Wishful thinking "Indictments can backfire."

USATODAY.com - Republicans defend DeLay as critics pounce: "History shows that political indictments can backfire. In 1993, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, the same Texas prosecutor who filed this week's charge against DeLay, charged the state's newly elected senator, Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, with misuse of office (she had been state treasurer). Earle later had to drop the charges. Hutchison has since been re-elected twice. Her office said she would have no comment on Earle.

Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Democrat from Florida who was elected to Congress after being impeached as a federal judge, said he isn't ruling out a comeback for DeLay. 'All politicians have Freddy Krueger-like qualities,' said Hastings, referring to the horror flick villain who keeps reappearing despite seemingly being killed off. 'We can rise again.'"