wow, DeLay is definitely toast

Atrios is right, stick a fork in him. There are few media types with their own personal Bushie nicknames that suck up to Republicans more than Howard "Fine" Fineman of Newsweek/MSNBC. And when "Fine" will write a column that all but buries DeLay, that also means the White House has cut him loose:

Relations between the president and DeLay have never been particularly warm – Texas isn’t quite big enough for the both of them. Bush and Karl Rove have been careful to cultivate him over the years, of course, and they have made common cause since Bush first started running for governor in 1993. Bush likes to delegate the tough stuff – to people like DeLay and Rove – but they are still hired help.

And you can always fire the help.

ouch!