What if Tom DeLay is reelected?

[Cyrano]

A judge has ruled that DeLay's name must stay on the ballot in his Texas district. What if he wins? Could the majority of people in that district be batshit insane enough to put this arrogant, criminal, piece of sewerage back into congress?

I don't know anything about DeLay's district, but there are a lot of Texans on DU. Can any of you let us know what the situation is there and if he really stands any chance of getting elected?

[Ringo84]

1. Surely not (nt)

[Raydawg1234]

2. A devil will get it's horns

[Xipe Totec]

3. You mean legally? or a la GOP?

'cause, legal 'n all, he ain't got a snowball's chance in hell.

[Cyrano]

6. I mean could he win legally. We already know how easy it is for them

to steal it.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Well, the bug-man is an embarrassment now

that's why he decided to drop out in the first place.

Don't forget, his legal troubles are not over; he still has to face the music in court.

If the elections are fair, he's going to be stomped like the cockroach that he is.

If he wins, he is still under indictment, so he can't be Speaker. Once he is convicted, he will be expelled.

[Cyrano]

18. Assuming for a moment he could actually get reelected in his own

district, what if his trial is held in his district? Isn't there a good chance he'd be found "not guilty?"

[Xipe Totec]

21. Not a chance

He was booked in Austin.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/20/politics/main957797.shtml

[catmandu57]

4. It's possible

It's also possible that repiggies will find themselves in the minority, I don't think that the bugman will like being a minority.

[WI_DEM]

5. given he represents a hugely moranic district it could happen

[Road Scholar]

9. That might be the frikin' problem. nt

[Turbineguy]

7. If the Dems take Congress

they can make DeLay "Captain of the Head".

[kaygore]

8. They rig elections, don't they! So, of course he could get reelected.

[Joanne98]

10. Then arrest everyone who voted for him!

[jaysunb]

11. If re-elected can he serve from jail ?

Cause that's where he's heading.

[Bridget Burke]

12. How much time could he take off to go to trial?

Would the GOP give him the position he lost in Congress?

DeLay back to D.C.? Never say never

By KRISTEN MACK
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay told a friendly crowd Friday that Democrats seeking to force him onto the November ballot "may get exactly what they want."

After savoring a standing ovation, he quickly said the comment was not an announcement that he will seek the office he vacated last month......

"The last thing in the world Tom DeLay wants is to try and win this race and lose. That's why he quit the first time," said Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson.

"I do not think he will come back and make a significant effort to hold the seat.".....

"If he remains on the ballot, he will be elected, we'll all support him and he'll probably resign," Howard said, describing a scenario in which DeLay returns to Congress and then resigns, forcing a special election. "The end result is we will have a Republican in CD22."

www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4032454.html

[Rosco T.]

14. Take no chances... I made this this morning...

Texas folks take note :D

www.cafepress.com/democatic

[Democrat 4 Ever]

15. Well wouldn't he have a Catch-22? He moved out of Texas so the

Texas Repug party could appoint someone else to run. The court saw through this ruse but if he isn't a citizens of the Great State of Chucklenuts how can he run?

Wouldn't that be just too rich? He resigns because of ethical issues. Then decides not to run and skips the state so the repug party could put up another shill and then when that doesn't work he can't get back on the ticket because he now lives in Virginia. You just can't make this BS up.

[emcguffie]

16. don't be surprised.

Don't forget the VOTING MACHINES and who controls them.

[TheFarseer]

26. It's not even that

the vast majority of that district is upper-class suburban types who are scared to death that their kids will hear naughty words on TV or turn out to be gay. Their number one concern is abortion and a close second is keeping taxes as low as possible no matter what else happens and somewhere near the top is keeping our kids safe from terrorists (homosexuals, anyone is Hollywood and of course anyone with darkish skin qualifies as a terrorist - oh and Jews and Catholics for a significant minority of them).

[Cyrano]

29. Sounds like a great place to raise a new generation of mindless imbeciles.

[wavesofeuphoria]

17. I thought his legal residence was VA now? So how could he

represent this district in TX?

[Cyrano]

19. Don't know. But the judge ruled that he had to stay on the Texas ballot.

[napi21]

20. See, that's what I thought too. If he is no longer legally residet

if Tx, I don't think TX law permits him to be a Rep!

I'm pretty sure I remember him announcing he was changing his residence to Va. Heck, I even remember some discussions on DU about VA not wanting him, or people wondering why he was doing that! My joke at the time was so he could be close to the court where his trial will be!!!

[Gothmog]

22. Legally, he has to be resident on day of election

The theory that the Texas Democratic Party used to keep Delay on the ballot was that the GOP could not declare Delay ineligible because under the Constitution, you only have to be a resident of the state on the day of the election. There is no way to establish that Delay will not be a resident of Texas on election day in November of this year.

Delay could win but it is not likely. Delay got only 62% of the vote in the GOP primary. Nick Lampson is a good candidate who is well financed. Now Delay has moved most of his campaign funds to his defense funds and will have to do some significant fundraising to run. After in effect cheating his donors earlier, it may be difficult to raise the funds necessary to do the negative adversting that is Delay's trademark. In 2004, Delay went negative against a weak candidate and outspent that candiate by 6 to 1 or so. Delay will not be able to do this in this race.

[Monkeyman]

27. He still owns a house there he rents it out

[Stevepol]

23. How many times do we need to be reminded, the eternal truth:

It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes.

Who counts the vote in TX?

Hart Intercivic, Diebold, ES&S, and assorted other RW companies, loosely allied in their support for dishonest testing organizations and dishonest politicians.

No miracle is beyond the realm of possibility when you have created your own little cyber kingdom answerable to no one and nobody, a special pseudo-democracy for those who just can't bear reality but have to put a rightward tilt to it, a world where nobody holds the wonderful, magical machines to account for anything or shows much of an interest in honest elections or the will of the people.

[texastoast]

24. He's not eligible

He moved to Virginia. So he gets elected in Texas, he can't serve because he has told us all he is moving to Virginia, got a place there, and a Virginia driver's license.

You are required to live in the state (not necessarily the district--if you get elected, you have to move to the district that elected you).

I'm doing the happy dance.

[ladjf]

25. We will all get what those who re-elected him deserved.

[Mz Pip]

28. I have no faith in the

folks from Sugar Land. They elected this twit over and over and seem to love him. I could easily see him him being re-elected.

Yes, Cyrano, the majority of people in his district could be just that bat shit insane.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[madville]

30. So he gets elected

So he gets elected then resigns the day after the next session starts. Would the next Governor of Texas get to appoint a new person to the seat or would they have to have another election ?