Local Politics at its Best?

See this article: DeLay Reaction: Republican Wildcard In The Race For Congressional District 22

It looks like there is a lot of politics going on in the political world. Who’d of thought it.

I see three possible scenarios:

1. Wallace + Another write in = Democrats win (this is a given – everyone knows it)
2. Wallace Drops when the GOP backs another write in = Toss up (has to be a candidate for which conservative republicans will vote)
3. Other write ins withdraw their names now that Wallace has filed = Toss up (this is sort of where we are today, Wallace is only one who has filled)

It doesn’t’ appear that Wallace had the support of the local GOP when he filled for the write-in ticket in the election, but at least he did something when the others were bickering over who to back. The GOP needs to realize that the 2006 primary is long gone and put events in motion to win this election. We cannot do it with two write-in candidates. The GOP needs to make sure that when they throw their support behind someone (if anyone), that it is either Wallace or that Wallace has committed to backing out if they choose Paul Bettencourt or Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. Bettencourt and Sekula-Gibbs have already stated that they will not run without GOP backing.

He/She would have to be as much of a conservative as Wallace to get my vote. Unbelievably, many republicans in the blogosphere are saying they will vote libertarian and even are even encouraging the GOP to support the libertarian candidate. If Wallace stays in, he gets my vote, but he needs to consider the political ramifications of staying in.

Here is another interesting web site with opinions on the subject: Texas Safety Forum

The articles are good, but it’s the comments below each article that are really telling of the bickering among the local GOP.

Mayor Wallace has campaign website: David Wallace for Congress/ Take a look at the Issues tab on his site. There are a couple of points that are low on my priorities, but he does hit the big ones. A representative is supposed to represent the views of his district and I think Mayor Wallace does just that.

Paul Bettencourt has a web site, but it doesn’t appear to be a campaign site : Paul Bettencourt

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs does have a campaign web site: Shelley Sekula-Gibbs for Congress
Her stance on issues falls more inline with mine than I thought, but not as much so as Wallace.

It will be interesting to see what transpires this week.