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Hard right jab
Mother Jones reported last year ("Power Preying," November/December) that the Republican Party's powerful religious right constituency might have second thoughts about supporting a moderate GOP presidential ticket.
There are signs of such unhappiness in the ranks. During the August GOP convention, New Right architect Paul Weyrich gave a speech (obtained by Mother Jones) to the archconservative Council on National Policy, where he criticized Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, Tom DeLay, Dick Armey, and other GOP leaders for moving to the center.
"I feel as if I have wasted 30 years of my life," he said, adding that Newt Gingrich "never was trustworthy." (Read the speech and Adele Stan's article about Weyrich.)
DeLay over?
Our recent investigation into House Majority Whip Tom DeLay ("Sin of Emissions," September/October) alleged possible paybacks between DeLay and his lobbyist brother, Randall. Since then, Ralph Nader's Congressional Accountability Project filed an official complaint with the House Office of Standards and Conduct, seeking an investigation into possible conflicts of interest.
At press time, the matter was under consideration.
Attached to the complaint is Jan Reid's story for Mother Jones, along with reports from the Washington Post, Knight-Ridder, Roll Call, the National Journal, and the Houston Chronicle.
