From the "Things I Wish Were True But Aren't" Department

Miya Shay posted something this morning that got my heart racing:

What's former Congressman, Mayoral and Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Bell up to these days? It appears that he's ready for his next political adventure. Several sources say that Bell is ready to take on Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal. Former journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-politician Bell is the quintessential Democrat. Much can be said for the perennial prosecutor Chuck Rosenthal on the Republican side. If this battle indeed shapes up, should be an interesting one to watch! Stay tuned.

Nothing would please me more than to see Bell (who you may recall was the leading votegetter among gubernatorial candidates in Harris County last November) take out our sorry District Attorney. In hopes of being first aboard the Bell-for-DA bandwagon, I sent him an email asking if this were true. Unfortunately (for me, at least) his answer was unequivocal: "Totally false". He was sufficiently adamant about this that he had his former campaign manager Jason Stanford contact me as well to make sure I knew that he had categorically denied this rumor. Stanford told me they didn't know who was floating this, and he said it was not a trial balloon on Bell's part. Put simply, Bell ain't running.

Like I said, I wish this were true, but it's not. I'm sure we'll be hearing about another candidate soon, since this is not only an eminently winnable race for a Democrat, it'll be the top race in the county next year. Feel free to speculate about who else might be talked about in the comments.

UPDATE: Miya prints Chris' denial of the rumors.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on January 30, 2007 to Election 2008