Will there be a political spam flood?

I referred to the WP article in this earlier blog entry. There's a throwaway reference to the same WP article in a DailyKos open thread here (look about halfway down for the crack about Carol Darr). I think markos has never operated an internet mail server and has no idea what is really going on out there. I have operated them and continue to operate them, and I read the log files every day. Does this mean I think we should panic now? Probably not. The WP writer may be Chicken Little. Nonetheless, I am concerned and paying attention, and if it gets bad, hopefully I'll be able to provide the full details here.