Farmers Branch has a PR problem, and they know it.

We have a lot to get into this morning, but we'll open with this: Lady Bird Johnson was laid to rest next to President Lyndon Johnson at their family's ranch on Sunday. Statesman has a nice series on retrospectives, the four days of ceremony, and some stories and remembrances of the former First Lady.

Late last week, I found the results of a new project from the folks at The Washington Post and some wicked smart guys at Harvard on independents in the American electorate. What they found may surprise you.

Cornyn's fundraising totals in the second quarter are in, and he's going to have plenty of money — the report shows $2.2 million raised and $5.34 million in the bank. But will he have the voter support he needs to keep his seat? Via Harvey comes the fundraising news in the form of the ever-official campaign statement, after the jump.

Yesterday, House Democrats put together another volley towards the Bush administration by voting to withdraw most troops from Iraq by April 2008.

The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady and wife of President Lyndon Johnson, passed away today at her Austin home of natural causes at the age of 94.

No longer the party of small government, ethics, or values, the GOP seems to have shipped its oars and gone adrift.

Perry's veto of funding for Texas community colleges is causing him some additional grief. The move had been complained about, loudly, in editorials and letters from community college administrators from all over the state. Now, the Democratic delegation to Congress from Texas is expressing their displeasure over the funding cut and even promising a few moves of their own.

David Dewhurst is thinking about it. Not that he's saying he's in or anything, but the Lieutenant Governor met with the Statesman's editorial board on Monday, and, while saying that he's got stuff he must do for the 2009 Lege session, he hinted that a gubernatorial run might be in the cards.

This is what happens when you go from GOP presidential nomination front-runner to being unable to raise competitive money in the second quarter. MSNBC is reporting that McCain's campaign manager Terry Nelson and his chief strategist John Weaver have both stepped down. MSNBC has the AP wire report.