If you're on the NRCC mailing list, you received this email today. It seems as if they aren't sure which presidential candidate their supporters will choose. Full text of the email after the jump.

Wendy Davis' call for a speedy court date in the rehashed lawsuit brought against her state senate candidacy by opponent Kim Brimer was heard: the Throwdown Showdown will take place on July 22. My prediction: I think this isn't going to go so well for Brimer.

The Bush administration (despite pressure from everyone, even the recently stacked Supreme Court) has no plans to do anything about the environment for the rest of Bush's term. The EPA will instead throw open the doors of the process to the people and hear multiple months of public comment on whether they should, you know, do stuff about the environment or just generally let it slide.

Iran test-fired more missiles. Yesterday the media projected that the first round of test-firings wouldn't necessarily increase the pro-war rhetoric in the US but would definitely give the Bush administration a strong sales pitch for the missile defense shield. I don't know that anyone expected Missile 2: Test-Fire Boogaloo. The news coverage today should be interesting.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently raised the possibility of an Iraqi-supported timetable for US troop withdrawal.

Josh Marshall has been hinting for a while that the Associated Press might be in the bag for McCain, reporting bamboozling things about Obama's Iraq stance or nonsensical news items, like how pet owners prefer McCain and Obama doesn't keep any animals.

Things get busy fast in the Middle East when something is afoot.

Sociologist Marion Levy said that "to know thyself is the ultimate form of aggression." John McCain's campaigns are notorious for their internal tumult, and among major campaigns throughout history this is certainly not a unique quality. Those internal politics may play more of a part in John McCain's latest campaign than they would have in other years against other candidates. The New York Times' Adam Nagourney breaks it down.

... there really is something special happening in Texas in Democratic politics. The Nation's Bob Moser examines the resurgence of Texas Democrats and talks to me and a few of our friends in the process.

You've heard that the Democratic National Convention will be very hard to get into, but one event in particular has a new venue as of this morning with a few more seats: Barack Obama has announced that he'll accept the Democratic Party's nomination for president at Invesco Field. Formerly known as Mile High Stadium and home to the Denver Broncos, there's just over 75,000 seats to be had.