TIME.com: Q&A: Tom DeLay Talks with TIME -- Page 1

Wow. I didn't see this one coming: Tom DeLay is dropping out of the race and will soon give up his seat. He's saying all the typical things, but I'm betting that as the legal noose tightens, he decided that the only way to savbe his future career in influence peddling and talking on the Jesus circuit was to get out of Congress.

I'll be interested to see how the Right Wing Media spins this one, since it pretty much feels like the Republican money machine is starting to collapse.