[Publicly, Republicans stood by their embattled colleague Wednesday. Privately, some began to talk of a post-DeLay era. Either way, they were hopeful that, whatever happened with the legal troubles, DeLay had institutionalized his fundraising and vote-whipping prowess so much that it would outlive him.] He is a conviction politician like Ronald Reagan; he's also been a party builder, ... DeLay always kept his eye on building party and the movement, and that's rare. Grover Norquist