OK, this is getting fairly ridiculous

Tom Tancredo's now telling people that he's made up his own mind whether he'll run for re-election to his Congressional seat, but according to the Denver Post "he won't reveal his choice until after the (Colorado) Rockies are done with the World Series."

Come again?

Is Tom worried that if he reveals his choice before the Rockies finish the Series, he might influence that contest? Will the Rockies wither away, losing all hope for the future of America if Tancredo says he won't run for his Sixth Congressional District seat again?

Or is Tancredo more concerned that the multinational Rockies squad will throw in the towel in disgust if he does run again?

The Series will be over, one way or another, no later than November 2. We'll see if Tancredo keeps this latest promise or breaks it like so many others he's made. The other Republican potential candidates waiting in the wings, like Tom Wiens and Will Armstrong, must be going crazy by now.

Of course, if Tancredo does announce for re-election to Congress, it'll be really hard for him to be taken seriously - even by his tiny core of true believers - as a presidential candidate. Tancredo entered the race candidly admitting that he didn't have a prayer, and acknowledging that his purpose was simply to bring attention to the issue of illegal immigration. Now that the Republican Party is riding that issue all the way to certain defeat in 2008, Tancredo is still flogging the dead horse - only now he's insisting to potential donors that he's in the race for real.

Anything to keep the publicity and campaign donations coming - even if only in dribs and drabs.

Tancredo continues to forget that the true test of a politician is whether he or she is a person of integrity.