Don’t give up. Most of us repeatedly share that advice with our children; now we have three real life examples to show why it’s so important.

Republicans didn't exactly have a hotly contested race in Nevada but they still managed to fail at running the caucus with any degree of competency. On the Democratic side: When your state hasn't figured among high priority contests in forever and suddenly it becomes an early battleground state, people are going to need to know what a caucus actually is.

Prior to Iowa caucus results and the New Hampshire primary, the Democratic primary race evolved to a point where there were two fundamentally different competing dialogues. The Clinton camp was running on experience while Edwards and Obama were running on change.

As Fred Thompson’s lack-luster campaign for the presidency continues, he looks to capitalize on the Republican scramble for a traditionally conservative nominee for the presidential election. Specifically, in South Carolina Thompson pushes for gun owners and enthusiasts to cast their vote to bring “law & order” to the country in 2008.

She proved all of the pundits wrong.

Women voters gave Hillary Clinton a surprise victory in New Hampshire, after breaking with the Obama campaign in significant numbers to side with Clinton.

Last time I said that neither Larry Joe Doherty nor Dan Grant is substantially more electable than the other in November. Their general election advantages pretty much balance out, at least on paper. But it's much harder to tell how March may turn out.

It's Tuesday, and that means it is time for another Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog roundup.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, but we could be seeing the beginning of the end of an era in politics.

The Republican Party has clearly stolen the playbook that Democrats drafted back in the ’70s and is following it to a T. The playbook sets forth how a political party can go about destroying itself from the inside out.

From Daily Kos user Andy Cobb comes a comedic take on strategic voting, after the jump.