NOW THAT HE’S BEEN CONVICTED AND EXPELLED, Jim Traficant has become an “independent.”

UPDATE: Reader Bill Herbert emails:

Traficant IS running for reelection as an independent.

Plus, he recently stated that he “fears for the nation” if the Dems retake the house.

Well, that’s news to me. The Washington Post is calling him a Democrat. And I think his reelection bid can probably be ignored.