[Xenalyte]

U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, a Republican appointee, ruled that DeLay must appear on the Nov. 7 ballot as the GOP nominee for the congressional seat that DeLay abandoned last month. Sparks ruling was confirmed by Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Amber Moon.

Details of Sparks ruling were not immediately available.

Sparks ruling halts the process of replacing DeLay on the ballot, but the GOP is expected to appeal the decision to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Damn shame, that poor Mr. Ratcliffe has to deal with having no apostrophe.

[Dog Gone]

Ratcliffe is an idiot and has been one for as long as I've been reading this rag.

He doesn't even try to hide his leftist bias, which arguably is a good thing. At least nobody with an IQ over room temperature is fooled by what he writes.

I expect the 5th Circuit to overturn this ruling. But if they don't, it sets up a very interesting scenario.