Reversing The Process

Courtesy Austin Political Report  Fri, 04/18/2008 - 11:29am

In the wake of Rick Perry’s wink-and-nod announcement yesterday that he might seek another term in 2010, some political observers noted the irony of an AP story earlier in the week about a federal inmate in Beaumont who qualified for Idaho’s presidential primary ballot next month.

Usually, elected officials do time after being elected.

The inmate, Keith Russell Judd, is serving time for unspecified threats made years ago at the University of New Mexico. According to AP...


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