GOP Wants DeLay's Old District Back

Well really there are 2 seats in Texas they are investing a lot into getting back, one of them being Tom DeLay's seat. The emphasis on the "symbolic value" of the seats is interesting given that they lost a lot of seats in '06 and I'm sure they'd like them all back, but it's not suprising since DeLay was a pretty big name in the party for awhile. Also the article notes that one of the candidates has been campaigning since early last year, in other words since probably right around the time the new Democratic rep went to work in Washington. Permanaent campaign cycle indeed.