"Liberated" Tom DeLay Moving Out

washed up politicians stick around? I suppose we can look forward to having to put up with snotty little Ricky Santorum after he loses in November also.

to court! Many of the charges against him will be handled in DC.

Too bad we don't get to vote on whether politicians can stay. There should at least be a hefty head tax on washed up politicians who refuse to go back to where they came from. We could call it the WUP Tax.

He probably thinks Allen is going to vacate his Senate seat when he becomes President and DeLay can run for the Senate from Virginia. NO! NO! NO! A thousand times NO!

First of all, Allen is NOT going to be re-elected to the Senate.

Second, Allen can't run for President if he is humiliated by a big loss in the November elections.

And most importantly third, Virginia is going to become a BLUE state!

to field a candidate in the fall election for his seat. Apparently Texas law allows for the party to replace a winning primary candidate only if the primary winner leaves the state. If DeLay sticks around Texas then they would have a dem running unopposed for DeLay's seat. Personally, I wish he would stay in Texas but you know they can't just hand that seat over to anyone but one of their own bought and paid for guys. Ain't happening.

Besides, DeLay needs to stay close to the money train in DC - wouldn't want him to run out of hot tubs or golf trips before he is sent off to jail.

Or even to DC.
He could move to any of those places and be within two hours of DC.

He won't beat Webb. As for Delay, maybe the Neighbor Watch groups can keep and eye on him.

he's moving to a very liberal district, and his new Representative will be one Jim Moran, who doesn't exactly share his ideology.

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That is one of the most gerrymandered districts I have ever seen. I pulled up a close up of it as it narrows between the tenth and eleventh to get to Reston. In Vienna, there is a neighborhood in all three Congressional districts. It has a dead end street with one house in the tenth and the rest in the eighth. Either that is where Tom Davis lives or he has a good friend there. I would hate to be working the polls in that precinct. It must be very confusing.

I'm in the 11th. I hate gerrymandering. I don't feel represented. My area does not have the same issues as those people way out at the VA/WV line. We are suburban and they are very rural. We don't have anything in common with the vast wealth of the communities along the river. Our votes are diluted by that sea of red to the west of us and also by the uber wealthy in Great Falls and McLean. Do you think we can be adequately represented if we are up against the wealthiest of Northern Virginia? Money drowns out all opposition.

he's moving to Alexandria, he owns a condo there.

All three of the Northern Virginia districts are strangely cut if you ask me.

I'm in Davis' District, but it's my understanding that we went solidly for Kerry in 2004. There are actually two Democrats vieing for his seat, which is amazing. He's run unopposed at least once that I can remember.

I keep hearing that Davis wants to run for Allen's seat if and when he leaves, and that his wife Jean-Marie Devolites will then run for Tom's seat.

I'd like to see all of them get knocked out personally.

The Dems are concentrated in the 8th, we are deluted in the 10th and 11th. We should be two Solidly Dem districts surrounded by the sea of red. That way, we, the people, would have our best interests represented.

Next Tuesday, there is a statewide Democratic primary for the candidate to oppose Allen in November. In the eighth, the Republicans are also having a primary, to choose a candidate to oppose Moran. There is a precinct that has both districts in it. The election officers there are going to have to run two separate elections in the same precinct. Fortunately it is a small precinct and won't have any lines this time of the year.

I don't remember if there is anything extra going on in the 11th or not. I think you might have two different races, Senate and House on your Democratic Primary ballot.
This is all within the same county. All the machines have the same information loaded onto them so they could go to any precinct in the county. It depends on which precinct card activates them as to what ballot they show. The Electoral Board has had its hands full on this one.

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a hit man for the CIA?

I live in Virginia, but am soon to be moving to Pennsylvania...I need to get the hell out QUICK. If I ever were to see him I'd probably tell him he was a piece of shit.

Drat. I live in a DC suburb in Maryland...that's WAAAAY too close!