The fact is he is worried. Republicans in the house are worried that this could be a huge flameout for Tom DeLay.

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You can help, but the credibility is not going to come from HHS. Some of it could come from [Homeland Security] and FEMA, but a lot of it has to come from the president himself.

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Giving aid and comfort to their adversaries.

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So why bother nominating anyone but a fire-breathing conservative.

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This is a place where oversight matters.

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It's not what you really want at a time when the public is not very happy with you.

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Before election night or the next morning, I would have said the chances for a rematch are zero, that the loser would be quickly forgotten. But we're in a different world now.

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