Tauzin to Delay Exit Until March Primary

[NewJerseyDem]

Also Roll Call is reporting that Charlie Gonzalez of Texas will replace Ralph Hall on the Energy and Commerce committee and Chris Bell of Texas will take his seat on the Financial Services Committee. I guess this is to show that the party still cares about Texas democrats.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/49_68/news/4104-1.html (subscription required)

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) will delay leaving Congress for K Street for a few weeks to prevent Louisiana’s Democratic governor from scheduling a special election for the day that thousands of Democrats head to the polls for the state’s March 9 presidential primary.

“There is no way that Tauzin would leave before the presidential primary,” said a key House source. “He is not going to gift wrap the special election for Democrats.”

Tauzin also plans to endorse a longtime friend, state Rep. Hunt Downer (R), to replace him in Congress and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) to take over the gavel of the Energy and Commerce panel, according to spokesman Ken Johnson.

Although he was expected to throw his support behind Barton for the committee post, many Republicans thought Tauzin would try to bestow his House seat to his son, Billy III, a lobbyist for BellSouth.

[LimpingLib]

1. Enron Billy.

This man should be a poster child for the GOP and our nations ruined economy. Put his picture and Bush/Chenny into major morphological madness from now till election day.

Tell every voter to study the ONLY veto Clinton had overidden . Tell every voter to see the budget and unemployment the day Clinton came into and left office. Clinton was the calm inbetween the Burning Bush's economic meltdown from 1989-2004 and only because of the GOP congress and people like Tauzan did Clinton not lay a strong enough foundation to hold the economy in place for even a few years into the King George II reign before the Bush meltdown could retake effect.

Um nevermind ...we have idiots like Daschle in charge. They wouldnt be in touch even if common since hit them over the head.

[davidinalameda]

2. I'm happy to see him go

another turncoat Repuke

let him be a prostitute, I mean lobbyist