Federal District cour judge Sam Sparks today rejected Tom Delay's bid to remove his name from the TX District 22 congressional ballot.

Huzzah! If only the decision also said that Tom Delay is officially not a Virginian, I'd feel even better. But this is good news for Dems, the Republicans can't remove his name from the ballot after his fink attempt to change residency at the last minute. It is also good news for the country, because it's a rejection of a dirty political trick that could be used in the future to remove weak candidates from ballots in order to field another candidate after an initial campaign fails.