The doctors performing surgery on Senator Ted Kennedy this morning have announced that the operation was a success.

If you would like an incredibly detailed rundown of where most every aspect of the Democratic primary stands as of this morning, look to Chuck Todd and quail before his thorough analysis.

Dennis Hastert, Lobbyist.

Get ready to fork over something serious for air conditioning. Deregulation is still working, right?

Music and politics are arguably the two biggest interests I have, and in 2004 I wrote a bit about the art and science of choosing campaign songs. In all the research I did for those pieces, I never came across what undoubtedly has to be the best one ever: "Get On A Raft With Taft."

Hary Reid and Nancy Pelosi want you to know that they are working very hard to have this whole nomination thing wrapped up fast, and the Rules and Bylaws meeting this weekend presents a good opportunity to tie up a lot of loose ends.

Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn said yesterday that, because the GOP has abandoned fiscal responsibility, they will not only lose seats in the Senate in November, but that they deserve to lose seats in the Senate.

A former Bush staffer (get this, a Republican technologist / eCampaign director, live and in the wild) comes to McClellan's defense, saying that he's more or less being punished for telling the truth.

Last Friday, the State Board of Education met to discuss something that had become a much more controversial topic than many imagined: English and reading standards. What made the topic and the meeting particularly controversial is that the standards that were adopted in a 9-6 vote were only seen by most SBOE members little more than an hour before the meeting!

Regular contributor Chris Bell announced today that the website for his project, Faith In Texas, is now online. Go have a look.