Hammer Comes Down The Nasty, Brutish, And Shortened Political Life of Tom Delay

How did a man with a failed pest exterminating business in the Houston suburbstransform himself into The Hammer, pillar of the religious right and the most powerful man in Congress? How, without guidance from oil cronies or Karl Rove did he win over his Republican competitors and shut everybody else out of the political process altogether? And what exactly did he do to get himself and a lot of his buddies indicted for criminal conspiracy and money laundering?Lou Dubose and Jan Reid track DeLay's rise to the pinnacle of power, and lay out the schemes, dubious dealings and hubris that just might get The Hammer nailed. And they show why the changes DeLay has spearheaded in the way politics works are likely to last for at least the next quarter-century.DuBose, Lou is the author of 'Hammer Comes Down The Nasty, Brutish, And Shortened Political Life of Tom Delay', published 2006 under ISBN 9781586484071 and ISBN 1586484079.