I have been following the political mess down in Texas since it started. The GOP in Texas, under the direction of U.S. Congressman Tom Delay, have been downright naked in their attempt to change the rules to suit their own purpose — in this case redistricting three years after the last time instead of ten years, because it would give the GOP more seats in the U. S. House of Representatives. I admired the Democrats who were willing to go into exile for the past few months in order to bring this issue to the light of day.

So, I read with mixed emotions the news that the Texas Ten (they were 11) had returned. One problem is, of course, that they will probably lose. The only things that would keep the GOP from enacting the redistricting is tradition, a sense of propriety or really bad PR. DeLay and Rove have shown that they don’t care about either of the first two, and somehow, this issue is just esoteric enough to not capture America’s attention.