.

Indeed, it's called HUBRIS. The GOP's social conservatives are becoming to the GOP what the McGovernites and far left have been to the Democratic party. And because there seems to be no compromise with those that disagree with them, they're rallying their troops but making many enemies among those who might otherwise be open to GOP ideas. And then there's DeLay.

Off the Cuff has some really funny observations on this.