Rove Backs DeLay, Calls Critics "Desperate"...

The Washington Times reports that Sr. Presidential Strategist Karl Rove publicly expressed his support to the House Majority Leader who is currently under fire from political opponents.

"I'm sorry that the Democratic Party has been reduced to this kind of drivel," he said. "If you don't have ideas, if you're not articulating a vision for America, if you're doing nothing but obstructing as Dean and others in his party seem to be intent upon doing, I guess you're stuck doing this kind of thing."

While the President has said that DeLay is an "effective leader" with whom he looks forward to working with, he stopped short of expressing his explicit backing of the Majority Leader during this controversy, which he left for Rove to address on behalf of the White House.

Former GOP Majority Leader Trent Lott expressed his disappointment in what he sees as a lack of support for DeLay from the Bush Administration:

"I do think the White House needs to remember that people [who] fight hard for you as a candidate and for your issues as a president deserve your support," Mr. Lott said Sunday.

I have to agree with Lott here. I know the President likes to stay above the fray on political matters such as this - as the MS Senator is all too aware - but Republicans need unity at this time. And a vote of confidence from the top is sorely needed here.

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