Is The Texas 22nd Congressional District Nightmare Scenario About To Come True?
Tom DeLay’s last day in Congress was last week and no sooner did the day come than the Democrats (those crafty operatives) filed suit in Travis County and obtained a temporary restraining order stopping the GOP from selecting a candidate to replace Congressman DeLay on the ballot. So where does it go from here? TCR believes the Democratic plan is now clear, to take this seat regardless of how the election turns out. First, they plan to delay and/or prevent the GOP from replacing Tom on the ballot. Since the TRO was granted, they probably will get the judge to grant an injunction in a few weeks. That decision will then have to be appealed which will take us probably to mid to late July. It may even take action in other courts, so we may be picking a candidate in August – under 120 days before the elections. Of course, that presupposes an ultimate court victory which may not happen. Second, they plan to use Lampson’s $2 million plus to overwhelm any GOP late entrant in the race and win o
