My colleague Anjeanette Damon just reported that Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki — now under criminal indictment for allegedly misuing state funds — definitely intends to run for re-election in 2010. (That is, if he’s still a qualified elector at that time and not a convicted felon legally ineligible to hold an office of trust or profit under the state.)

This comes on the heels of U.S. Sen. John Ensign — who had an affair with his good friend and former staffer Doug Hampton’s wife, Cindy, and then had his parents pay $96,000 in hush money to the family — annoucing that he’d be seeking re-election in 2012.

And let’s not forget that Gov. Jim Gibbons — whose approval ratings are hovering around 14 percent in recent polls — is fully planning to run for re-election in 2010, too.

What the hell? Are we still on earth? We didn’t sleep through the rapture, did we?

Since long odds are no barrier to entry, we’d like to take this opportunity to announce our candidacy for governor of the Sol system. That’s right: We’ll be in charge of everything from Pluto and its fellow dwarf planets right up to and including the center of our own sun. You want to go to Mars, you’ve got to go through us! Henceforth, please address us as His Excellency, By the Grace of God, Master of Sol and All That He Surveys, Defender of the Faith and Heir to the Throne of Terra.

Hey, this is fun. Maybe we’ll run for the Federation Council next! That’s where the real money is. And by “money,” of course, we mean gold-pressed latinum.