More problems are arising for the Bush administration's ill-advised border security implementation, as the "virtual fence" project is being scaled back after the pilot project in Arizona ran into technical difficulties.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced he is not running for president. So. At least now we know how that will turn out.

The general election hasn't started yet and neither party officially has a nominee, but John McCain decided to try and take Barack Obama to task for some statements he made in last night's debate about Iraq and al-Qaeda. On McCain's part, this was a mistake.

According to this and the ACLU, there is a roughly 1-in-300 chance you are on the terror watch list!

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Mackenzie Carpenter put together some good writing on the primary race here in Texas, with some quotables from Texas political heavyweights and a certain dashing young Editor in Chief. Read all about Texas politics in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here.

Various scenes from one of Bill Clinton's Dallas appearances on February 26, 2008. Some interviews with rally attendees as well as footage from the rally itself. We'll have film with Bill in a little while. Video after the jump.

Who would have ever thought that Texas could become a combination of Iowa and New Hampshire overnight? But that’s where we find ourselves as we head toward next week’s Democratic Primary and Caucus.

John McCain is picking his friends poorly and then making them mad. Talk radio's Bob Cunningham went on a stump rant, which is later downplayed and rejected by McCain. Now Bob Cunningham is mad. And why not? He went all the way down to someplace to yell at a crowd for a good five to ten minutes, and this is this the thanks he gets?!

On Monday, former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee endorsed a "Colorado Human Life Amendment" ballot initiative that defines personhood as beginning with the fertilization of the egg.

The New York Times' Randy Kennedy provides the rest of the world with a very, very brief introduction to the lay of the land in Texas and what our politics are like.