Think conservatives are all ready to line up behind McCain? it certainly seems that way, but not everyone is buying it: the push for a third party conservative candidate lives on.

In a move that damages Bush administration attempts to extend and broaden executive privilege, the House voted overwhelmingly to hold former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten in contempt for failure to cooperate in the ongoing US attorney firing scandal. I guess this means that when you get a subpoena from Congress, they really mean it. More as it develops.

From the Good Government Department: I would argue, in relation to this news story, that if you launch a missile at something that is already careening towards Earth from space, you are not "shooting it down." You are just "shooting a missile at it" and possibly "exploding it into several smaller pieces that will fall in a wider radius than the original object would have."

Last night, State Representative Rick Noriega and and Ray McMurrey, both candidates for the Democratic nomination to run against junior Senator John Cornyn in the fall, took to the stage in Austin last night for a debate.