I'll be damned -- an option I thought unlikely may come to pass if Judge Sparks' decision is not overturned.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay suggested Friday that he may not be ready for retirement just yet, a day after a federal judge ruled that his name must remain on the November ballot even though he resigned from Congress.

DeLay, who came home to Sugar Land for a previously scheduled event, also criticized U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks' ruling that the former House majority leader's name had to remain on the ballot.

"For this guy to say he can't tell where I'm going to be on Election Day, and that I am forced to be on the ballot, well, they may get exactly what they want," DeLay told supporters to raucous applause. Sparks is a Democrat appointed by Republican former President George Bush.

Later, reporters asked Delay if he now planned to run. He didn't say no.

"We have to wait and see what the 5th Circuit does on appeal," he said.

We may just have to kick Nick Lampson's ass with Tom Delay -- and start grooming GOP candidates for 2008. Because while I believe there is still enough support for Tom DeLay to win this race, I think he is toast in the next primary after this year's mess.

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