If DeLay promises to resign after winning, and a Republican would be able to run in a special election, why can't he win? Hawaii Democrats voted for a dead woman in order to be able to elect a Democrat in a special election, and they aren't any smarter than Texas Republicans.
Why can't he win? Voters may not trust DeLay keep his promise to resign.
"If DeLay promises to resign after winning, and a Republican would be able to run in a special election, why can't he win? Hawaii Democrats voted for a dead woman in order to be able to elect a Democrat in a special election, and they aren't any smarter than Texas Republicans."
You are right... There is another bonus...
If Delay actually *campaigns* he can pummel Lampson silly while not having to take any of the negative election cr*p ... since any 'anti-Delay' ads wont have much effect on people who just are voting to keep the seat GOP.
THE GOP CAN STILL TURN A LEMON IN LEMONADE HERE.
I think it's a tough gambit to pull off, and it helped that the dead woman was lionized in the media and out of the picture instead of being controversial and still very much with us.
But it may be what they have to do, if the appeal goes nowhere.
I suspect that Lampson might be easier to knock off in 2008 than in 2006, because a Presidential vote will bring out a lot of voters who don't involve themselves in politics beyond party ID and won't know Lampson from Ted Kennedy. And because we'll have a strong standard bearer.