Congressional Quarterly does a ton of legwork in determining which districts are safe zones for their incumbents and which are ripe for the picking by the opposition. Congressman Chet Edwards has been the most targeted Democratic member of the House for several cycles but he has maintained his spot by being extraordinarily talented and serving his district incredibly well.

The Iraq War's five year anniversary has been an occasion for both sides of the debate to reassert their positions.

The main hangup in the Michigan plan for a re-vote concerns who can vote in it.

A watchdog group filed an ethics complaint against House Speaker Tom Craddick on Tuesday over some of his travel expenses. Craddick spent $13,513.40 for a charter jet to attend a prominent Republican's funeral, and $1,800 to take his wife with him to a conference in Lithuania. The Committee to Expose Dishonest and Incompetent Attorneys and Judges contends that these expenses were an excessive and illegal use of campaign funds.