While some of us were no doubt saddened by the decrease in the number of indictments against Delay last week, lovers of schadenfreude everywhere will rejoice in the news that Delay is now linked to the lobbyists that brought down the Duke.

If he gets off without any convictions from connections to this increasingly damning set of lobbyists we will have to figure out how to incorporate "slick" into Tom Delay's name. Slick Tom? Tom "Teflon" Delay? Tom "the Untouchable" Delay?

Maybe we should incorporate a greasy feel to his new nickname. Tom "Vaseline" Delay? Tom "Crisco" Delay? The Pomade Hammer?