DeLay redistricting under review

Occasionally cheaters don't win. And it's a beautiful thing to see. (WP)

The same "win at all costs" ethic that gave Bush II the presidency, by some accounts*, also drove the Texas redistricting. Maybe the slow but steady fall of DeLay and his handiwork is proof that this ethic doesn't pay in the end.

*See Jeffrey Toobin, Too Close to Call, 2001; also Joshua Green, "Karl Rove in a Corner," Atlantic Monthly Nov. 2004.