gotta love republicans

I suppose this is the political version of keeping your bases covered:
Allan Levene isn¹t absolutely convinced of his chances*in the GOP race
for the congressional seat*now held by U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey of
Marietta.
So the Kennesaw resident has hit on what he thinks is a unique strategy
to increase the odds that he¹ll have a job in Washington come next year.
He¹s going to run in three other congressional districts as well. In
three other states: Michigan (14th*CD), Minnesota (6th*CD) and Hawaii
(1st*CD). The U.S. Constitution, he notes, only requires residency at
the time of next year¹s November election.
Levene used to live in metro Detroit. Work as an IT man has sometimes
carried him to Minnesota.
³Of course, living in Hawaii wouldn¹t be bad, but I¹d rather stay in
Georgia,² Levine, 64, said this morning. ³But I¹m a practical man. I
don¹t have time to do this two years at a time, since I plan to be dead
in 10 years.²
A London native but naturalized U.S. citizen, Levene has chosen an
American football analogy: ³Going wide rather than going long.²
Levene would remain an extreme long-shot in all four races * his Georgia
campaign treasury is relatively miniscule, and would be even smaller
when divided by four. But a quadruple race would be one for the books.
Levene said*he found his loophole during his constitutional studies.*The
Founding Fathers, he realized, didn¹t know about jet travel. ³People
couldn¹t conceive of people running in more than one geographic area,²
he said.
There is apparently no legal barrier to doing this, and there¹s
generally no legal requirement that a candidate for Congress actually
live in the District they are running for, so Levene isn¹t doing
anything improper here. I can¹t imagine, though, that the voters in
Geogia, Michigan, Minnesota, or Hawaii are going to appreciate this one.