Will DeLay Support A Write-In Candidate?
Remember, Tom DeLay can voluntarily withdraw from the TX 22 ballot. The state party just can't replace him.
But -- 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.
The idea is that, as one GOP official told Allen, Dem candidate Nick "Lampson's best shot has always been against DeLay--Lampson's record is too liberal for a Republican district. Nick Lampson would lose this
race to a write-in candidate who had any name ID at all."
Well.
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.