Test of Will

According to CNN, the two declared candidates to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader are John Boehner (OH) and Roy Blunt (MO).

I don't know much about the former. I have vague recollections of him being important in the Gingrich Revolution--#4 in the House Leadership or something--but then falling out of favor. It seems he's primed for a comeback (or, depending on your perspective, payback).

I do know of Representative Blunt, however. A member of the dirty thirteen, Blunt is cut straight from DeLay's mold--K street connected, sleazy, money-grubbing, hackish, and corrupt as hell. in fact, many consider him to be DeLay's protege, and by all accounts the student has learned well from the master.

Who Republicans choose in this race will speak volumes about how committed they are to the K Street Crowd. Will they try and clean house (so to speak)? Or will they keep on going for more of the same?