DeLay's reelection prospects - hoisted with his own petard

not only is delay having to scramble for voters in his 2006 reelection bid, he's having to do it in a district that isn't the same as it was in his last campaign - thanks to the gerrymandering redistricting efforts of the texas r's...

DeLay is scrambling for more than just beating two indictments related to allegedly illegal campaign activities and returning to his plush leadership office in the Capitol: He's fighting for his political life in next year's congressional election.

And he has only himself to blame for it.

DeLay's bold plan to redraw Texas' congressional districts was a ringing success for Republicans. But it came with a mean bite for its architect. Creating more Republican districts meant watering down the GOP vote in any one district, including his own.

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Because of the redistricting plan pushed by DeLay, his district is one-third new to him and decidedly more Democratic. In the 2006 election, he's set to face a former congressman with a score to settle: Democrat Nick Lampson, who was bounced from office last year as a direct result of the new electoral map and moved into DeLay's district this year specifically to take him on.

go, nick, go... make sure it's that s.o.b.'s last congressional campaign...

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