This is the heart of the republican party. While spewing “change you can believe in,” Tom Delay is still a rock star to them. Never mind the corruption. I don’t need your change. H/T to Scottie for this one!!

Tom DeLay, the former House GOP majority leader whose connections to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff brought scandal and disgrace to the Republican party, returned to the spotlight in Minneapolis last night, helping to host a private party that drew hundreds of delegates and Republican officials.

Disgraced former House Majority Leader Tom Delay returns to the GOP limelight.

“He’s the man, he’s the man,” said one guest leaving the party.

“I’ve always liked him, he’s a good solid conservative,” said one delegate standing in line for entrance to the party, Corey Stewart, chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Prince William County, Virginia.

DeLay arrived at the Minneapolis night club for his party last night in a gold mini-van, no longer traveling with the Capitol police detail that used to protect him from reporters and other perceived security threats.

He declined to answer questions from ABC News as he entered the back door of the club through a loading dock.

Once known as “the hammer” for his hardball tactics on Capitol Hill, the featured entertainment at DeLay’s party was the band Smash Mouth.

Asked his reaction to DeLay’s appearance in Minneapolis, Cong. John Mica (R-FL) declined to answer and then head-butted the ABC camera. (VIDEO HERE)

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