Shelley Sekula Rodriguez Gibbs vs. Shelley Sekula Rodriguez Gibbs

As things were getting quite here in CD-22, Rick "Mo Fo" Perry pulled what he thought was brilliant move by calling for a special election on the same day as the general election on November 7. Not! Perry figured by calling such an election would give poor ole' Shelley the name recognition she so badly needs for a zero of a chance write-in campaign. This turns out to be another debacle for the sappless republicans who for some reason keep making so many bad decisions.

Here why? Democrat Nick Lampson and Libertarian Bob Smithers have both distributed a press release stating they will not participate in the Perry slash DeLay, general election sham. What does this mean? It means Shelley Sekula Gibbs will run against herself which makes this whole general election nothing but a joke and she's dab smack in the middle of it.

Lampson press release:

Houston, TX -- Nick Lampson, candidate for Texas' 22nd Congressional District, released the following statement today in response to reports from the Texas Secretary of State's office that three candidates had already filed for the special election in Congressional District 22 - none of whom were Nick Lampson. Should these multiple candidates become involved in a run-off election in December, the district will be holding an election for a term that could possibly no longer exist as Congress would be leaving session. And the people of this district would end this Congress with no representation.

"I have decided against running in the special election," Lampson said. "This entire process has become a mess thanks to Tom DeLay's attempts to manipulate the system. If the Governor and Tom DeLay had truly been concerned about the interest of Southeast Texans, we would have had this special election back in May. Now we are looking at four special election candidates if I were to run and possibly more by close of business tomorrow. That raises the possibility of run-off that would drag the process into December. Enough is enough. I am not going to put voters through that extra confusion. I am going to focus my attention on the general election and the next full term of Congress. Vote once for Lampson and you're done."

More on the Libertarian press release here.