The situation around Tom DeLay’s House seat in Texas gets curiouser and curiouser. Yesterday, the Supreme Court shocked the world by refusing to hear an appeal about the case that seeks to remove DeLay’s name from the ballot and replace him with another Republican.
The denial of the appeal apparently left the Texas GOP with only two options: Keep DeLay’s name on the ballot or remove it entirely, meaning the Democrat, Nick Lampson, would run unopposed.
But DeLay is considering a third option:
[What] if DeLay steps aside and endorses a write-in candidate?
That’s a possibility, reports Time’s super-scooper Mike Allen.
A Republican official with first-hand knowledge of the deliberations by DeLay said he “more likely than not” will go that route, although he had not made a final decision. “With DeLay, you never know,” the official said.
Maybe — but:
It’s true that the TX GOP and DeLay agreed that a DeLay-less ballot would be less worrisome than a slate with the former congressman. But it’s not clear whether the party would be willing to fork over the money — or help raise the money — to mount a write-in bid.
