My home state and beyond

Texas politicians are gearing up for a big fight next year, when the governor is up for reelection. He is expected to have serious Republican opposition - most likely Senator Kaye Bailey Hutchinson, who is said to be tired of trying to raise her children from Washington. In preparation for this, we have a fight over campaign financing brewing in the state legislature.

Journalist David Corn has some interesting things to say about Ann Coulter's reliability and DeLay's influence at NASA. (The DeLay stuff is at the bottom, but it's worth hanging in there for.)