The weekend brought presidential politics back to everyone (and Texas in particular) with a vengeance.

In a letter sent to the TDP on Friday, the Clinton campaign requested that the county conventions set for March 29 (in which the delegate selection process will continue) be delayed until all of the roughly one million signatures from the caucus portion of the "Texas Two-Step" can be verified. More reporting here from the Star-Telegram. Text of the letter after the jump.

And you thought some Democratic meetings in Texas were contentious. Alaska's GOP Convention basically devolved into civil unrest:

A state Republican convention that could have unified a troubled party descended into infighting Friday, with the lieutenant governor announcing his intention to unseat a congressman and the governor calling for changes in GOP leadership.

Yesterday we had some reiterations of things we'd already been told and gathered some new information about delegates, re-votes, admirals, and other items of interest.

Yesterday may prove to be one of those days that we'll all look back on as one of the decisive days in this year's primary race that nearly passed us over.

Yesterday was a mixed bag: democracy marched on with another primary and reports indicated that even more (!) people are signing up to vote in these later states, but yesterday also brought us the kind of news that may signal bad things for the future, like the resignation of the only sane man at the White House and yet another record high oil price.

We just got a news alert from Politico with the following text, although no corroborating story seems to be on their page:

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Adm. William Fallon will step down as head of the U.S. Central Command.

Update: It's official — DOD media relations have just confirmed via phone that Admiral Fallon is retiring and resigning his post. A little background on Fallon's relationship with the Bush administration and the infighting over war with Iran after the jump.

In an otherwise fairly slow news cycle, the Big Deal was a federal wiretap being released that tied New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to a prostitution ring.

A big weekend in politics saw yet another primary contest, some disheartening economic data, and a presidential veto.

A new Washington Post survey of superdelegates shows that many of them are planning to wait until June before backing Clinton or Obama. Pennsylvania may not be the end of it.