DeLay Interviewed on Fox News

What those men did have greatly disappointed me, but it has nothing to do with me.

SCOTT: And you're not afraid that somehow them cooperating with federal investigators is going to lead to somehow to you?

DELAY: I know that the left has used it to try to brand me with guilty by association, but I have always served, I think, honorably and ethically. I've never broken a law nor the spirit of the law nor a House rule. In fact, I'm the most investigated man in Washington and they still have not been able to charge me with anything because there is nothing there.

SCOTT: You've said you didn't want the Democrats to have the advantage and perhaps take your seat away by going through the campaign that culminates in the election this November. But with you pulling out, doesn't that automatically give them a leg up?

DELAY: Not at all. In fact, it will no longer be a national race like it was.

My liberal Democrat opponent has been raising money all over the nation. He's got Barbra Streisand's support, George Soros' support, Nancy Pelosi's support. He's gotten money from Boston, Chicago, Hollywood -- very little money from Houston, Texas.

His money will dry up. This is probably the worst day of his campaign, because he knows that any Republican that replaces me on the ballot will win this seat.

SCOTT: Here's a quote from the Democratic National Committee regarding your decision. They say, "The Republican Party is in disarray, a party out of ideas and out of energy."

Your response?

DELAY: Oh, boy, I tell you, this is a Democrat Party that has no agenda, can't come up with an agenda, has no solution. All they've got is the strategy of personal destruction and character assassination. And it hasn't worked in the past, it's not going to work in the future. They are a permanent minority party.

SCOTT: Does Ronnie Earle win by you resigning?

DELAY: He may win this battle, but in the end, we're going to give him a pretty good Texas whooping. Because the charges against me are frivolous. I've been indicted on laws that didn't exist at the time. He knows that.