Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. came to speak at the University of North Texas recently about environmental responsibility, media responsibilities, and the role corporations now have in our society.

Amidst a congressional effort to check presidential power gone awry, President Bush and Vice President Cheney tag teamed the Democratic led House by vehemently criticizing their passage of a timetable for redeploying troops from Iraq’s civil war.

Today we have a feature by Democratic National Committee member Betty Richie on the importance of rural America, be it in Democratic politics or otherwise. You can read it here.

For this installment, I spoke with Travis Biggs, former Denton City Council candidate and candidate for Denton County Democratic Party Chair in the upcoming special election.

Most people don’t like Dick Cheney. According to a recent CBS poll, Dick has an 18% favorable rating. That’s pretty bad. But not that bad since Dick isn’t running for president in ’08. So he probably doesn’t care what people think of him — he’s gonna be Dick regardless of the country’s opinion of him.

The Edwards family has some fairly tough expectations to live up to. They dealt with political defeat and life changing illness within a 24 hour period and did it with grace and strength. They've lived through the loss of a child with caring, love, and courage. How does a family live up to that legacy?

While not exactly breaking news, it came out that former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack has plans to officially endorse Senator Hillary Clinton. There are some serious implications to what happens in Iowa during the presidential primary, so this, as we professionals say, is a big deal.

Why are congressional Democrats and Democratic analysts letting themselves be blamed for the pork in the Iraq spending bill?

Earlier this week, I wrote a piece about the potential impact of California moving its primary up in the electoral calendar. In this piece, I mentioned that there were several other states currently considering moving their primaries up.

Scratch "considering" and make that "finalizing," at least for two big players.

I am back from London, and the Texas political news seems as if it hasn't changed much since I got on a plane and flew halfway across the world last Saturday morning. For instance, the ongoing story on the TYC scandal continues to be about who knew what and when did they know it, and that circle of questions is starting to zero in on the Governor's office.