Lance Armstrong announced today that he plans to race in the 2009 Tour de France to raise money to end cancer.  While that is a noble goal, I believe Lance's true motive it to raise money and awareness for himself for a possible run for office in the near future, maybe as early as 2010. 

Anytime a celebrity is pursuing a noble effort, it means they want something in return.  I believe Lance Armstrong wants to run for office and his "Cure for Cancer" aspirations and his announcement to race in the 2009 Tour de France will give him a platform to run for Austin Mayor when Will Wynn is term limited or become the liberal Democrat nominee for Governor in 2010. 

Stay tuned...Lance Armstrong's aspirations are to boost his political capital and his heroic persona so he can raise your taxes to fund cancer research.  Remember the cancer tax proposition in 2007?  There's more where that came from if Lance Armstrong has his way.