For awhile, Republicans speculated that the indicted Tom DeLay might campaign for his old seat, given court decisions that require his name, as the primary winner, to remain on the ballot. DeLay dashed the hopes of his supporters -- yes, they inexplicably exist -- by reaffirming his intent not to campaign....of this whole story is that those shiny new electronic freakin' voting machines make casting a writ-in ballot very difficult, I understand.
Now, I happen to know something about running write-in campaigns. I once got myself elected as a Democratic precinct captain in DuPage County, Illinois, as a write-in candidate, collecting 66% of the party vote. That would be four. Votes. The other two guys didn't show. But there were no names actually printed on the ballot in that election, because nobody else wanted the job. (I just did it for the power, is all.)
Here, DeLay's name is on the ballot unless the Rs can figure out some way to get it off (which they're working on as fast as their little R heads can go). So winning a write-in campaign would be harder, and doubly so if there's no place to, well, write in.
Which is pretty damn funny if you think about it.
Of course, maybe you'd rather not.
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