DeLay Disses Giuliani and McCain, Says Clinton Likely to Win

The bug man speaks!

Appearing on CNN's "The Situation Room," former GOP House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX) told Wolf Blitzer that he does not support the Republican front-runners for the presidential nomination and said that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will likely be the next president, because she "has built the biggest, most powerful coalition that I've ever witnessed in my lifetime." DeLay warned that Clinton will be nearly unbeatable unless the GOP is able to sufficiently energize its base.

Although conceding that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) is a "leader," DeLay said he won't vote for him. "I can't vote for somebody that's for abortion," he said. "I never have and I never will." He panned McCain for having championed campaign finance reform. "I don't think he'll get very far because he is not -- does not reflect the vast majority of the party," DeLay said. He belittled Romney for changing his position on abortion.

DeLay likes former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), saying that the two share an almost identical world view. He also said that if Clinton does become president, it "might be the best thing that ever happened to the Republican party."

Oh, and by the way, he does not attribute the Republicans' current troubles to George Bush's performance as president. It's caused by the GOP abandoning its core beliefs.