As most people are by now aware, Tom DeLay has decided not to run for reelection and will probably resign his seat in May, using an election law technicality to claim, through the state Republican party, the option of naming his replacement on the ballot. The reason? “This had become a referendum on me. So it’s better for me to step aside and let it be a referendum on ideas, Republican values and what’s important for this district.”

DeLay’s may therefore become one of the few districts in the country in which the election isn’t a referendum on the incumbent. Along with raising money to fight his indictment on money laundering charges, DeLay will devote his newly cleared schedule to “promoting foster care, Republican candidates and a closer connection between religion and government.” It’ll be interesting to see just how many Republican candidates don’t run screaming from DeLay’s embrace. The ones who don’t probably will be participating in a referendum on Republican values.

The best line in the Time Magazine interview comes in connection with his mug shot: “I said a little prayer before I actually did the fingerprint thing, and the picture. My prayer was basically: ‘Let people see Christ through me.’”

The guy just can’t help going over the top.

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