Throw 'em all out

AP:

Two House Republicans said Wednesday they will circulate a petition calling for elections to replace nearly all the top GOP leaders of the House, instead of just former Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Such a move would put Northern California Republican Rep. John Doolittle's leadership post in jeopardy.

Reps. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., and John Sweeney, R-N.Y., said wholesale changes were needed in the wake of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal that helped force DeLay to permanently relinquish his leadership post.

Their petition would not seek to replace House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., but would subject all seven leadership positions beneath him to a vote after House members return from their winter recess at the end of this month.