House Speaker Dennis Hastert needed a lifeline. His sidekick Tom DeLay, quitting the House, had just said that the Republican Party doesn't have an agenda. A group of Republican rebels, defying Hastert, was starting a petition to force a debate on the Iraq war. And Hastert was standing in front of... -
All Eyes on the Hammer, Until the Hairdo Steps In
House Speaker Dennis Hastert needed a lifeline. His sidekick Tom DeLay, quitting the House, had just said that the Republican Party doesn't have an agenda. A group of Republican rebels, defying Hastert, was starting a petition to force a debate on the Iraq war. And Hastert was standing in front of...-
By Dana Milbank