For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Duane Olney, County Chair for the Washington County Democratic Party.

2007 is quickly coming to a close, and with that comes The Texas Blue's first birthday. Over this past year, we have covered a broad array of topics touching both Texas and national politics. We'd like to take a moment to highlight the themes that you made most popular over that time.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Renee Hartley, Regional Director for Region V for the Texas Young Democrats, Vice Chair of Campaigns Committee for the Young Democrats of America, and creator of the Democratic blog Blue Island.

As the holiday season is in full swing, I am constantly reminded of the thousands of reasons I am proud to be a Democrat. We are a party made of hardworking men and women looking for a better America provided by ourselves and the government.

Obama cooks up one of the happy-nice ads we mentioned earlier. Adorable little kids are always a bonus.

Hillary Clinton has some presents for you. If only we'd known that Universal Health Care could fit in a gift-sized box!

I wish that everyone turned green, and I don’t mean green like the Grinch. I mean green as in striving for a sustainable future. I mean environmentally conscious and active.

Could Giuliani look any more uncomfortable? I mean, really, what's going on here? Maybe Bernard Kerik on his way over?

In a state so dominated so long by one party, where statewide incumbents amass huge war chests entrenching themselves further into power, I wish the dominant party would recognize and publicize the poisonous effects of absolute power wielded for significantly more than a decade.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Vince Leibowitz, creator of and writer for Capitol Annex and chair of the Texas Progressive Alliance.