Richard Nixon back again

The Gods must be smiling upon the 22nd congressional district in Texas, where former Representative/exterminator/Hammer/crook Tom Delay is considering running for his just vacated seat if the local courts don't allow his name to be replaced on the ballot.

Delay originally quit Congress because he didn't want the race to be a "partisan" battle and wanted the voters to decide the race on the issues not on his explosive personality. Now that's out the window, so bring on the partisanship and insanely dirty campaigning!

The Democrats are pretty excited to have Delay running for reelection, but, knowing the Democratic Party, and the fact that we're talking about Texas, I would imagine that Delay will win in a landslide and then repeat his resignation process a few more times over the next several years, exciting the media and pissing off members of the Texas delegation who will keep having to pay for going away party chocolate cake.