Quote of the year: Ronnie Earle, district attorney of Travis County, Texas, who has been investigating the shenanigans of the PAC set up by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, responded recently to criticism by Delay who accused him of partisanship by saying that having the Leader refer to him in that manner was "like being called ugly by a frog."

DeLay has stated that he has not been paying any attention to the investigation, but reports indicate that he has been soliciting funds to pay for a defense should the investigation lead to an indictment. The Clintons must be smiling.