WH Tried To Pressure DeLay
According to several House Republican aides, the White House sent former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie to Texas late this week to try to persuade Rep. Tom DeLay to step down.
DeLay refused to meet with Gillespie.
Gillespie is well-respected, but he's a former aide to Rep. Dick Armey, with whom DeLay did not get along. And DeLay is far too proud to allow anyone into his sanctum to tell him what to do.
DeLay's spokesman, Kevin Madden, had no comment.
Wow. That's one defiant SOB. What comes after the denial stage? Bargaining?