From the Dallas Morning News' Trail Blazers Blog: it seems that the Texas Restoration Project, an organization tries to get conservative pastors more involved in politics, has been copied and transplanted to Florida.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Dennis Kucinich is dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

For our side, the Iowa and Nevada caucuses and the New Hampshire and Michigan primaries are behind us. For the Republicans, the Iowa and Nevada caucuses and the New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina primaries are behind them.

The bogus claims of ineligibility against state senate candidate Wendy Davis were refuted by an appeals court yesterday. Kim Brimer's attempt to avoid a real race has failed, for now.

The Bush administration and congressional leadership from both parties have reached a tentative agreement on the terms of an economic stimulus package, according to AP. Details here.

The first line of the traditional letter from President Bush to the new president is likely to read, "Find some money for Iraq." News today reveals that Bush administration budgets do not include complete funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through 2009.

Obama still has a big lead in South Carolina, but it has faltered a bit according to the new Zogby. John Edwards seems to have benefited, pulling to 19 percent, compared to Obama's 39 percent and Clinton's 24 percent. Could Edwards finish second, especially now that Clinton has already gone national?

Don't worry about the economy, guys! The Dow bit back today and closed up almost 300 points.

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Republican Ed Hamilton is running for Kerr County Treasurer with only one objective: To get rid of the position. He promises that if he’s elected, he will not do the job, and will not accept the pay.