Election News

You probably already know that Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama won their respective parties' Iowa caucus, if not indicating the eventual 2008 presidential candidates, at least bearing witness to two things we already knew: 1) Iowa Republicans are far and away Christian Conservatives, and 2) as long as white men hold the strings to America, a black man will still win the presidency over any color woman, particuarly if she's seen as a woman who won't be told what to do by a man. The Democrats would do well to remember that if, come nomination time, they are still thinking about running Hillary.

Meanwhile, here in Texas, we are still in the business of scandalous politics.

Harris County (Houston) Republican DA Chuck 'Hang-em-High' Rosenthal, just three minutes before filing deadlines for elections, withdrew from the upcoming DA race after having been busted for sending amorous emails to his assistant (he's married - adultery being a Republican sin - if you get caught), and erasing other emails that might have information about a case filed against Rosenthal and the Harris County Sheriff for alleged prisoner abuse.

The filing deadline had to be extended 48 hours to allow somebody else to jump in, and now that she has, Rosenthal is pulling a Larry Craig. He thinks maybe he'll run after all.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.