Sen John Cornyn isn't happy with the way things are going with the bailout:

In the past few days Senator Cornyn has received the endorsement of the Dallas Morning News, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, and the Amarillo Globe-News.

Even The Burnt Orange report sees that things aren't looking good for state Rep. Rick Noriega: 

That is what this is beginning to feel like.

The week before Hurricane Ike hit the Galveston/Houston, the skies were blue with wispy white clouds. They were beautiful warm clear days that gave no hint at the disaster that was coming. That Monday I heeded the warnings on the radio and went to the grocery store to stock up on water, batteries, and food. No one else was doing the same. I figured they were waiting until the last minute. On Wednesday I filled up the cars with gas. No lines.

The screams and gnashing of the teeth you hear are the Democrats who cannot seem to bring down Sarah Palin no matter how hard they try.

Someone is actually keeping track of all the smears they have tried to throw at our Republican V.P. nominee. The count is up to 54. 

Michael Williams is the Railroad Commissioner of Texas. You might not have heard a lot about him, but you are about to hear a lot more. He will be introducing Sen. John McCain Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. He is an impressive guy and you will be able to read all about him in the next print issue of Texas Magazine coming out in November. Here is a glimpse at the article: 

I read over at the Dallas Morning News blog that the bus bringing home the Texas Delegation from Denver broke down on the interstate Tuesday night. Instead of getting angry the women sang a girl camp song:

Hail to the busdriver busdriver busdriver,

Hail to the busdriver busdriver man!

He drinks and he cusses and crashes our buses,

Hail to the busdriver busdriver man!

They finally made it to a hotel and hit the bar.