One more local

This is just a heads up. Texas primaries are being held this Tuesday, which should offer an interesting tell on Tom Delay's future.

It depends on how strategic you want to be, but having Delay run in November, or be cast off the ballot before then through a conviction, might not be a bad thing either for the local race or other races across the country.

Lampson would have a far better chance running against Delay in that district, and with Delay around, other races can focus more on Abramoff/Delay ties, like my own congressman Culberson who voted with Delay 95% of the time.

Also: A decision won't come for months on Texas redistricting, and the early impressions of the experts is that the Supreme Court won't overturn it, but if it were to be overturned, Texas' whole House contingent would be thrown up in the air. There would be candidates without districts and vice versa. It would be chaos out of which the Dems would certainly pick up 5+ seats.