Karl Rove got subpoenaed. The conga line forms to my left.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Hall Nichols, the Nacogdoches Democratic County Chair.

What do you do when one of your main roadblocks to being Governor is reviled statewide for an unpopular veto? If you're David Dewhurst, you start running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

So Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committe again just this Tuesday, and already he's been caught in another lie.

Yesterday Attorney General Alberto Gonzales went before Congress — again — to testify about attorney firings, surveillance, and the pressuring of a bed-ridden John Ashcroft.

Late last week I noticed that some generals were going public with the idea that securing Iraq might take a little longer than the talk about the surge indicated — like maybe two years. This, obviously, was not the best news, but it indicated experienced opinion rather than an operational plan.

Cillizza and Politico decide that, although the American People won the debate (as usual), the boldest moves of the night belonged to John Edwards.

The YouTube Democratic candidate debate was held last night at The Citadel in South Carolina, and was televised on CNN.

Well, my computer decided to act up, so the Liveblog's kicking off a little late. But that's OK — CNN decided to start with a medley of YouTube video questions that *aren't* being answered. Way to try to discredit the medium you're working with.

This weekend had a little bit of everything — from Feingold to Pakistan, from special session possibilities to unfortunate fabrications.