DeLay to Quit -- Takes the Coward's Way Out

First of all let me repeat that:
Delay is quitting. He's announcing his "retirement."

Let me illustrate that:


So why is Delay "retiring" early (like the end of May)? Time has the answer:

The surprise decision was based on the sort of ruthless calculation that had once given him unchallenged dominance of House Republicans and their wealthy friends in Washington's lobbying community: he realized he might lose in this November's election. DeLay got a scare in a Republican primary last month, and a recent poll taken by his campaign gave him a roughly 50-50 shot of winning, in an election season when Republicans need every seat they can hang onto to avoid a Democratic takeover of the House.

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DeLay said he is likely to leave by the end of May, depending on the
Congressional schedule and finishing his work on a couple of issues. He said he will change his legal residence to his condominium in Alexandria, Va., from his modest two-story home on a golf course here in the 22nd District of Texas. "I become ineligible to run for election if I'm not a resident of the state of Texas," he said, turning election law to his purposes for perhaps on last time. State Republican officials will then be able to name another Republican candidate to face Democrat Nick Lampson, a former House members who lost his seat in a redistricting engineered by DeLay.

Virginia, huh? Maybe he can move in with Lil Ricky. Hmmm...if DeLay's move from Texas to VA makes him ineligible to run as a Texan, why can Tricky Ricky Santorum run as a Pennsylvanian from VA?