oh what a beautiful morning

Oh what a beautiful day. Even back-and-forth, cloudy/sunny, hot-then-cold kinds of days are gorgeous when you have a ruling like this to smile about. May I quote?

"Political acumen, strategy, and manufactured evidence, even combined with a sound policy in mind, cannot override the Constitution."

Heavens to Betsy, that might even mean that the Texas Republican party won't be able to circumvent its own rules to fund a candidate who today suddenly decided to become an independent. Nor will they be able to find a way to get an independent on the ballot, seeing as that deadline passed two months ago. When you do the sneaky, wrong thing, it always comes back to bite you. Tom DeLay would have better served the citizens of Fort Bend County and environs (who are Republicans and deserve to have a Republican represent them if they so choose) by stepping out before the primary and letting someone else run the race, rather than proving that he could still win it and then stepping down.

Now because of his tacky decisions, they're stuck. It's going to be very amusing to see how they try to get the the ruling overturned (Hello? If a Bush I appointee calls it illegal, I don't know about his chances there. Maybe if he lucks out and gets a Baylor girl to hear the case...). (Can I also add that it's hysterical that Tom DeLay was ANSWERING HIS OWN DOOR in Sugarland (where he technically doesn't live!) this afternoon?)

I've got a beautiful feeling!