We cover a number of Republican fumbles in this week's Mailbag.

If you had any doubt that the 2008 elections were going to be serious business in Texas, this report should convince you of the urgency and earnestness with which candidates have already been campaigning: from January to June of last year, politicos dropped just under $10 million on campaign activities.

David Medina, a Texas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Perry in 2004, has been indicted in connection with a June 2007 arson fire at his home in Harris County.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Patricia Wheeler, County Chair for the Wise County Democratic Party.

The reports on Rudy Giuliani vary widely from day to day, often dependent on the results of the latest GOP primary and the opinions of pundits attempting to fill you in on What It All Means. However, as time progresses towards the line Giuliani has sworn to hold — Florida — the situation has taken on a grim sheen of ultimatum.

Yesterday's Nevada Democratic debate and Michigan Republican primary has once again left the determination of the frontrunner in each party clear as mud.

Tonight's primary debate at 8PM CST may be more important than many imagine, as the three frontrunners — Clinton, Obama, and Edwards — are statistically tied in Nevada, in a primary season that's already notorious for bringing the unexpected. Join us here tonight as we liveblog the debate, updating this post with the debate play-by-play, and give us your take on how it's going in the comments.

The Michigan GOP primary is today, and so the two or three candidates who have a shot there are all over it.

This weekend, CNN ran a lengthy election issues analysis piece beginning with a question: "Whatever Happened to the War?" Not long after that story was published, Clinton and Obama brought the war back to the forefront.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Dan Pugh, County Chair for the Aransas County Democratic Party.