He offers that if a religious leader delays payment, one who observes this may come to take the serious crime of theft lightly.
When the then majority leader DeLay first faced the possibility of prosecution on money laundering charges in Texas in 2004, Bonilla proposed a change in Republican caucus rules to allow party leaders indicted by a state grand jury to maintain their positions.
But time is the enemy of all frontrunners: if the present Tory leader delayed his own departure, other candidates could arise and flex their muscles.
A3 Iranian Leader Delays Ruling Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said he would not intervene for now in the gathering confrontation between the two main political camps in Iran.
In 2016, after Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court, the Senate Majority Leader delayed any vote on the Supreme Court's vacancy until after the 2016 elections.
At a time when the Republican party is searching for popular leaders, DeLay may be hoping that his Dancing appearance will get him back into the spotlight.
And if opinion polls a week before the November 24th election are accurate, he is right: Mr Rudd has a commanding lead (see chart).Although Mr Howard called the election a month ago, both leaders delayed their set-piece launches to give themselves a shot in the arm in the final fortnight.
On past evidence, the lack of market pressure usually means leaders delay difficult decisions.
The reputation of the entire Congress is on the line if House leaders delay enacting this sensible and overdue measure.
The G.O.P. leaders' delay in achieving final spending approval will likely shortchange such headlined priorities as the AIDS program for Africa, as well as such basic necessities as housing and child care subsidies for the poor.
