As it’s a long way to the presidential primaries even there’s a lot of room for people stepping into and out of the presidential race. It’s been difficult to accurately predict who’s even in the running.
That’s why I’m glad to be able to say that Tom Delay has no chance for the presidency. Granted, he may have preferred his position in Congress because in many ways it has as much power as the executive branch (plus he gets to live in a much bigger house). So I can’t say that he even wanted to run. But I can say that he won’t.
The charges of money-laundering, the house ethics charges brought against him have been pressed by Repubicans as much as Democrats so he has little to stand on for claiming to be the victim of conspiracy.