Sekula-Gibbs sworn in for short term

Washington Post:

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was sworn in as a congresswoman on Monday night and already she's a lame duck. Because of a weird electoral quirk, her brief term in office expires next month.

But you couldn't tell that by listening to her.

"I'm working hard to accomplish the things I'm working for," she said yesterday. "For tax cuts. For immigration reform. To make sure we have a good solution for the war in Iraq."

All that? In a few weeks?

"If there's a way to do it, I'll do it," she said, smiling beneath her bright blond hair. "I'll deal with the leadership to get as much done as possible."

Sekula-Gibbs (R-Tex.) won a race for Congress on Nov. 7. She also lost a race for Congress on Nov. 7. It's a long story....

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Well at least the Washington Post thinks it is. What she is doing is getting a leg up on seniority for when she defeat Lampson in a non write in campaign in 2008. If her name had been on the ballot this time she would have handily defeated him. That is the reason why Lampson did not enter into the special election for the remainder of the current term. BTW, the Post does devote three internet pages to the story. You can get the blond bimbo tone of the story from the few paragraphs I provided.

Lone Star Times has another take on the Sekula-Gibbs open house.