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[Rep Tom] DeLay aide quits amid maelstrom
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| News Date | Thursday, June 16, 2005 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Patrick O'Connor
The communications director for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) abruptly announced his resignation yesterday after months of defending his boss amid intense media scrutiny of the outspoken lawmaker.
Dan Allen’s resignation immediately sparked speculation that he was shut out by DeLay’s closest advisers.
Allen sent an e-mail to Capitol Hill reporters yesterday confirming a brief news report that he would be leaving DeLay’s office at the end of the month to take a job with Scott Howell and Co., a Republican media firm.
His departure comes at a lull for the DeLay office, which endured a four-month barrage of negative news reports regarding the majority leader’s perceived ties to embattled Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. During a few tense weeks in the middle of the stretch, DeLay’s closest advisers held daily meetings to discuss message strategy and to coordinate outreach among members.
Workdays were long, sometimes around the clock, and the strain was evident on the face of many of DeLay’s staffers. Allen fielded many of the press queries about DeLay’s controversial trips abroad.
Allen’s departure appears to be attributable to a combination of the office’s around-the-clock schedule and a conflict of personalities between Allen’s laconic but steely manner and the rest of DeLay’s hard-driving staff.
“The reason for Dan’s departure was simple: He simply was not a good fit for either the hardworking nature of the office or the gritty nature of the majority leader,” one Republican strategist with close ties to the DeLay camp said.
Another GOP insider said the office was difficult for Allen from the outset. |
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