Karl Rove announced very, very early this morning that he is resigning his post and leaving politics, effective August 31. He says it is to spend more time with his family. An obvious plus for Republicans is Rove's absence as the election nears — "Karl Rove" as a phrase carries what some might call a negative connotation, and any distance between him and politics is probably a net plus for the GOP in 2008. Or rather, they are at least not hurt anymore by his presence in the White House.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Danny Cooke, Committeeman for Senate District 12 and President of Texas State Council of Machinists.

Draft movements for Senate races abound - RunAndrewRun.com and many other Oklahoma Democrats may have convinced state Senator Andrew Rice to mount up a challenge.

Jon Stewart for President? Publicy-financed campaigns? What is this, some sort of liberal website?

Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa, says that if he has to change state law to keep Iowa's caucus first — and in 2008 — then he will.

The Democratic presidential candidates didn't quite have a debate last night. Instead, the Logo candidate forum on GLBT issues sponsored by MTV Networks' Logo channel and the Human Rights Campaign was just that: a forum in which each candidate got around 15 minutes to take questions from the panel and from viewers.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Steve Tillery, the Committeeman for Senate District 2 and the Executive Director for the Dallas County Democratic Party.

South Carolina Republicans moved their presidential primary to January 19, creating a chain reaction among other early primary states. Get ready - you might see the first votes in 2008's presidential election cast in 2007.

Boy, I'd love for this to not be the lead story: The Hill covered a story that you can also find in just about every other major media outlet, discussing how Democrats are split on what to do about Iraq.

We've reached that part of the summer where not much is shaking. The Lege is out of session (and not yet in a special session, if that's going to happen), and it's the wrong summer for much campaign news to be happening outside of the presidential variety. In the last few days, though, there have been a few developments here at home concerning some state rep races and Senate District 10 in Tarrant County, where Republican State Senator Kim Brimer might be vulnerable.