Early voting is underway in the House District 97 special election in Tarrant County.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Texas State Representative and SDEC Committeeman for Senate District 27 Armando Martinez.

In yesterday's mailbag, someone asked what the candidates are doing to get people's attention these days. Mike Huckabee has apparently decided the best way to get your attention is to open up a 22-point lead over Mitt Romney in Iowa.

We have some summaries of the U.S. political situation as it currently stands, as well as a thoughtful question on fielding candidates, in this week's Mailbag.

It's Friday, and I find myself faced with a tough choice. Do I talk about matters of significant political import, or do I talk about Ron Paul's blimp? (Hint: I actually do both.)

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Allan Jamail, the SDEC Committeeman for Senate District 6 from Houston.

The Supreme Court is the big news today, as they are currently deliberating over cases regarding Guantanamo detainees that have been held for over six years.

Europe loves it. Bush hates it. And Huckabee hasn't heard of it. What are we talking about? The National Intelligence Estimate's conclusion that Iran hasn't had a nuclear weapons program since 2003, of course!

The GOP's judgment of KBH's latest moves? Not conservative enough. Hutchison has stepped aside in the scramble to fill the void left by Trent Lott, clearing the way for others to move up to the number 3 spot in the GOP leadership.

The White House ran into a difficult issue yesterday on Iran: despite all of the saber rattling and mushroom-cloud style rhetoric from the US swearing up and down that Iran has a robust nuclear weapons program, a National Intelligence Estimate, partially declassified yesterday, shows that Iran hasn't had a nuclear weapons program since 2003.