This guy's a libertarian?
Posted on 08/20/2006 2:35:35 PM PDT by AntiGuv
Well, I suggest that the Democrat doesn't buy a house in D.C. He won't be needing it for long.
This interesting commentary goes over some of the questions that I've seen about the history of write-in campaigns and the mechanics of the TX-22 write-in effort in particular. After having completed a sample ballot in the above link, I'm even more convinced that it'd take a bit of a miracle for Sekula-Gibbs to win. I wonder if the real ballot also won't have enough room to write out her full name. That probably won't matter though, since the intent will be clear enough if they get far enough to run out of room..
I think only Strom Thurmond has ever been elected as a write in.
Strom Thurmond was the only one elected to the Senate by write in, but here were four others elected to the House (as the above commentary outlines).
There are two announced Republican write-in candidates along with the Libertarian, who will divide the Republican votes between them. The DemocRat will will with a plurality.
Thurmond was the only U.S. Senator elected as a write-in; six Representatives have also won that way. I think just "Gibbs" will count as a vote for her.
Unless this is accurate: "Adding to the complications are rumors the Democrats plan to field a write-in candidate with the last name of Gibbs, so that any voters who merely write-in "Gibbs" would be voting for someone other than the GOP candidate."
They should vote for Smither the Libertarian. A write-in has no chance.
This article fails to mention Linda Smith's recent win in Washington state.
Interestingly, the previous write-in winners have all had easy to remember/spell names.
I wonder if Shelly Sekula-Gibbs can drop "Sekula" for this election and run as just "Shelly Gibbs" That move alone, may be worth several thousand votes.
Hey, that's right. Linda Smith won as a write-in in 1994. Someone up above says there have been six write-in Representatives, so if correct that means another one is missing.
The real question to ask is how many *serious* and *well-funded* write-in bids have there been over the years? My guess is not very many.
I think the conventional wisdom here is all wrong, especially given the partisan bent of this district. Even if many people will be too lazy/dumb to cast a write-in vote, that doesn't mean their vote will go to Lampson.
I agree.
The problem is that some, but not all, of the Republicans in the district will also agree. Others will not and will vote for one of the two write-in Republican candidates. Others will write in "Tom Delay." Others will simply not vote in that race.
The end result will be the DemocRat winning with a plurality.
The Republicans can retake the seat in two years, but this election it is a lost cause.
This guy's a libertarian?
Actually, DeLay should stay out of Texas. Instead of bowing out and allowing a worthy Republican to fight and win the primary, he selfishly wins the primary, then decides Jesus has told him to become a lobbyist.
Engineering the loss of a valuable House seat is Tom DeLay's ignominious end.
Yes, talk about a stolen election. Can you imagine if Republicans worked in the courts to deprive voters of a choice between the two parties? The Dems. and the media would scream bloody murder. So the Dems. do it and the media just swoons over how clever they are.
Oh well, I guess this is how Dems. win. They deprive voters of a real choice in a district where they'd never be able to win with a Republican on the ticket. But I guess I have to also blame Delay for not having gotten out before the primary. Why he waited until 2 weeks after the primary to drop out is beyond me. Shows how ego gets the better of some people.
Amen. When ego trumps doing right by your party. Can you imagine if John McCain or Lindsey Graham did something like this? Freepers would be screaming about how they "screwed the GOP yet again." As you say, they should be as outraged at Delay as they are, and I am, at the Democrats for their pathetic election stealing.
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