They Don't Like Him Either?

While I still say let him sit there as the rotting symbol of this GOP wave, apparently other Republicans are no longer so enamored of Hot Tub Tom DeLay.

This posted by Stranger at Blah3:

Patricia Baig, a substitute teacher with a comfortable inheritance, paid $2,776 this week to call for Representative Tom DeLay's resignation. Ms. Baig, 57 - who identifies herself as a fellow Republican of Mr. DeLay, the House majority leader, and is one of his constituents - took out a full-page advertisement on Wednesday in the 62,000 copies of the weekly free Fort Bend Southwest Sun. It urged demonstrators "who want ethical reform" to rally against Mr. DeLay's scheduled keynote speech Saturday night to the National Rifle Association in downtown Houston, "to protest the actions of Representative DeLay and ask for his resignation," while adding her gun-owner's caveat: "This is NOT a protest of the N.R.A.!"

The Texas fallout from Mr. DeLay's citations for ethical lapses and the investigations of political fund-raisers and lobbyists close to him has been hard to gauge, but there are signs of restiveness here in his hometown, named for the historic plantation and defunct Imperial Sugar refinery that now beckons redevelopers to this thriving Houston suburb of 64,000 people.

Another Republican, who runs the other weekly county paper, has also been openly hostile to Mr. DeLay, and a Zogby poll two weeks ago for The Houston Chronicle found nearly 40 percent of 501 voters saying that their opinion of Mr. DeLay has declined since last year, with 11 percent saying their opinion of him had improved. His Democratic opponent from 2004 has already declared for a rematch next year, along with some other likely candidates, including a possible primary opponent.