DeLay exit not bad idea - Rep. Tancredo

Via Atrios Washington - Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) says it is "probably not the worst idea" for embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to step down while he deals with ethics allegations. Stepping into a swirling Washington controversy, the Littleton Republican said he doesn't think the current accusations of impropriety against DeLay amount to much. But Tancredo said that from a political perspective, DeLay has handled the ethics issue "stupidly." "I don't think we should try to oust him," he said in an interview Thursday at the Capitol. "Right now, I would not encourage him to leave. If he chose to resign as majority leader until these matters are resolved, that's probably not the worst idea." Kind of a backhanded suggestion to DeLay to resign, but the anti-DeLay group within the republican members of congress continues to grow.